Credits:

Toshiharu Takaku

Description:

The essence of classical music played on three string-repellent instruments! The essence of classical music" will be performed on three string-repellant instruments: the lute, the 19th century guitar, and the guitar. The program includes "Farewell Innsbruck" by Isaacs, which is said to have been composed when Isaacs left the court of Innsbruck where he worked for many years; "Lament in Memory of Okeghem" by Josquin des Prez, a masterpiece by the greatest Renaissance musician; "Prelude, Fugue, Allegro in E flat major" by Bach; and "Fugue in E flat major" by Kazumasa Ishizuki, a leading guitarist in the Showa period. This is an album full of masterpieces and secret pieces, including "Sonata in D major in the style of Haydn," a rare original work for guitar composed in the early 1970s by Kazumasa Ishizuki, a leading guitarist of the Showa period. Please enjoy Toshiharu Takaku's outstanding performances. Tobu Shoji Co.