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Deep Silence by Hosokawa / Miyata / Hussong (CD, 2004)

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Product Identifiers

Record LabelWergo Germany, Wer

UPC4010228680126

eBay Product ID (ePID)17046060272

Product Key Features

FormatCD

Release Year2004

GenreClassical

ArtistHosokawa / Miyata / Hussong

Release TitleDeep Silence

Dimensions

Item Height0.40 in

Item Weight0.22 lb

Item Length6.18 in

Item Width5.03 in

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Number of Tracks7

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

Tracks1.1 Banshikicho No Choshi 1.2 Cloudscapes - Moon Night 1.3 Oshikicho No Choshi 1.4 Sen V 1.5 Hyojo No Choshi 1.6 Wie Ein Atmen Im Lichte 1.7 Ichikotsucho No Choshi

Notes"Music," says Toshio Hosokawa, "is the place where notes and silence meet." This identifies his aesthetic concept as a genuinely Japanese one. It is found both in Japanese landscape painting and in the music, such as the courtly gagaku, in which audible sound always stands in relation to nonsound, i.e. to silence. In their rhythmic proportions Hosokawa's compositions are oriented around the breathing methods of Zen meditation, with their very slow breathing in and very slow breathing out: "Each breath contains life and death, death and life." Mayumi Miyata (sho - the instrument of the universe or of tradition) and Stefan Hussong (accordion - the human or contemporary instrument) are among the most important interpreters of Hosokawa's music, which here is framed by four traditional gagaku pieces.