November Steps

Album by Tōru Takemitsu & Seiji Ozawa

November Steps is a composition by Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu, premiered in 1967 for biwa, shakuhachi and Western orchestra. The piece juxtaposes the timbres of traditional Japanese instruments with modern orchestral textures, blending elements of post-war modernism and Japanese musical aesthetics and marking a key moment in Takemitsu's development of an East–West musical synthesis.

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  1. 1.
    November Steps
    20:24
  2. 2.
    Asterism for Piano and Orchestra
    11:45
  3. 3.
    Green for Orchestra
    5:41
  4. 4.
    Requiem for String Orchestra
    7:47
  5. 5.
    The Dorian Horizon for 17 Strings
    9:05

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