Credits:

Brahms, J.

Description:

The world premiere recording of “Calligraphy” is also included in this collection of works for string quartet. The world premiere recording of “The Calligraphy,” consisting of six small pieces, is a collection of works for string quartet in a world of silence. Music is calligraphy with sound,” says Toshio Hosokawa. Music is calligraphy with sound, and it is drawn on a canvas of silence. are Hosokawa’s words, and the essence of the gesture of calligraphy is expressed in six golden sound pictures. Other works include “Flower Fairy” and “Flower of Silence,” both from the philosophical world of flower arrangement (Hosokawa’s grandfather was a flower arrangement artist), and “Flowering,” which is said to depict the opening of a lotus flower. Original Image,” Toshio Hosokawa’s first string quartet work, written in 1980, is already filled with Hosokawa’s philosophical world of silence and philosophizing