100 JAPANESE CHORAL MASTERPIECES SELECTED BY JAPAN CHORAL ASSOCIATION

1. AKUTAGAWA, Yasushi: Otentosama, neko, puratanasu, boku (The Sun, Cat, Platanus and I) for mixed chorus a cappella

2. AOSHIMA, Hiroshi: Songs of "Mother Goose" for mixed / women's / men's chorus and piano

3. AOSHIMA, Hiroshi & NIIMI, Tokuhide: Children's Crusade for mixed chorus, percussion and piano

4. BEKKU, Sadao: The Larch for men's chorus a cappella

5. DAN, Ikuma: Tomb on the Cape for mixed chorus and piano

6. DAN, Ikuma: Chikugo River for mixed chorus and piano

7. FUKUI, Fumihiko: The Sky, the Road and the River for mixed chorus and piano

8. FUKUSHIMA, Yûjirô: Songs of Southern Islands for women's chorus a cappella

9. HACHIMURA, Yoshio: The Garden of Love (The Outsider I) for mixed chorus a cappella

10. HAGIWARA, Hidehiko: The Shining Desert for mixed (women's) chorus and piano

11. HAGIWARA, Hidehiko: Three Lyrics for women's chorus and piano

12. HASHIMOTO, Kunihiko: River for women's chorus and piano

13. HAYASHI, Hikaru: Little Landscapes of Hiroshima for mixed chorus a cappella

14. HAYASHI, Hikaru: Horseshoer's Song for mixed chorus a cappella

15. HIRAYOSHI, Takekuni: One Morning for mixed / female / male chorus and piano

16. HIROSE, Ryôhei: Song of Seabirds for mixed / women's / men's chorus and piano

17. HOSOKAWA, Toshio: Hiroshima Requiem for 3 narrators, soli, mixed chorus, children's chorus, tape and orchestra

18. ICHIYANAGI, Toshi: Voice Field for children's voices with instrumental ensemble

19. ICHIYANAGI, Toshi: Kinderkreuzzug (Children's Crusade) for mixed chorus a cappella

20. IKEBE, Shin-ichirô: Six Lullabies for mixed (female) chorus and piano

21. IKEBE, Shin-ichirô: The Folksongs of Orient for mixed chorus a cappella

22. IKEUCHI, Tomojirô: The Burden of Love for mixed chorus and timpani

23. ISHII, Kan: Gesang eines welken Baumes und der Sonne (Song of a Withered Tree and the Sun) for male chorus and piano

24. ISHII, Kan: Wind Crest for mixed chorus a cappella

25. ISHII, Kan: Message of Flower for mixed (male) chorus a cappella

26. ISHII, Maki: Lied des Waldes Op. 57 for mixed chorus a cappella

27. ISHIKETA, Mareo: Cappriccio to the Moonlight for mixed chirus a cappella

28. ISOBE, Toshi: To a Friend Far Away for male chorus a cappella / mixed chorus a cappella / mixed chorus and piano / female chorus and piano

29. KINOSHITA, Makiko: The Ark for mixed (male) chorus and piano

30. KINOSHITA, Makiko: Fantasia for female chorus and piano

31. KIYOSE, Yasuji: Fuyu no motekoshi haru dakara for mixed chorus and piano

32. KIYOSE, Yasuji: The March of Snake Festival for men's chorus and piano

33. KOBAYASHI, Hideo: Larch for female (mixed) chorus and piano

34. KOBAYASHI, Hideo: 3 Compositions on Folk Songs of Kyushû for female (mixed) chorus and piano

35. KOYAMA, Shôzô: Autumn in Shinano for mixed chorus a cappella

36. MAMIYA, Micho: Five Pietà for mixed chorus a cappella

37. MAMIYA, Michio: 12 Inventions for Chorus from Japanese Folk-Melodies for mixed chorus a cappella
12 Inventions for Chorus from Japanese Folk-Melodies (Zen-on)

38. MAMIYA, Michio: Composition for Chorus
No. 1 (mixed chorus a cappella)
No. 2 (mixed chorus, flute and percussion)
No. 3 (men's chorus a cappella)
No. 4 (children's chorus and orchestra)
No. 5 (mixed chorus, percussion and double bass)
No. 6 (men's chorus a cappella)
No. 7 (children's/women's chorus a cappella)
No. 8 (mixed chorus in 3 groups and 3 conductors)
No. 9 (mixed chorus)
No. 10 (mixed chorus and piano)
No. 11 (mixed chorus and Japanese instruments)
No. 12 (children's/women's chorus and string ensemble)
No. 13 (mixed chorus and percussion)
No. 14 (men's chorus and percussion)
No. 15 (children's chorus and piano)
No. 16 (mixed chorus a cappella)

39. MATSUMURA, Teizô: Hymn to Aurora for mixed chorus, oboe d'amore, percussion, harp, piano, and cello / mixed chorus, piano and organ

40. MIKI, Minoru: Requiem for baritone solo, male (mixed) chorus and orchestra / one piano / two pianos / piano and organ / piano, electone and percussion

41. MIKI, Minoru: Choral Poem in Awa for male chorus a cappella
1. Taishime / 2. Mugiuchi 3. Mochitsuki / 4. Mizutori 5. Tatara

42. MINAMI, HIroaki: A Crowd under the Moon I - III for male chorus and piano

43. MINAMI, Yasuo: Sunday - Solitary Prayer - for children's / mixed / male chorus and piano

44. MIYOSHI, Akira: Five Pictures for Children for mixed chorus and piano

45. MIYOSHI, Akira: Picture Book after Paul Klee I, II ( I : mixed chorus, guitar and cymbals / II: male [mixed] chorus a cappella)

