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WORKS

WORKS

[RECORDING] 40 CD

JO KONDO: A Shape of Time

– A Shape of Time (1980)
– Strands III (1981)
– Duo (1982)
– Still Life (1981)

<PERFORMERS>
Hideomi Kuroiwa, cond / NHK Symphony Orchestra / Aki Takahashi, pf / Kenji Kobayashi, vn / Ayako Shinozaki, hp / Norio Sato, guit

released 2024/09/07
ALCD-27 (ALM Records)
price ¥2,800+tax

INFO

[RECORDING] 39 CD

JO KONDO: MR. BLOOMFIELD, HIS SPACING

– Mr. Bloomfield, His Spacing (1973)
– Sight Rhythmics (1975)
– Summer Days (1970)
– Walk (1976)

<PERFORMERS>
Masao Kawasaki, vn / Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, vn / Toru Yasunaga, va / Hakuro Mori, vc / Aki Takahashi, pf / Yoshiaki Suzuki, cl / Michio Kai, fl

released 2024/07/07
ALCD-13 (ALM Records)
price ¥2,800+tax

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[RECORDING] 38 CD

Satoko Inoue Presents Jo Kondo’s Works For Piano 2015-2020

– A Contemplation (2013) 
– A Straw Hat Dance (2017/2020) 
– Caccia soave (2016) 
– In Autumn (2014/2019) 
– Interlude (2017) 
– Pomegranate (2020) 
– Three Winter Months (2019) 
– Helleborus, for piano four hands (2015) 

<PERFORMERS>
Satoko Inoue, pf
Jo Kondo, pf (Helleborus)

released 2024/01/17
ezz-thetics 1046 (Hat Hut Records Ltd. , Switzerland)

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[RECORDING] 37 CD

OTO NO HAJIMARI WO MOTOMETE 10
Mitsuru Oishi & Koichi Suzuki Work <NEW WAVE>

– Jo Kondo : Tokyo Bay (1987)
– Jo Kondo : Riverrun (1977)

released 2023/04/08
OUOADM202302 (Sound3 Co.,Ltd.)
price ¥2,500 +tax

⇒listen

 

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[RECORDING] 36 CD

Jo Kondo : Day and Night

– Sight Rhythmics, for 5 instruments (1975)
– Luster Gave Her the Hat and He and Ben Went Across the Backyard, for 3 marimbas(1975)
– Quickstep and Slow Ending, for 15 strings (1996)
– Variations (Triskelion), for 8 instruments (2015)
– Albizzia, for 9 instruments (2020)

<PERFORMERS>
Ensemble Nomad / Norio Sato, cond / Jo Kondo 70th Birthday Concert Ensemble / Satoko Inoue, cond / Seitaro Ishikawa, cond

released 2023/06/07
ALCD-135 (ALM Records)
price ¥3,000+tax

 

[BOOK]

homo audiens 
Translated by Daryl Jamieson (language: English)

2022 MusikTexte (Germany)

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[RECORDING] 35 CD

Kana Kotera : Discovery Euphonium

-Jo Kondo : Standing (1973)
-Jo Kondo : Tryne (2012)

<PERFORMERS>
Kana Kotera, euphonium / Akiko Fujita, pf / Takui Matsumoto, vc

released 2016/01/27
FLGK0004 (Florestan)

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[RECORDING] 34 CD

teionduo [Takashi Matsudaira (voice / baritone) × Shinya Hashimoto (tuba, serpent)]

-Jo Kondo : Hana-tatibana (2013)

<PERFORMERS>
Takashi Matsudaira, baritone / Shinya Hashimoto, tuba

released 2015/08/07
ALCD-106 (ALM Records)

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[RECORDING] 33 CD

The Beginnings of Japanese Electroacoustic Vol. 5 TSUTOMU KOJIMA works 1

ーJo Kondo : Never Return (1971)

released 2007/03/31 JAPAN
OUOADM 0701 (Sound3 Co.,Ltd.)

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[RECORDING] 32 CD

Quatuor Bozzini  “Canons + Hoquets”

-Jo Kondo, Hypsotony (1989)
-Jo Kondo, Fern (1990)
-Jo Kondo, Mr Bloomfield, His Spacing (1973)

<PERFORMERS>
Quatuor Bozzini

released 2007 CANADA
CQB 0704 (Collection QB)

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[RECORDING] 31 CD&DVD

Kazue Sawai KOTO Recital

-Jo Kondo : In Autumn (2014)

<PERFORMERS>
Kazue Sawai, 17 string koto / Soju Nosaka, koto

released 2015/08/05
FOCD-9684/5[CD/DVD]  (fontec)

INFO

[RECORDING] 30 CD

Tree Line ~Music from Canada and Japan

-Jo Kondo : Still Life (1981)

<PERFORMERS>
Owen Underhill, cond / Vancouver New Music Ensemble

released 2001/07/01
MVCD1109 (CBC Musica Viva)

INFO

[RECORDING] 29 CD

Hiroshi Koizumi / Contemporary Flute Music

-Jo Kondo : Walk (1976)

<PERFORMERS>
Hiroshi Koizumi, fl / Ichiro Nodaira, pf

released 1997/01/21
COCO-80448 (NIPPON COLUMPIA, Co., Ltd.)

