Soloists Of The Ensemble Nipponia - Japan • Traditional Vocal & Instrumental Music (Shakuhachi, Biwa, Koto, Shamisen) FLAC

1	Ogi No Mato ("The Folding Fan As A Target")	10:39
2	Esashi Oiwake ("Esashi Pack-horseman's Song")	2:32
3	Ozatsuma	2:35
4	Edo Komoriuta	3:34
5	Azuma Jishi ("Azuma Lion Dance")	5:12
6	Mushi No Aikata ("Insect Interlude")	2:22
7	Godan Ginuta	11:53
8	Kumoi Jishi	5:25

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
H-72072	Soloists Of The Ensemble Nipponia	Japan (Traditional Vocal & Instrumental Music - Shakuhachi, Biwa, Koto, Shamisen) ‎(LP, Album)	Nonesuch	H-72072	US	1976
972072-2	Soloists Of The Ensemble Nipponia	Japan: Traditional Vocal & Instrumental Music - Shakuhachi, Biwa, Koto, Shamisen ‎(CD, Album)	Nonesuch	972072-2	US	1990
511731-2	Soloists of the Ensemble Nipponia	Japan: Traditional Vocal & Instrumental Music - Shakuhachi, Biwa, Koto, Shamisen ‎(CD)	Nonesuch	511731-2	US	2008
9 72072-4	Soloists Of The Ensemble Nipponia	Japan Traditional Vocal & Instrumental Music - Shakuhachi, Biwa, Koto, Shamisen ‎(Cass, Album)	Nonesuch	9 72072-4	US	1976
7559-72072-2	Soloists Of The Ensemble Nipponia	Japan • Traditional Vocal & Instrumental Music (Shakuhachi, Biwa, Koto, Shamisen) ‎(CD, Album)	Elektra Nonesuch	7559-72072-2	Germany	Unknown

• Artwork [Cover Art/Print By, Tokyo 1990] – Bunshichizo Kobayashi
• Bells, Music Director – Minoru Miki
• Biwa, Voice – Ayako Handa
• Coordinator – Teresa Sterne
• Design, Art Direction – Paula Bisacca
• Engineer – David Lewiston, Larry Mericka
• Koto – Keiko Nosaka, Sachiko Miyamoto
• Mastered By – Robert C. Ludwig
• Producer – David Lewiston
• Shakuhachi – Kohachiro Miyata
• Shamisen – Hirokazu Sugiura

℗ & © 1976 Elektra Asylum Nonesuch Records, A Division of Warner Communications Inc.
Made in Germany

Mastering: Robert C. Ludwig (Masterdisk Corp.)

Instrumentation:
Tracks 1 & 6: Shakuhachi
Tracks 2 & 7: Shamisen
Track 3: Voice, Biwa
Track 4: Shakuhachi, Shamisen, Biwa, 2 Kotos, Bells
Track 5: 2 Kotos
Track 8: Voice, Shakuhachi, Shamisen, Koto

Printed on booklet:
Esemble Nipponia (Nihon Ongaku Shudan) was formed in 1964, with leading soloists in its distinguished roster drawn from nearly every important genre of Japanese music. Dedicated to the performance of both traditional music and newly commissioned works written for traditional instruments, the Ensemble Nipponia includes several composers, many of whose works, along with those of other contemporary composers, are presented in the group's concerts. In Japan, the Ensemble Nipponia performs widely, in concert, radio, and television appearances, and it is well known on records on the Nippon Columbia, RCA, and King labels.
Since 1972, the Ensemble has toured Europe, Southeast Asia, and Australia. For their first tour of the United States and Canada , six of the group's outstanding soloists were chosen to present a program of both classical and contemporary Japanese music - some of it heard for the first time by Western audiences.
This album - the Ensemble Nipponia's first on an American label - was recorded in New York during the tour, which was sponsored by the Performing Arts Program of the Asia Society.

• Barcode (Text): 0 7559-72072-2 4
• Barcode (String): 075597207224
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L013
• Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 05D1
• Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 0582
• Matrix / Runout: 755972072-2 WME
• Rights Society: GEMA / BIEM
• Label Code: LC 0286
• SPARS Code: AAD
• Other (France): CA 851
• Other (Library of Congress Catalog Card No.): 76-750785

• Manufactured By – Warner Music Manufacturing Europe
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
• Copyright (c) – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
• Mastered At – Masterdisk