Conductor Naoto Otomo - 1997(LC)
Orchestra - Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Tokyo Opera Chorus
Oishi Kuranosuke - Tasuku Naono
Avuginu - Shinobu Sato
Hashimoto Heizvemon - Kazuo Kobayashi
Otsuya - Yuko Kamahora
Okano Kinemon - Ken Nishikiori
Yuguri - Kyoko Akiba
Hokan (Jester) - Chusei Saito
Oishi Chikvra - Akemi Sakamoto
Kanzaki Yogoro - Futoru Katsube
Horibe Yasubei - Akiya Fukushima
Kira Kozukenosuke - Masayuki Kurata
Mistress - Chizuru Mitsuhashi
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Compact Disc; - Sony Classical S3K 60233 {3CDS} (1998)ª; Sony Classical SRCR 1969-71 {3CDS} (Japan) (1998)ª
Laser Disc - Sony SRLM 2040-1 (Japanese NTSC)
VHS Video Cassette - Sony SHV 60570 (PAL)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Now - January/February 1999 p.94 [YK]
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Opera News - January 1999 p.70 [PJS]
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Fanfare - Vol.22 No.3 January/February 1999 p.237 (audio) [RT]
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Opéra International - mars 1999 No.233 p.74 (audio) [CG]
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BBC Music Magazine - March 1999 p.93 (video) [MA]
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American Record Guide - January/February 1999 Vol.62 No.1 p.186 (audio) [CHP]
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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.30 noviembre-diciembre 1998 p.93 (video) [LB]
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Répertoire - No.122 mars 1999 p.58 (audio) [PB]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.116 diciembre 1998 p.56 [SV]
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Das Opernglas - Oktober 1998 S.72 (audio) [NE]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.141 giugno 2000 p.99 [MG]
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Comments:- Recorded at performances in the Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo (14, 15 May 1997). The namesof the composer, conductor, and singers are given European fashion (i.e. surnamelast), but those of the characters in the opera are given Japanese fashion (i.e.surname first)
Abbreviations
(STU), "Studio" Recording
(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts
(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source
(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source
(LI), "Live" Recording
(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts
(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance
(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance
(RA), A Radio Performance
(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance
(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast
(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance
(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film
(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film
CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988
EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994
GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)
HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973
MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982
MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993
MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997
More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999
NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli
PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993
Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española
Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española