Credits:

Various Artists

Description:

In appreciation of its 40th anniversary in 2015, Camerata Tokyo is offering a special program of recordings selected by record producer Hiroshi Isaka from the many recordings made since the LP era. The first of these is the "Schubert Selection. From among the albums of Schubert, to whom Camerata Tokyo has devoted its greatest efforts in recording his works, we have selected "Death and the Maiden" by the Vienna String Quartet, which won the Record Academy Award, "Piano Sonatas D.960 & 664" by Aki Takahashi, which won numerous awards including the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Art Encouragement Prize, and "Schubert Sonatas D.960 & 664" by Kurt Schubert. Included are five top-rated discs, including Wolfgang Schulze and Stefan Vladar's "The Squeezing Flower," which recently won first place in the "Record-Geijutsu" Masterpieces 500 list. A commentary by producer Isaka on what to listen for in the works is also included. Camerata Tokyo