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[RECORDING] 28 CD

Gaku Yamada “Melodia”

-Jo Kondo : Orient Orientation (1973)

<PERFORMERS>
Gaku Yamada, guitar
Norio Sato, electric guitar

released 2020/02/07
ALCD-123 (ALM Records)

INFO

[RECORDING] 27 CD

TSUMUGU ITO “moi énnepe, Mûsa”

-Jo Kondo : In Autumn (2014/2018)

<PERFORMERS>
Maya Kimura, 25-string koto / Norio Sato, guitar

released 2019/11/07
ZIP-0063 (ZIPANGU LABEL)

INFO

[RECORDING] 26 CD

Satoko Inoue Presents Jo Kondo’s New Works For Piano

-Gamut(2012)
-Ritornello(2005)
-In Nomine (Berceuse à la Lesnewski)(2006)
-Metaphonesis(2001)
-Trochaic Thought(2009)
-Sight Rhythmics(1975)
-The Shape Follows Its Shadow(1975/2012)
-Tennyson Songbook(2011)

<PERFORMER>
Satoko Inoue, pf

released 2019
ezz-thetics1011 (Hat Hut Records Ltd. , Switzerland)

INFO

[RECORDING] 25 CD

Yumiko Segawa Piano Recital vol.6&7 Live -Anatomy of Aphrodite

-Jo Kondo : Three winter Months (2019)

<PERFORMER>
Yumiko Segawa, piano

released 2019/10/11
TFCC-1903 (Toneforest Co., Ltd.)

INFO

[RECORDING] 24 CD

SWR Vokal Ensemble – JAPAN | Werke von Hosokawa, Takemitsu, Mamiya & Kondō

-Jo Kondo : Motet Under the Rose (2011)

<PERFORMERS>
Marcus Creed, cond / SWR Vokal Ensemble

released 2019/8/22
SWR19079CD (SWR Classic)

INFO

[RECORDING] 23 CD

Ondes martenot Works / Motoko Oya

-Jo Kondo : Causes and Effects for ondes martenot, viola and guitar (2014)

<PERFORMERS>
Motoko Oya, ondes martenot / Fumiko Kai, va / Norio Sato, guitar

released 2019/8/1
KKC-058(King International)

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[RECORDING] 22 CD

Life Behind Bars – Masterworks for Marimba – Greg Zuber

-Jo Kondo (1947-) : Pendulums (1990) with Marimba, and Vibraphone, Steel Drum, Almglocken, Bongos, Tom Tom, Bass Drum

<PERFORMER>
Greg Zuber, percussion

released 2019
EAR
⇒ iTune ⇒ Amazon

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[RECORDING] 21 CD

JO KONDO, CRAIG PEPPLES conducted by PAUL ZUKOFSKY

-Syzygia
-Snow’s Falling

<PERFORMERS>
Paul Zukofsky, cond / Ensemble Nomad / The Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus /  Satoko Inoue, pf

released 2018
CP2-125 (CP2, New York, USA)

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[RECORDING] 20 CD

Jo Kondo “Choral Works”

-Two Pieces
-Snow’s Falling
-Three Sappho Fragments
-Motet Under the Rose
-Two Songs for Female Chorus
-Soupir

<PERFORMERS>
Ryuta Nishikawa, cond / Mixed Chorus KU / Vox humana / Female Choir Akatsuki / Masanobu Shinoda, pf / Jun-ichiro Taku, fl

released 2017/12/07
ALCD-115 (ALM Records)
price ¥2,800+tax

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[RECORDING] 19 CD

Jo Kondo “Bonjin – Chamber Music”

-Bonjin
-Pergola
-Lotus Dam
-Calamintha
-Six Poems of Mokichi Saito
-Dithyramb
-Strands III
-Twayn
-Three Songs of the Elderberry Tree

<PERFORMER>
Ensemble L’Art pour l’art

released 2016/9
WER7342-2 (Wergo, Germany)

[RECORDING] 18 CD

Jo Kondo “Sen no Ongaku”

-Click Crack
-Orient Orientation
-Standing
-Pass
-Falling

<PERFORMERS>
Ensemble Arc / others

released 2014/7
ALCD-1 (ALM Reocords)
price ¥2,500+tax

[RECORDING] 17 CD

Jo Kondo “Surface, Depth and Colour”

-Holzwege
-The Shadow of a Shade
-Ilex
-Yarrow
-Calamintha
-Dartington Air
-Surface, Depth and Colour

<PERFORMERS>
Norio Sato, cond / Ensemble Nomad

released 2012/11/7
ALCD-93 (ALM Records)
price ¥2,800+tax

[RECORDING] 16 CD

Jo Kondo “Mulberry, In the Woods, In Summer”

-Mulberry
-In the Woods
-In Summer

<PERFORMERS>
Paul Zukofsky, cond / Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

released 2007
CP2-123 (CP2, New York, USA)

