Toru Takemitsu: Quatrain; A Flock Descends Into The Pentagonal Garden (Avantgarde Series) LP
$50.99
Tōru Takemitsu’s Quatrain (1975) and A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden (1977) exemplify his synthesis of Western avant-garde techniques and Japanese aesthetics. In Quatrain, scored for clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and orchestra, Takemitsu evokes the Japanese concept of ma—the space between things—through fluid shifts of timbre and atmosphere. He likened the work to an emaki, a picture scroll unfolding scene by scene, where each musical idea is independent yet interwoven.
Both pieces merge modernist innovation with deeply rooted Japanese sensibility. By embracing his cultural heritage within the structures of Western art music, Takemitsu reshaped the avant-garde, bridging modernism and postmodernism, and offering works that still sound strikingly fresh and timeless today.
Limited and numbered edition, featuring original artwork and a newly designed, beautifully crafted collector’s sleeve with new liner notes by Bradford Bailey, and pressed on 180g vinyl.
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Both pieces merge modernist innovation with deeply rooted Japanese sensibility. By embracing his cultural heritage within the structures of Western art music, Takemitsu reshaped the avant-garde, bridging modernism and postmodernism, and offering works that still sound strikingly fresh and timeless today.
Limited and numbered edition, featuring original artwork and a newly designed, beautifully crafted collector’s sleeve with new liner notes by Bradford Bailey, and pressed on 180g vinyl.Boston Symphony Orchestra70Caffirm-enabledGenre Parent: ClassicalliveLPmusic-productnewbestsellerspre-orderRelease From Q1 2026street_date: 20260501subgenre: Modern ClassicalSUMMER25TSOV-00286WH_CYCLE_COUNTadd-to-carthttps:files/03_01.pnghttps:files/03_02.png44233722101853Default Title50.99https:https://thesoundofvinyl.us/products/boston-symphony-orchestra-ensemble-tashi-seiji-ozawa-toru-takemitsu-quatrain-a-flock-descends-into-the-pentagonal-garden-avantgarde-series-lp?variant=44233722101853InStockDefault Title
