Toru Takemitsu: NOVEMBER STEPS (Classic) (SACD Hybrid)

Including “November Steps,” recorded just one month after the world premiere, this collection features Ozawa's masterful performances that are indispensable when discussing Takemitsu. Rather than unreflectively emphasizing the sensuous touch of Debussy's direct descent, this album is full of tension and fire, as if the artist had returned to the moment of its creation and scooped out in one fell swoop a severe, towering, isolated beauty. Takemitsu's performances filled with such vitality and vigor are rarely heard today. Seiji Ozawa (conductor), Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Recorded: December 8, 1967 (1), 2.&5. January 16, 1969 (2&5), January 17, 1969 (3&4), Massey Hall, Toronto
Release Date: 2025.8.27

1. NOVEMBER STEPS / SEIJI OZAWA
2. ASTERISM FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA / SEIJI OZAWA
3. GREEN FOR ORCHESTRA / SEIJI OZAWA
4. REQUIEM FOR STRING ORCHESTRA / SEIJI OZAWA
5. THE DORIAN HORIZON FOR 17 STRINGS / SEIJI OZAWA