Serious Music of the East

[Xenophanes]

There are two main categories here, 1) world music and 2) composers.

I like some East Indian classical music and have a few recordings, mostly on Nimbus. Sitar, Subrahar, Sarangi, wooden flute, vocal, etc.

For composers, I rather like Toshiro Mayuzumi's tone poem Samsara, recorded by the Louisville Orchestra and the Hong Kong Symphony.  The only problem is that you probably won't like it!

I haven't warmed up to his symphonies, but they are interesting.

Takemitsu is a Japanese composer who has achieved some recognition in the west.

[loudav]

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It occurs to me you might like this:

http://www.avantgardeproject.org/AGP20/index.htm

Also, in addition to the late 20th century composers mentioned in this topic, Chinary Ung and Isang Yun wrote some nice music. It's very much in the late 20th century mainstream, and so will be correspondingly challenging to some listeners (just as the excellent music of Mayuzumi and Takemitsu).

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Thanks to everyone. I am keeping an eye on this thread and taking notes.

[The Mad Hatter]

Um...there's an early twentieth-century Japanese composer named Koscak* Yamada. He's got a CD out on Naxos. Not the best...some of the music owes a lot to Mozart, and the rest to Skrjabin, but it's still worth a listen.




*I assume that this is a misspelling on Naxos' part, as this name is unpronouncable in Japanese. It would more likely be 'Kosaku', or something like that.

[CS]

Um...there's an early twentieth-century Japanese composer named Koscak* Yamada. He's got a CD out on Naxos. Not the best...some of the music owes a lot to Mozart, and the rest to Skrjabin, but it's still worth a listen.




*I assume that this is a misspelling on Naxos' part, as this name is unpronouncable in Japanese. It would more likely be 'Kosaku', or something like that.

Wikipedia lists him as "Kosaku Yamada" and says:

"In many western reference books his name is given as Kósçak Yamada, a fanciful transliteration he apparently used in the West."

-CS

[The Mad Hatter]

Wikipedia lists him as "Kosaku Yamada" and says:

"In many western reference books his name is given as Kósçak Yamada, a fanciful transliteration he apparently used in the West."

-CS

Good call. I couldn't see him on Wikipedia...