[2008] Hitomi Kuroishi - Utsukushi no Sato ~Shiki~ (Full Album) || Japanese New Age

Tracklist: 1. Shiawase no Mizukagami [0:00] 2. Machi Haru no Mori [5:14] 3. Kimi ni Okuru Uta [10:05] 4. Taiyou no Komori Uta [13:42] 5. Sakura Hanabi [17:46] 6. Utsukushi no Sato [21:50] 7. Kaze to Daichi no Bolero [25:31] 8. Yoimachigusa [30:33] 9. Ashita Miru Yume [35:29] 10. Hagi no Hana Saku Koro [39:44] 11. Yuugure no Museum [44:53] 12. Yuki no Kairou [47:29] Piano — Yukie Nishimura Violin & Huqin — Masatsugu Shinozaki Harp — Tomoyuki Asakawa Woodwinds — Takashi Asahi Cello — Masami Horisawa Vocal — Hitomi Kuroishi Acoustic Guitar & Bouzouki – Jean Pass Percussion – Ikuo Kakehashi Music composed & arranged by Hitomi Kuroishi Bought by me, ripped/scanned by squidlin Some time ago I was searching for more works that Tomoyuki Asakawa was involved with and ended up stumbling across this release from 2008 in which he participated as a harpist. Despite having gotten this release, I actually didn't bother checking it out for many months until I finally decided to listen to it somewhat recently, and honestly... I'm a little disappointed I didn't check this out earlier! The album is very much a relaxing listen from beginning to end—there's only just a few tracks on here which IMHO I don't really think fit this album at all (track 7, and to a certain extent, track 11) but the others are all equally good tracks. If I had to choose one that stood out to me I'd go with track 9—piano-only tracks are hard to grab my attention sometimes but the composition on this one is just stellar 🙏 I can't say I know who the composer is, though searching up her discography led me to see that she's done lots of music for the Code Geass anime, apparently. It seems she's also done other similar albums like this one under the same label—admittedly I am currently not interested enough in immediately acquiring said albums but I definitely will be looking to purchase them at some point. Enjoy!