Credits:

Junko Kakihara

Description:

Following the popular "Handel's Recorder Sonatas," this is the second CD by Yoriko Kakihara, the second album by Yoriko Kakihara. This album is a collection of dance music performed at the French court and salons from the 17th to the mid-18th century. The music is elegant, delicate, refined, and gorgeous, with a rococo taste. (Kakihara) The instruments used are soprano recorder (C wind), alto recorder (F wind), and 4-degree flute (soprano recorder with B wind), all selected to suit the music. The recording was made by Masao Mineo, who is well known for his recordings of ancient music. ＜Born in Tokyo, Kakihara studied piano from the age of four under the late Kazuki and later Yayohi Kitauri. She met a music teacher who loved the recorder at an elementary and junior high school in Suginami Ward and a metropolitan high school in Nerima. While a student at Kunitachi College of Music, he studied recorder under Mr. Shigeharu Yamaoka. After graduation, he studied harpsichord, basso continuo, and chamber music at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Den Haag in the Netherlands with Ricardo Kanji. After returning to Japan, he has been giving concerts in various places.Part-time lecturer at Kunitachi College of Music.