Conductor Laureate Kazuyoshi Akiyama ＆ Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 “From the New World” will be released on September 25, 2024.

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A. Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 “From the New World”
I.Adagio-Allegro molto
II.Largo
III.Molto vivace
IV.Allegro con fuoco

J. Strauss II: Frühlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring)

Kazuyoshi Akiyama / Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Part Number: MM-4534
SKU: 4944099-453438
Price excluding tax: 3,200 yen

Recording: January 6, 2024 Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall Recorded live at the concert hall

Released on September 25, 2024

Kazuyoshi Akiyama, 60th Anniversary of His Conducting Career: Masterpieces by mature conducting

A new recording of two masterpieces by Kazuyoshi Akiyama, who is celebrating the 60th anniversary of his conducting career. The dense, highly structured music spun from mature tact resonated with a profound resonance, making for an outstanding performance.

’’Dvořák’s symphonies are characterized by a solid rhythmic backbone, and the contrasts in character between each theme are precisely delineated. Dvořák’s careful attention to the dynamics of the music is evident in the unexpected and eloquent expressions that emerge from unexpected voices, even in familiar scenes. The subtlety of the phrasing and agogic, which maximizes the effect with a minimum of gestures, is very much appreciated at the scene transition points in each movement and in the expression of the songs that are explored at the most crucial points (the concluding theme of the first movement is one example). (From liner notes by Issay Kohata)’’

The same pieces is scheduled to be performed at Suntory Hall and three other venues in January 2025. (Meister Music)