Joe Hisaishi Conducts Steve Reich: The Desert Music & Joe Hisaishi: The End of the World (2 LP)

2024 Concert Recording on 180g Double Vinyl LP!
Works by Hisaishi & His Colleague Steve Reich!
Joe Hisaishi's 2025 album for Deutsche Grammophon documents a concert given at Tokyo's Suntory Hall on 31 July 2024 featuring Hisaishi's own The End of the World and the Japanese premiere of his friend and colleague Steve Reich's The Desert Music, played by Future Orchestra Classics (FOC). Established by Hisaishi as part of his mission to share his love of classical music with new audiences, the FOC is an orchestra of young players praised for their vivid, expressive performances of both core repertoire and contemporary works. The recording includes The Philharmonic Chorus of Tokyo and, in The End of the World, by soloist, soprano Ella Taylor.

Features:

• 180g Vinyl
• Double LP
• Gatefold Jacket
• Made in Germany

Musicians:

• Joe Hisaishi, conductor
• Future Orchestra Classics (FOC)
• Kaoru Kondo, concertmaster
• Ella Taylor, soprano

Selections:

Side A
Steve Reich (1936-)
The Desert Music
Side A
1. I. Fast
2. II. Moderate
3. IIIA. Slow
4. IIIIB. Moderate
Side B
1. IIIC. Slow
2. IV. Moderate
3. V. Fast
Joe Hisaishi (1950-)
The End of the World
Side C
1. I. Collapse
2. II. Grace of the St. Paul
3. III. D.E.A.D.
Side D
1. IV. Beyond the World
2. Recomposed by Joe Hisaishi: The End of the World