Joe Hisaishi - Joe Hisaishi Conducts Steve Reich: The Desert Music, Joe Hisaishi: The End Of The World

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. This record will be released on 180gr. vinyl.

Side A:

Steve Reich (b. 1936)

1. Reich: I. fast [The Desert Music]
2. Reich: II. moderate [The Desert Music]
3. Reich: IIIA. slow [The Desert Music]
4. Reich: IIIB. moderate [The Desert Music]

Side B:

1. Reich: IIIC. slow [The Desert Music]
2. Reich: IV. moderate [The Desert Music]
3. Reich: V. fast [The Desert Music]

Side C:

Joe Hisaishi (b. 1950)

1. Joe Hisaishi: I. Collapse [The End of the World]
2. Joe Hisaishi: II. Grace of the St. Paul [The End of the World]
3. Joe Hisaishi: III. D.e.a.d [The End of the World]

Side D:

1. Joe Hisaishi: IV. Beyond the World [The End of the World]
2. Recomposed by Joe Hisaishi: The End of the World

UPC: 028948776221