Kiyoshi Shomura - godfather love theme (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/192]

During a recent visit to Japan, I met with two of Japan’s most prominent guitarists: Kiyoshi Shomura and Shin-Ichi Fukuda. Each has had a brilliant career performing, teaching, and recording. Together and separately they have greatly raised awareness of classical guitar in the Land of the Rising Sun and championed guitar music composed by their countrymen on stage and on record. Toru Takemitsu dedicated three significant works to Shomura. And Fukuda has also been the dedicatee of new music and is currently documenting works by top Japanese composers in a series of albums for the Naxos label.

Shomura became a familiar face to TV viewers across Japan back in 1974 through a weekly program that featured him teaching a half-hour lesson to a young student and closing each episode with a performance. He has concertized extensively in Asia and Europe and records for the Toshiba EMI label. Fukuda built an international profile by winning numerous guitar competitions—including the esteemed Paris International Guitar Competition—and being featured on some 90 albums on various labels. His discography includes solo projects and a range of ensemble recordings featuring repertoire from all style periods. He has also mentored a number of prominent young Japanese virtuosi including Kaori Muraji, Daisuke Suzuki, and Yasuji Ohagi.

TRACKLIST

01. Kiyoshi Shomura - The Godfather: Love Theme
02. Kiyoshi Shomura - The Sound of Music: My Favorite Things
03. Kiyoshi Shomura - My Way
04. Kiyoshi Shomura - Plein Soleil
05. Kiyoshi Shomura - Sugisarishi eien no hibi
06. Kiyoshi Shomura - The Face of Another: Waltz
07. Kiyoshi Shomura - Can't Help Falling in Love
08. Kiyoshi Shomura - Scarborough Fair
09. Kiyoshi Shomura - Bridge Over Troubled Water
10. Kiyoshi Shomura - Libertango



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