Credits:

Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Osaka Municipal Symphonic Band

Description:

Thank you for waiting! The live CD from the Osaka City Music Ensembles 100th Anniversary Regular Concert is now on sale!The two pieces included on this album are De Meys *The Lord of the Rings*, which received its Japanese premiere by the Osaka City Symphony Orchestra at its 64th Regular Concert in 1992, and Barness *Symphony No. 3*, which received its world premiere at the orchestras 72nd Regular Concert in 1996. Both works have deep ties to the Osaka City Wind Orchestra and are masterpieces truly worthy of the 100th Anniversary Regular Concert. Artistic Advisor and Special Conductor Kazuyoshi Akiyama has revived these two pieceswhich the orchestra first performed in its regular concerts of the 1990s and which served as a springboard for the ensemble to take flight on the world stage. Please enjoy this grand musical epica meticulously crafted, monumental ar