Hosokawa: Futari Shizuka (The Maiden from the Sea) & Ceremon

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
June 13, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Toshio Hosokawa
    • PERFORMER
      Mario Caroli, Ilse Eerens, Ryoko Aoki, Residentie Orkest The Hague, Jun Markl
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 13, 2025
    • UPC
      747313465675
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8574656
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Ceremony

      Composer: Toshio Hosokawa

      Ensemble: The Hague Residentie Orkest

      Performer: Mario Caroli

      Conductor: Jun Märkl

    2. Prelude, "Sorrow Sea"

      Composer: Toshio Hosokawa

      Ensemble: The Hague Residentie Orkest

      Conductor: Jun Märkl

    3. Where do I come from? – I was floating in the ocean… (Helen)

      Composer: Toshio Hosokawa

      Ensemble: The Hague Residentie Orkest

      Performer: Ilse Eerens

      Conductor: Jun Märkl

    4. Who is there? (Helen, Shizu)

      Composer: Toshio Hosokawa

      Ensemble: The Hague Residentie Orkest

      Performer: Ilse Eerens, Ryoko Aoki

      Conductor: Jun Märkl

    5. Is that a poem or a song? (Helen, Shizu)

      Composer: Toshio Hosokawa

      Ensemble: The Hague Residentie Orkest

      Performer: Ilse Eerens, Ryoko Aoki

      Conductor: Jun Märkl

    6. Stop! Hang on! (Helen, Shizu)

      Composer: Toshio Hosokawa

      Ensemble: The Hague Residentie Orkest

      Performer: Ilse Eerens, Ryoko Aoki

      Conductor: Jun Märkl

    7. Dance

      Composer: Toshio Hosokawa

      Ensemble: The Hague Residentie Orkest

      Conductor: Jun Märkl

    8. I was with child… (Helen, Shizu)

      Composer: Toshio Hosokawa

      Ensemble: The Hague Residentie Orkest

      Performer: Ilse Eerens, Ryoko Aoki

      Conductor: Jun Märkl

    9. Where do I come from? – Far across the ocean, there is war… (Helen)

      Composer: Toshio Hosokawa

      Ensemble: The Hague Residentie Orkest

      Performer: Ilse Eerens

      Conductor: Jun Märkl


The distinguished Japanese composer, Toshio Hosokawa, has been honoured with numerous awards as well as a steady stream of commissions and acclaimed performances. As with many of Hosokawa's concertos, Ceremony sees the flute soloist as a 'person' and the orchestra as the 'universe and nature' - the flautist's breath echoing like the winds of nature and becoming a song that awakens the spirits. A complimentary work to Hosokawa's The Raven (Naxos 8.573724), Futari Shizuka - The Maiden from the Sea is a single-act opera, the ancient tragic tale of which resonates with the fate of refugees around the world today.