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Reina Enomoto

Description:

Reina Enomoto is not only a pianist, but also a musician with borderless activities. With classical music as her core, Reina Enomoto has roots in a variety of musical genres, and this program features two of her most ambitious pieces: "Tarkas" by Emerson Lake & Palmer (ELP), a rock trio representing the 1970s, and "Rhapsody in Blue" by Gershwin, a leading 20th century American composer. The program is an ambitious program centered on "Tarkas" by Lake & Palmer (ELP) and "Rhapsody in Blue" by Gershwin, one of the most famous American composers of the 20th century. All of ELP's compositions, including two songs from the B-side of the album of the same name that contains "Tarkas," are arranged by Enomoto himself, including "Play wo Sen to ya" by Takashi Yoshimatsu, the composer who featured "Tarkas" in the NHK historical drama "Taira no Kiyomori," and Gulda's "Prelude and Fugue," a bonus track on the Japanese edition of "Tarkas. Enomoto's exceptional sense of style and originality shine through in this album, which includes "Prelude and Fugue" by composer Takashi Yoshimatsu, a bonus track for the Japanese edition of "Tarkas. (C)RS