Yasushi Akutagawa: Trinità Sinfonica (1948) [DDD]
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- Thank You everyone! This channel has reached a new milestone: 50 subscribers! For this reason, here I give to you a favorite Japanese classic by Yasushi Akutagawa: his Trinità Sinfonica. Let’s hit now the 100 and 200 milestones! / ¡Gracias a todos! Este canal llegó a la marca de los 50 suscriptores. Por esta misma razón, les ofrezco un clásico japonés de Yasushi Akutagawa: Su Trinità Sinfonica. ¡Lleguemos juntos a los 100 y 200 suscriptores!
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by /Orquesta Sinfónica de Nueva Zelanda dirigida por Takuo Yuasa.
I. Capriccio (0:00)
II. Ninnerella (5:00)
III. Finale (15:37)
Yasushi Akutagawa was one of Japan’s most prominent composers during post war years. He was equally host to TV programs and wrote musicological books. While his first style is approachable and easy to grasp, his second period was more musically complex and demanding. In 1948, he wrote the Trinità Sinfonica, a symphonically constituted triptych or Trinity. Using an easygoing style borrowed from Sino-Soviet Socialist Realism, he builds a singular symphonic language that mixes his own Japanese sensitivity with influences from Kabalevsky, Shostakovich and even Joaquín Rodrigo.
Yasushi Akutagawa fue uno de los compositores más importantes de la posguerra en Japón. Aparte, fue conductor de varios programas de TV y escribió libros musicológicos. Mientras que su primer estilo es comprensible y fácil de interpretar, su segundo periodo es musicalmente más complejo y demandante. En 1948, escribió la Trintà Sinfonica, un tríptico o trinidad sinfónicamente construida. Usando un lenguaje accesible, propio al Realismo Socialista Sino-soviético, construye un singular idioma sinfónico que mezcla su niponismo con influencias de Kabalevsky, Shostakovich e incluso de Joaquín Rodrigo.
Image/imagen: Yokohama with Fujisan/Yokohama y el Monte Fuji. - Hudba
I feel like the beginning of the finale is an allusion to Verdi's Dies Irae, in major though, but quickly diverges to a more positive spirit.
Somebody in the comments called this work optimistic...perfect description! I have enjoyed listening to this piece for over forty years since I first got a red vinyl Japanese recording of it back in college...from the ebullient opening to the alternately tender, emotional, and powerfully romantic middle to the joyous, ecstatic finish, it is forever thrilling. Thank you for posting this full-bodied, lusty performance.
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My favorite one. This piece makes me that tomorrow is getting better !!.
I believe.
A very cheerful and spirited work of the Japanese composer Yasushi Akutagawa!!!
Very vivacious and delightful and optimistic music. This music reminds me a little of the great work of Maurice Jarre and the films intoned by him, such as "A Passage to India" and others. Just amazing and impressionante music!
I especially love movement 3. Yasushi Akutagawa is one of the sons of a very famous Japanese writer who committed suicide leaving a note that he had done so because of "some vague anxiety." Yasushi seemed to have gotten over the anxiety his father had not.
Akutagawa Ryunosuke is one of my favorite authors of all time. Reading about him, I found his son's work and fell in love with it. Glad to know Yasushi did not follow the steps of his father.
Thank you for your reply. I couldn't agree more. Yasushi had not studied music seriously before he entered Tokyo University of Arts, they say. He was the last to pass the exam with his minimum point. However, he eventually graduated first on the list. This sinfonica is said to have been composed during his university years. Yasushi once said he had become interested in music because of his father's indirect influence; Yasushi happened to find records of Stravinsky when he was rummaging about his late-father's den and took a listen to them.
❤❤❤ for "Trinità Sinfonica"..sounds like a film music
Amazing!
Very impressed - going to listen to that again straight away!
Ian Jenkins Indeed my friend! Listen to this as much as you want!
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..lust and exciting..jubilant symphony..
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I just noticed a curiosity. The first two measures of the music by Elmer Bernstein's suite to the movie "The Magnificent Seven" is almost the same as the first two measures to the third movement of this wonderful Trinita Sinfonica. Bernstein's is in E flat where as Akutagawa's is in D major. Bern'stein's in a slow 2/2 whereas Akutagawa's is in a fast 4/4, so that the actual tempo is about the same. Akutagawa composed this in 1948 where-as Bernstein composed his in 1960. Do you think that Bernstein heard it and decided to copy the idea?
Does any one know the story behind Elmer Bernstein lifting the chord sequence at the start of the third movement here (15:39) and using it as the opening chords to the soundtrack to Magnificent Seven? Seems too much the same to be a coincidence.
I don't think that kind of opening is uncommon. Glazunov's Carnaval Overture is another example that uses this kind of opening (although slightly different).
You are correct. Glazunov's opening gives that sense of immediate excitement. But I still wonder,.... Did Bernstein think of the idea all by himself? (He could have!)... or had he heard Akutagawa's sinfonia?
For that the only way to know the answer is to ask Elmer Bernstein himself, which is not possible because he passed away...So there's no way to know for sure.
I presume that you are correct... unless there is some autobiography or biography where he mentions it. I presume that such an article does not exist.
I am astounded that this work and performance are incomparable and stupendous .
From Tokyo in Japan where is within your imagination .
Which national are you watching this video ？
Canada!
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Thank-you so much to your reply ！
How is your country ？
Japan ， especially Tokyo is cruel and hustle and bustle with the Coronavirus infection !
The going out of night , bar ,snack , night club , Karaoke shop , department store , Saturday and Sunday are self - restraint
Japan is cherry blossoms in full bloom .
However ,
In Tokyo , all banquet under the cherry blossoms in full bloom having gorgeous Bento ， delicious foods ， treats and drinks is self -restraint,
Don't be careless
Be careful with Coronavirus infection !
It's a very dangerous act that you think that only yourself will not be infected and go out frequently and meet a large number of people or at small ， narrow place .
Just talking is infected within 2 meters .
By the way
this Japanese late composer's father was a Japanese great and respectable author .
This famous literature's author's name is Ryunosuke Akutagawa ( 芥川龍之介).
It's is regrettable that he committed suiside .
His famous short story's works are impeccable ， irreplaceable and impressed .
This late composer's elder brother was a great and famous actor .
I am astounded that you listen to this composer's work .
Foreign people don't almost know this composer .
Someday please come to Tokyo of the luscious and transient spring where all Japanese people are making merry and floating under the cherry blossoms in full bloom having gorgeous Bento ， delicious foods ， treats and drinks .
Take care of yourself
Good luck ！
@@shin-i-chikozima Hi Shinichi! Thank you for your kind words! I hope you are staying safe as well during these rough times! Hopefully all this will pass soon.
Japan is a beautiful country! I've been to Tokyo multiple times. I played in a jazz bar there once, and the atmosphere was amazing, not to mention all the amazing musicians there. I also went to Beppu last year for Argerich's concert. The landscapes in Kyushu was stunning!
I've never heard of Ryunosuke Akutagawa until now. But he definitely sounds like an interesting writer. I'll have a look at his works some time.
I'm from Vancouver. It's very nice all year round. You should definitely visit some time. Too bad right now everything is on lockdown waiting for COVID to pass. But i'm sure we can get through this. Stay safe and stay healthy!
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Thank-you so much to your wonderful reply ！
I am astounded at your letter concerning in Japan .
Take care of yourself
Good luck ！
See you again
I don't hear so much refrences to Shostakovich, more of Antheil.
Check out Akutagawa's Symphony No. 1. There are some similarities to Shostakovich and Prokofiev in that one.