Quatrain / A Flock Descends Into The Pentagonal Garden

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A	Quatrain Cello [Violoncello] – Fred SherryClarinet [Klarinette] – Richard StoltzmanEnsemble – TashiPiano [Klavier] – Peter SerkinViolin [Violine] – Ida Kavafian	16:50
B	A Flock Descends Into The Pentagonal Garden	12:52

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Polydor International GmbH
• Published By – Éditions Salabert
• Printed By – Neef

Credits

• Art Direction – Lutz Bode
• Composed By – Toru Takemitsu
• Cover – Holger Matthies
• Directed By – Seiji Ozawa
• Engineer [Recording] – Klaus Hiemann
• Liner Notes – Toru Takemitsu
• Liner Notes [Traduction] – Jacques Fournier
• Orchestra – Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Other [Haircut] – Georges de Zayas
• Photography By – Man Ray
• Producer [Production], Recording Supervisor – Rainer Brock

Notes

Quatrain for clarinet, violin, violoncello, piano and orchestra was commissioned by the Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co. Ltd. and was composed in 1975.
A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden was composed in 1977 and commissioned by Dr. and Mrs. Ralph I. Dorfman for the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. The instrumentation includes 1 piccolo, 3 flutes, 1 alto flute, 3 oboes, 1 cor anglais, 3 clarinets, 1 E flat clarinet, 1 bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, 1 double bassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, 2 harps, 1 celesta, cow-bells, tubular bells, vibraphone, marimba, tam-tam, gong, cymbals, bass drum and string orchestra.
Tashi appears through the courtesy of RCA Records and Tapes.
Made in West Germany.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Label Code: LC 0173
• Rights Society: GEMA

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
MG 1272	Toru Takemitsu / Tashi / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa	Toru Takemitsu / Tashi / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa - Quatrain / A Flock Descends Into The Pentagonal Garden ‎(LP)	Deutsche Grammophon	MG 1272	Japan	1980

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