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10-26-2016, 05:59 AM
Symphonic Princess ~ "Say Yes" ~ Dreams ~ Rhapsody
The Tokyo Academy Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Hiroshi Kumagai (1,2,3)
The Czech Philharmony Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Mario Klemens (4)
Orchestrated by Michiru Oshima, Hajime Mizoguchi, Akira Senju, Asuka Kaneko,
Keiichi Oku, Junichi Kanezaki, Tomoyuki Asakawa & Masatsugu Shinozaki
Ripped, translated, scanned, etc. by nextday.
Samples from each album http://i.imgur.com/v9WfOyB.gif
Seven Years After (Keiichi Oku) (http://picosong.com/KnYP/) / Say Yes (Michiru Oshima) (http://picosong.com/ai5B/) / Eyes to me (Asuka Kaneko) (http://picosong.com/KRF6/) / Single Again (Tomoyuki Asakawa) (http://picosong.com/BXm2/)
Download: https://thinfi.com/0vfu (Password: Rhapsody)
For a brief period of time in the early 90s the Japanese music industry decided that symphonic albums were going to be the next big thing. Unfortunately this trend didn't last more than a few years but we did get a handful of symphonic albums.
These four albums come from series of symphonic albums produced by Victor Entertainment from 1991 to 1995 (you may be familiar with one (Thread 166929) or two (Thread 177162) of them already). Participating as arrangers are a few names that should be familiar to some of you. Oshima, Senju, Mizoguchi, Asakawa and Kaneko all would have been in their early 30s at the time these albums were produced. Oku was in his late 30s while Kanezaki and Shinozaki were in their early 40s.
The original music was composed by Kaori Okui (Princess), Ryo Aska ("Say Yes"), Miwa Yoshida & Masato Nakamura (Dreams), and Mariya Takeuchi (Rhapsody).
I bought these albums because Oshima and Asakawa's involvement but the other orchestrators also did some wonderful work. Some of the arrangements on the first 3 albums could have benefited from a larger professional orchestra but I guess that wasn't an option at the time. Still, there's some good music so I say these albums are worth a listen.
The Tokyo Academy Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Hiroshi Kumagai (1,2,3)
The Czech Philharmony Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Mario Klemens (4)
Orchestrated by Michiru Oshima, Hajime Mizoguchi, Akira Senju, Asuka Kaneko,
Keiichi Oku, Junichi Kanezaki, Tomoyuki Asakawa & Masatsugu Shinozaki
Ripped, translated, scanned, etc. by nextday.
Samples from each album http://i.imgur.com/v9WfOyB.gif
Seven Years After (Keiichi Oku) (http://picosong.com/KnYP/) / Say Yes (Michiru Oshima) (http://picosong.com/ai5B/) / Eyes to me (Asuka Kaneko) (http://picosong.com/KRF6/) / Single Again (Tomoyuki Asakawa) (http://picosong.com/BXm2/)
Download: https://thinfi.com/0vfu (Password: Rhapsody)
For a brief period of time in the early 90s the Japanese music industry decided that symphonic albums were going to be the next big thing. Unfortunately this trend didn't last more than a few years but we did get a handful of symphonic albums.
These four albums come from series of symphonic albums produced by Victor Entertainment from 1991 to 1995 (you may be familiar with one (Thread 166929) or two (Thread 177162) of them already). Participating as arrangers are a few names that should be familiar to some of you. Oshima, Senju, Mizoguchi, Asakawa and Kaneko all would have been in their early 30s at the time these albums were produced. Oku was in his late 30s while Kanezaki and Shinozaki were in their early 40s.
The original music was composed by Kaori Okui (Princess), Ryo Aska ("Say Yes"), Miwa Yoshida & Masato Nakamura (Dreams), and Mariya Takeuchi (Rhapsody).
I bought these albums because Oshima and Asakawa's involvement but the other orchestrators also did some wonderful work. Some of the arrangements on the first 3 albums could have benefited from a larger professional orchestra but I guess that wasn't an option at the time. Still, there's some good music so I say these albums are worth a listen.