01. Chanson Medievale. Introduction [1'39]
02. La Diva de l'Empire* [2'54]
03. Je te veux* [3'32]
04. Tendrement* [3'58]
05. - 08. La Belle Excentrique [9'55]
09. - 11. Trois Mélodies sans Paroles* [8'31]
12. - 14. Trois Gymnopedies [8'00]
15. - 19. Ludions* [7'16]
20. 22. Trois Petites Pieces Montees [6'15]
23. Chanson Medievale* [3'39]
Danceries (Ichiro Okamoto- director & viols, Kenji Sano- lute & ud, Hirohiko Nakamura & Yoshiko Yanaga- recorders & crumhorns, Pak Konil- rebec & violin, Kenzo Kumei- cittern, saz & lute, Yumi Takahashi- bass viol, Keiji Azami- santour, Mamiko Hirai- mezzo-soprano* and Tomoe Matsui- soprano*)
Denon 33CO-1280 (recorded June 1986; CD issued 1986)
Recording venue: Vega Hall, Takarazuka, Japan
Recording engineer: Kiyokuni Kamon; Producer: Makoto Hagiwara
Here's another relatively rare Saite recording for his sesquicentennial. The performances and arrangements (pre-period instruments?) are suitably weird and wacky, quite appropriate to the composer. I'm not sure how this recording ended up in my collection but it gets occasional plays - although probably best sampled in small doses.
Somewhat self-evident from their instrumentarium, Ichiro Okamoto's Japanese group normally specialises in performances of mediaeval and renaissance European music.