Akira Ifukube--Master Works: Symphony Concertante for Piano and Orchestra No. 3, Part 1

This is Part 1 of the third of this three piece symphony "Concertante." This first movement (which due to length I had to cut in two) is entitled "Allegro Barbaro."

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Ifukube dircribed this 1941 piece as "blending Asian indigenous vitality and machine-civilization modernism." It is very lively, energetic, and bombasstic. However, much of the piece was lost during the bombings on Japan in WWII. Ifukube 'reconstructed' parts of it using movements from his post-war symphonies "Tapkaara" and "Ritmica Ostinata" (as you will hear motifs from both throughout this work). Half a century later more pieces of "Concertante" surfaced and were used to futher reconstruct the recording you will now hear.

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For more info on this piece, click here: http://akiraifukube.org/symphony_concertante.htm

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Disclaimer: I do not own this material and I cannot provide for you, either. Thank you.

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[kaijuking28]

can you still purchase these songs on CD? If so where would you recommend?

[GojiGuru]

Most of the CDs are out of print and tend to be a wee bit pricey, but I'd recommend shopping at CDJapan for them or eBay. In particular I suggest looking into the "Artistry of Akira Ifukube" volumes 1-9--they're perhaps the best presentations of Ifukube's classical work.

[HakuryuVision]

This one is really lively, like you explained in the description!