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Forest Whispers
Marty Regan composer
FOREST WHISPERS features works by Marty Regan that combine Western classical with the instrumentation and theory of traditional Japanese music, where musical time relies on the natural patterns of human breath to create a free, airy rhythm. With instruments from the shakuhachi to the koto, FOREST WHISPERS delivers classical music with a distinctively Japanese aesthetic.
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Track Listing & Credits
| # | Title | Composer | Performer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Song-Poem of the Eastern Clouds | Marty Regan | Reiko Kimura, Seizan Sakata | 14:02 |
| 02 | Evanescent Yearning: I. Quarter Note = 92 | Marty Regan | Sahoko Nozawa, Tetsuya Nozawa | 4:55 |
| 03 | Evanescent Yearning: II. Quarter Note = 74 | Marty Regan | Sahoko Nozawa, Tetsuya Nozawa | 3:41 |
| 04 | Evanescent Yearning: III. Quarter Note = 138 | Marty Regan | Sahoko Nozawa, Tetsuya Nozawa | 5:03 |
| 05 | In Remembrance… | Marty Regan | Asako Hisatake, Kioko Miki, Seizan Sakata, Yasuko Furuse | 12:34 |
| 06 | Fastpass! | Marty Regan | Kaho Tosha, Tetsuya Nozawa | 7:14 |
| 07 | Forest Whispers | Marty Regan | Asako Hisatake, Seizan Sakata | 14:16 |
Producer Marty Regan
Recording engineer Hiroyuki Misaki, Shirakaba
Studio, Tokyo
Editing and mixing Seizan Sakata
Funding for this recording was generously provided
by The Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts,
Texas A&M University Department of Performance
iberal L Studies, Texas A&M University College of
– Arts, and the Texas A&M University Office of International Outreach (IRTAG)
Special thanks to Yoko Sato, Seizan Sakata, Reiko
ioko K imura, Tetsuya Nozawa, Sahoko Nozawa, K
aho Tosha, K Miki, Asako Hisatake, Yasuko Furuse,
Hiroyuki Misaki, Minoru Miki, David Wheeler,
ieuwen, Alan L David Sawyer, Ben Dixon, Peter
Houtchens, Donald Reid Womack, and PARMA
Recordings
All works were recorded at Shirakaba Studio,
Tokyo s-r-k.com
Song-Poem of the Eastern Clouds 東雲の詩
was recorded on August 8, 2008
Evanescent Yearning… 細雪を想い…
was recorded on June 25, 2008
In Remembrance…
was recorded on June 19, 2008
fastpass!
was recorded on June 22, 2008
Forest Whispers… 森が囁いて…
was recorded on June 19, 2008
All works © by Marty Regan, ASCAP
martyregan.com
Label Executive Producer Bob Lord
Production Manager Jeff LeRoy
Product Manager Chris Sink
Mastering Shaun Michaud
Art Director Leeann Leftwich Zajas
Publicity Heidi Campbell
Artist Information
Marty Regan
A composer of over 80 works for traditional Japanese instruments, Marty Regan is a Professor and Head of the Department of Performance Studies at Texas A&M University. Widely regarded as the authoritative source on the subject, his translation of Minoru Miki’s Composing for Japanese Instruments was published by the University of Rochester Press in 2008. His music has been broadcast on American Public Media’s Performance Today and NHK’s Hōgaku no hito toki/A Moment for Traditional Japanese Music. His chamber opera, titled The Memory Stone, was commissioned by the Houston Grand Opera as part of the HGOco's Songs of Houston: East + West initiative and was premiered in 2013 at the Asia Society Texas Center.
