Duo '87

Date:

1987

Instrumentation:

Duets

Featured Instrument 1:

Shamisen,Sangen

Featured Instrument 2:

Koto

Japanese Instruments:

Yes

Length:

9:09

Players:

2

Commissioned By:

Shintin Ongaku Kyokai

Presented by MFJ:

Yes

Version:

Original

Item Number:

30DC-5235

Label:

CBS/SONY

Commercial/Non-Commercial:

Commercial

Recording Title:

The Works of Shigeaki Saegusa

Release Date:

1993

Performers:

Akiko Nishigata, Chieko Hukunaga

Format:

CD

MFJ Number:

CD-76

Solo/Compilation:

Solo

Recording (American/Japanese/Other):

Japanese

Release (American/Japanese/Other):

Japanese

Copies:

13

Item Number:

VICG-8054

Label:

Victor

Commercial/Non-Commercial:

Commercial

Recording Title:

New Spirits of Sangen

Release Date:

1993

Performers:

Akiko Nishigata

Format:

CD

MFJ Number:

CD-49

Solo/Compilation:

Compilation

Recording (American/Japanese/Other):

Japanese

Release (American/Japanese/Other):

Japanese

Copies:

1

Item Number:

VZCG-164

Label:

Victor

Commercial/Non-Commercial:

Commercial

Recording Title:

Gendai no Sangen

Release Date:

2000

Performers:

Akiko Nishigaki,sangen, yuka Hiranuma,electone

Format:

CD

MFJ Number:

CD-201

Solo/Compilation:

Compilation

Recording (American/Japanese/Other):

Japanese

Release (American/Japanese/Other):

Japanese

Copies:

1

Publication	Title	Author	Date	Reaction	Synopsis	Type
The New York Times	Music From Japan Festival, Asia Society	Alex Ross	3/27/93	Positive	"...Ms. Nishigata and Ms. Fukunaga trading wiry ostinatos..."	Review
The Washington Post	Performing Arts: Music From Japan	Marion Jacobson	3/22/93	Positive	"...Nishigata and Fukunaga concocted a bold sound-collage of percussive noises, whines and grunts that would have charmed John Cage."	Review