Credits:

Kaori Nakajima, Michio Mamiya

Description:

Yoshio Mamiya, who remains at the forefront of the Japanese composing world, has compiled a collection of piano pieces for children that he carefully wrote and saved during the 1970s and 1980s. Japanese nursery rhymes, Finnish folk dances, and African folk music appear as if singing, chasing one another, intertwining, and frolicking. Kaori Nakajima, who has performed numerous contemporary piano works from Japan and abroad and enjoys the utmost trust of Yoshio Mamiya himself, delivers a clear and vibrant piano performance, unfolding a wonderland across the 88 keys. The four-hand pieces feature Mamiya himself as a collaborator.ALMRECORDS/Kojima Recording