[RECORDING] 15 CD

Jo Kondo “In Summer”

-Mulberry
-In the Woods
-In Summer
-Under the Umbrella

<PERFORMERS>
Paul Zukofsky, cond / Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra / Nexus, perc

released 2007/10/7
ALCD-74 (ALM Records)
price ¥2,800+tax

[RECORDING] 14 CD

Jo Kondo “Hagoromo”

-Hagoromo (Opera in one act)

<PERFORMERS>
Paul Zukofsky, cond / Teresa Shaw, mezzo-soprano / Tomoko Shiota, narrator / Sebastian Bell, fl / London Sinfonietta

released 2007
CP2-117 (CP2, New York)

INFO

[RECORDING] 13 CD

Jo Kondo “Orient Orientation”

-Orient Orientation
-In Medias Res
-Twayn
-Metaphonesis
-Fern
-Terracina

<PERFORMERS>
Satoko Inoue, pf
Ensemble Nomad

released 2006/5/7
ALCD-67 (ALM Records)
price ¥2,800+tax

[RECORDING] 12 CD

Jo Kondo “Works for Piano”

-Sight Rhythmics
-Walk
-In Early Spring
-A Dance for Piano, ‘Europeans’
-Tango Mnemonic
-Strands II
-Short Summer Dance
-High Window
-Click Crack

<PERFORMER>
Satoko Inoue, pf

released 2001
Hat[now]ART-135 (HatHut, Switzerland)

[RECORDING] 11 CD

Jo Kondo “A Prospect of the Sky”

-Contour Lines
-Falling

-Trio “Moor”
-Pillars of Time
-Beginning, Middle And End
-A Prospect of the Sky

<PERFORMER>
Ensemble Nomad

released 2000/12/25
ALCD-57 (ALMレコード)
price ¥2,913+tax

[RECORDING] 10 CD

Jo Kondo “Chamber Works”

-Walk
-An Elder’s Hocket
-Pendulums
-Aquarelle
-Duo
-Winsen Dance Step
-Words
-An Insular Style

<PERFORMER>
D Ensemble L’ART POUR L’ART (Hamburg)

released 1998
Hat[now]ART-110 (HatHut, Switzerland)

[RECORDING] 9 CD

Jo Konso “Gardenia”

-Gardenia
-Dithyramb
-Three Songs of the Elderberry Tree
-Standing
-Strands III
-Winsen Dance Step
-Pergola

<PERFORMER>
Ensemble Nomad

released 1998/9/25
ALCD-47 (ALM Reocords)
price ¥2,913+tax

[RECORDING] 8 CD

Jo Kondo “Near And Far”

-Near And Far
-Dots And Lines
-Aesculus
-An Elder’s Hocket
-When Wind Blew

<PERFORMERS>
Paul Hoskins, cond
New Music Players (London)

released 1996/7/30
ALCD-45 (ALM Records)
price ¥2,913+tax

[RECORDING] 7 CD

Jo Kondo “Keyboard Music”

–In Early Spring
-A Dance for Piano, ‘Europeans’
-Strands II
-Petteia
-Vox humana
-Dance(s)

<PERFORMERS>
Druvi. de Salam, pf
Noriko Yasuda, org
others

released 1994/11/25
ALCD-44 (ALMレコード)
price ¥2,913+tax

[RECORDING] 6 CD

Jo Kondo “Hunisuccle”

-Hunisuccle
-Serenata secca con obbligato
-Isthmus
-Left Bank
-Diptych
-Threadbare Unlimited

<PERFORMERS>
Richard Bernas, cond
Music Project (London)
others

released 1994
FOCD-2515 (FONTEC)
price ¥2,427+tax

INFO

[RECORDING] 5 CD

Jo Kondo “YOKOHAMA”

-The Serotinous
-Bonjin
-Yokohama
-Ars brevis
-Res sonorae

<PERFORMERS>
Norio Sato, cond
Musica Practica Ensemble

released 1991/4/25
ALCD-36 (ALM Records)
price ¥2,913+tax

[RECORDING] 4 LP

Jo Kondo “A Shape of Time”

-A Shape of Time
-Strands III
-Still Life
-Duo

<PERFORMERS>
NHK Symphony Orchestra, Japan
others

released 1983
AL-27 (ALM Records)

[RECORDING] 3 LP

Works of Jo Kondo

-Under the Umbrella
-Sight Rhythmics
-Standing

<PERFORMERS>
Nexus, perc
others

released 1981
CP2-11 (CP2, New York, USA)

[RECORDING] 2 LP

Jo Kondo “Mr. Bloomfield, His Spacing”

–Mr. Bloomfield, His Spacing
-Summer Days
-Sight Rhythmics
-Walk

<PERFORMERS>
Aki Takahashi, pf
others

released 1976
AL-13 (ALM Records)

[RECORDING] 1 LP

Jo Kondo “Sen no Ongaku”

released 1974
AL-1 (ALM Records)

★[RECORDING] 15 CD

Jo Kondo’s work list -English version- 
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