Joe Hisaishi - Studio Ghibli – Wayô Piano Collections (Performed by Nicolas Horvath) [2LP]

Wayô Records

£43.18

Format: 2 x LP
Catalogue No.: WAYOV23
Barcode: 3516628421716
Release Date: 01 Dec 2023
Genre: Soundtrack

Discover all the beauty of the music from Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata's Studio Ghibli films in this new original production for solo piano!

Based on the official piano scores of the original composer of the Studio Ghibli films, Joe Hisaishi, this album is an initiatory and virtuoso journey into the worlds of Miyazaki and Takahata, performed by pianist Nicolas Horvath, Steinway and Sons Artist, famous for being a first-class interpreter of composers such as Philip Glass, Franz Liszt, Claude Debussy and Eric Satie.

The album contains tracks from all Studio Ghibli films composed by Joe Hisaishi, a complete horizon of the immortal work of the cult animation studio.

The vinyl edition includes 24 tracks on two discs inserted in a sumptuous gatefold sleeve. Composed and arranged by Joe Hisaishi. Performed by Nicolas Horvath. Original Illustration by George Howlett. Produced, published and distribued by Wayô Records

Officially licensed by Sony Music Publishing, Because Music, Warner Chappell

TRACKLISTING
DISC 1 - SIDE A
01 Fantasia for Nausicaä
02 The Road to the Valley
03 Confessions in the Moonlight
04 The Lost Paradise
05 The Wind Forest
06 My Neighbor Totoro
SIDE B
01 Kiki’s Delivery Service
02 Starting the Job
03 Heartbroken Kiki
04 Porco e Bella
05 Madness
06 Ashitaka and San

DISC 2 - SIDE C
01 Kodamas
02 Princess Mononoke
03 One Summer’s Day
04 Sootballs
05 The Sixth Station
06 Merry-Go-Round of Life
SIDE D
01 Mother Sea
02 Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
03 A Journey (A Dream of Flight)
04 Nahoko (An Unexpected Meeting
05 The Procession of Celestial Beings
06 When I Remember This Life