Yugen Toyohiko Satoh

• Toyohiko Satoh (b. 1943):
• 1Satoh: Nen-ne Koroichi03:45
• 2Satoh: Zuizui zukkorobashi01:19
• 3Satoh: Nen-nyako korochako03:44
• 4Satoh: Sendo no yanma02:40
• 5Satoh: If music and sweet poetry agree04:25
• 6Satoh: Utsuroi bushi / Floating mind03:23
• 7Satoh: Take all my loves02:59
• 8Satoh: Aka to bai01:56
• 9Satoh: Variations in rondo03:30
• 10Satoh: Fuki no kyoku03:59
• 11Satoh: Antagata dokosa01:18
• 12Satoh: Shall I compare thee02:26
• 13Satoh: Kokiriko bushi02:57
• 14Satoh: Yôkai03:11
• 15Satoh: Kochae bushi02:24
• 16Satoh: Tadayoi / Drifting04:50
• Total Runtime48:46

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