Four Post Cards

Artist name printed bilingually, as Yoshimura Hiroshi and 吉村 弘. Album title also printed bilingually, as "Four Post Cards　For the Museum of Modern Art Kamakura&Hiyama　The Form of Sounds Born and Returned to the Landscape" and "フォア･ポストカード　神奈川県立近代美術館のための音楽　風景に生まれ、風景に帰っていく音のかたち" ("Four Post Cards - Kanagawa-ken ritsukin daibijutsukan no tame no ongaku - Fūkei ni umare, fūkei ni kaette iku oto no katachi"). Song's Japanese subtitles as follows: 1. 早朝の海原を渡る風と満ちてくる潮の､清爽としか形容しようがない､エネルギーに満たされた｢葉山 開館の音楽｣ (Sōchō no unabara o wataru kaze to michite kuru shio no, seisō to shika keiyō shiyōganai, Energy ni mitasa reta 'Hayama kaikan no ongaku', "The energy-filled ‘Hayama Opening Music’ that can only be described as the refreshment of the tide that flows over the ocean in the early morning") 2. 上昇するアルペジオがきらめく波間の残映と対話する｢葉山 閉館の音楽｣ (Jōshō suru arupejio ga kirameku namima no zan'ei to taiwa suru 'Hayama heikan no ongaku', "‘Hayama Closing Music’ has shimmering ascending arpeggios that interact with the remnants of the waves") 3. 大きく上昇する音型が､歴史ある神城の蓮池の底から神秘的に立ち上がってくる｢鎌倉 開館の音楽｣ (Ōkiku jōshō suru oto-gata ga, rekishi aru Kamishiro no Hasuike no soko kara shinpi-teki ni tachiagatte kuru 'Kamakura kaikan no ongaku', "The sound of 'Kamakura Opening Music' rises mysteriously from the bottom of a lotus pond in the historic Kamishiro") 4. 夕闇が降りてきて､高い空に気流が遠く響き､家々に明かりが点っていくような愛らしい繊細なオブリガートに飾られた｢鎌倉 閉館の音楽｣ (Yūyami ga orite kite, takai sora ni kiryū ga tōku hibiki, ieie ni akari ga tomotte iku yōna airashii sensaina Obbligato ni kazara reta 'Kamakura heikan no ongaku, "Dusk descends, the air current reverberates in the distance of the upper atmosphere, and the 'Kamakura Closing Music' decorates the lovely and delicate Obbligato [a distinctive instrumental passage that should not be omitted in performance] of the lights turning on in the houses") 5. 葉山館の前に広がる一色海岸の波音が部分的に重ねられた｢葉山 開館の音楽｣ (Hayama-kan no mae ni hirogaru isshoku kaigan no namioto ga bubun-teki ni kasane rareta 'Hayama kaikan no ongaku', "In which the sound of the coast in front of Hayama Mansion was partially superimposed overtop of 'Hayama Opening Music'") 6. 波音に混ざる､鳶の鳴き声､風音､犬を呼ぶひとの声など､あの2月の｢空気｣の感覚を強く喚起した｢葉山 閉館の音楽｣ (Namioto ni mazaru, tonbi no nakigoe, fū-on, inu o yobu hito no koe nado, ano 2 tsuki no 'kūki' no kankaku o tsuyoku kanki shita 'Hayama heikan no ongaku', "'Hayama Closing Music' which strongly evokes the feeling of the 'air sound' in February, mixing the sound of the waves with the cries of crows, wind noise and people calling their dogs") For the Museum of Modern Art Kamakura & Hayama (神奈川県近代美術館). Recorded at Hiro 806 Studio, 2003. Mastered at CMS. Special thanks to Tsutomu Mizusawa, Gin-o Nakayama, Kimiaki Takanashi, Munetaka Tanaka and Juli Anzai. Manufactured by Crescent, SPD Inc., Tokyo, Japan.