Gareth Davis, Exaudi Vocal Ensemble, Fumio Yasuda – Yasuda, Davis: Ekecheiria for Voices and Bass Clarinet (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Gareth Davis, Exaudi Vocal Ensemble, Fumio Yasuda – Yasuda, Davis: Ekecheiria for Voices and Bass Clarinet (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 43:05 minutes | 726 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Winter & Winter

For the opening of the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, Krzysztof Penderecki set to music the text of the Ekecheiria (Truce) Agreement, agreed in 884 BC to ensure the peaceful running of the Games. In 2022, Munich celebrated and commemorated the 50th anniversary of the “”cheerful”” Games, which unfortunately ended in tragedy. In this context, Fumio Yasuda was commissioned to once again set Ekecheiria to music as a mirror of those events. The result is seven compositions for voices and bass clarinet based on IOC President Avery Brundage’s controversial demand “”The Games Must Go On””, interspersed with sound bridges entitled “”Ekecheiria”” by Gareth Davis. Gareth Davis, one of the most outstanding soloists in New Music, meets EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble, one of the world’s leading vocal ensembles of today. EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble, based in London, is directed by James Weeks and draws its voices from the best vocal talent in the UK. Winter & Winter’s recorded works with EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble range from Carlo Gesualdo to Michael Finnissy. Gareth Davis is featured on “”The Ninth Wave – Ode to Nature,”” a composition by Fumio Yasuda based on Ludwig van Beethoven.

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Fumio Yasuda – My Choice (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Fumio Yasuda – My Choice (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:03:00 minutes | 576 MB | Genre: Classical, Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Winter & Winter

The poet among contemporary composers. Magical arrangements of the world successes of Verdi, Satie and children’s songs from the Mother Goose collection. Fumio Yasuda describes his music succinctly with the attempt to invent something new. He names the late romantic compositions of Franz Schmidt as decisive influences, but also John Cage’s transgressions of boundaries. Nobuyoshi Araki brought Yasuda together with Stefan Winter 20 years ago. Over ten albums were created. For the anniversary of Winter & Winter, Yasuda meets his selection: My Choice. The FAZ writes: If you get involved in your music – which is not a question of free will: once … put it on, you will want to hear it again and again.

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Fumio Yasuda – Forest (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Fumio Yasuda – Forest (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:00:27 minutes | 989 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Winter & Winter

Once the Western World and Japan were completely foreign to each other, today in the 21st century we discover new forms of culture, ways of life, nature, images and sounds. Fumi Yasuda’s music comes from modern japan; time, space and eternity play an important role in this music. In the score there are no pauses, but spaces of silence between lyrical, deeply poetic tones and sounds which tell us about Japanese landscapes. Yasuda works in a deep musical understanding with Joachim Badenhorst, Nobuyoshi Ino and Akimuse.

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