Yugen Toyohiko Satoh

• Toyohiko Satoh (b. 1943):
• 1 Satoh: Nen-ne Koroichi 03:45
• 2 Satoh: Zuizui zukkorobashi 01:19
• 3 Satoh: Nen-nyako korochako 03:44
• 4 Satoh: Sendo no yanma 02:40
• 5 Satoh: If music and sweet poetry agree 04:25
• 6 Satoh: Utsuroi bushi / Floating mind 03:23
• 7 Satoh: Take all my loves 02:59
• 8 Satoh: Aka to bai 01:56
• 9 Satoh: Variations in rondo 03:30
• 10 Satoh: Fuki no kyoku 03:59
• 11 Satoh: Antagata dokosa 01:18
• 12 Satoh: Shall I compare thee 02:26
• 13 Satoh: Kokiriko bushi 02:57
• 14 Satoh: Yôkai 03:11
• 15 Satoh: Kochae bushi 02:24
• 16 Satoh: Tadayoi / Drifting 04:50
• Total Runtime 48:46

Info for Yugen

The Japanese word Yugen is usually defined as “an awareness of the universe that triggers emotional responses too deep and mysterious for words.”

Toyohiko Satoh (b. 1943) chose this title for his new recording of his own compositions, which he created mostly in the last years, living in Japan and being involved in traditional Japanese arts and tea ceremony. As a performing musician and composer, he spent most of his life in Europe. Now, towards the end of his career, he shows his own understanding of cross-cultural connection between east and west as well as between classical and traditional music. Yugen contains songs and instrumental pieces that are hard to classify, but all the more beautiful and inspiring to listen to.

Chiyomi Yamada, soprano
Walter van Hauwe, recorder
Toyohiko Satoh, lute

Toyohiko Satoh
born on 4. Nov. 1943 in Hiroshima, Lautenist. Er studierte ab 1968 Laute bei Eugen Dombois in Basel. Von 1973 bis 2004 war er Prof. am Kons. in Den Haag. 2000 gründete er die Lute and Early Guitar Society Japan.

Booklet for Yugen