46. MIYOSHI, Akira: Three Lyrical Poems for female chorus and piano

47. MIYOSHI, Akira: This Guy into My Brow for children's chorus and piano

48. MIYOSHI, Akira: The Sea for mixed chorus and two pianos

49. MIZUNO, Shûkô: Little Homeloses for female (children's) chorus and piano

50. NAKADA, Yoshinao: Butterfly for female chorus and piano

51. NAKADA, Yoshinao: Female Chorus Album I

52. NAKADA, Yoshinao: Utsukushii wakare no asa for women's chorus and piano

53. NARITA, Tamezô: Song of the Seashore for mixed/men's chorus and piano (Arranged by Hikaru Hayashi)

54. NIIMI, Tokuhide: Hana ni yosete for mixed/women's/men's chorus and piano

55. NIIMI, Tokuhide: Man and Woman for female chorus, shamisen and contrabass

56. NIIMI, Tokuhide: Songs of Pun I, II ( I : female chorus and piano / II : male chorus and piano)

57. NISHIMURA, Akira: Himitsu no hana for female chorus and piano

58. NISHIMURA, Akira: Maboroshi no bara for mixed/men's chorus and piano

59. NOBUTOKI, Kiyoshi: Iroha-uta for mixed chorus a cappella

60. NOBUTOKI, Kiyoshi: Sara for mixed/female/male chorus and piano (
arr. by Tamotsu Kinoshita)

61. NODA, Teruyuki: Sea of Ariake for women's chorus and piano

62. OGATA, Toshiyuki: Kaze ni yosete for mixed chorus and piano

63. OGIKUBO, Kazuaki: Eyes to the Season for mixed/men's chorus and piano

64. OGURA, Akira: Nine Pieces on Children's Songs of Tohoku Region for female chorus a cappella
Pub. by Ongaku-no-tomo-sha
Hotaru Koi (Pub. by Theodore)

65. ÔKI, Masao: Take back the Human for mixed chorus and orchestra

66. ÔNAKA, Megumi: My Zoo for mixed chorus a cappella

67. ÔNAKA, Megumi: Ai no fusen for women's chorus and piano

68. ÔNAKA, Toraji: The Coconut Shell for mixed chorus a cappella (arr. by Jumpei Masuda)

69. SAEGUSA, Shigeaki: Kawa yo Towani Utukushiku for men's/mixed chorus, piano and synthesizer

70. SATÔ, Shin: Zaou for mixed chorus and piano

71. SATÔ, Shin: Tsuchi no uta for mixed chorus and orchestra/piano

72. SHIBATA, Minao: Oiwake-bushi kô (The Study of Oiwake Tunes) for mixed chorus and shakuhachi

73. SHIBATA, Minao: Cosmology for mixed chorus a cappella

74. SHIBATA, Minao: Autumn Has Come for women's chorus and sô (koto)

75. SHIBATA, Minao: Yasashiki Uta II for mixed chorus a cappella

76. SHIMIZU, Osamu: Moonlight and Pierrot for men's (mixed) chorus a cappella

77. SHIMIZU, Osamu: Six Tankas from "Chieko Poems" for men's (mixed) chorus a cappella

78. SHIMIZU, Osamu: Ainu upopo for men's chorus a cappella

79. SUEYOSHI, Yasuo: From Tauezôshi (A Collection of Rice-Planting Songs) for mixed chorus a cappella

80. SUKEGAWA, Toshiya: The White World for mixed chorus and piano

81. TADA, Takehiko: Landscape of Yanagawa for men's chorus a cappella

82. TADA, Takehiko: Mt. Fuji for men's chorus a cappella

83. TAKAHASHI, Yûji: Michiyuki for female voice, male voice, mixed chorus, cello and 2 percussionists

84. TAKAHASHI, Yûji: Kai-Fû-Ka for men's chorus a cappella

85. TAKASHIMA, Midori: When Thou Commandest Me to Sing for female (mixed) chorus a cappella

86. TAKASHIMA, Midori: The Blue Message for male (mixed) chorus and piano

87. TAKATA, Saburô: The Soul of Water for mixed / female / male chorus and piano

88. TAKATA, Saburô: Seasons within the Heart for mixed (female) chorus and piano

89. TAKATA, Saburô: The Prophecy of Isaiah for mixed (female) chorus and piano (orchestra)

90. TAKATA, Saburô: Cantus Mariales Iaponici for equal voices

91. TAKEMITSU, Tôru: Songs for mixed chorus a cappella
Songs I / Songs II

92. TAKEMITSU, Tôru: Wind Horse for mixed chorus a cappella

93. TAKEMITSU, Tôru: Grass for male chorus a cappella

94. TAKI, Rentarô: Moon over the Ruined Castle for mixed chorus and piano (Arr. by Hikaru Hayashi)

95. TANAKA, Toshimitsu: The Seasons for mixed chorus a cappella

96. YAMADA, Kôsaku: Red Dragonfly for mixed chorus a cappella (Arr. by Makoto Shinohara)

97. YUASA, Jôji: Questions for mixed chorus a cappella

98. YUASA, Jôji: Projections on Basho's Haiku for mixed chorus with vibraphone

99. YUYAMA, Akira: Songs of Kotan for mixed chorus and piano

100. YUYAMA, Akira: Song of the Evening Glow for men's (mixed ) chorus and piano


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