Miho: Journey to the Mountain is an album by Paul Winter Consort, released in 2010 through the record label Living Music. The album was commissioned by the Miho Museum in Shiga, Japan to be a musical celebration of the museum. The museum is a unique piece of architecture, built on the top of a mountain, and partially tunneling into it, giving the experience of the museum being part of the Earth. The album was recorded in the corridors of the museum, which are naturally reverberant. In 2011, the album earned the group a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album. This collaboration includes contributions by award winning koto musician Yukiko Matsuyama, https://www.yukikomatsuyama.com/about-yukiko
Track listing "Saxophone (Song of Miho)" "Sarangi (Dawn Raga)" "Arto (Before It's Too Late)" "English Horn (Theme from "On the Central Steppes of Asia", Borodin)" "Koto" "Frame Drums (Cedar Grove Dance)" "Bansuri & Saxophone" "Yangjin (Words of Wish Fulfillment)" "Bendir and Heckelphone" "Saxophone Reprise" "Arto (Singing to the Mountain)" "The Welcome (Song of Miho)" "Koto Spring" "Elephant Dance" "Whale Raga" "Love Is Not in Your Mind" "Twilight" "Andante (Bach)" "Remembering" "Saturday Night in Peach Blossom Valley" "Song of Miho" "Morning Sun"
Personnel Paul Winter – soprano saxophone Paul McCandless – oboe, English horn, heckelphone, bass clarinet Don Grusin – keyboards Jordan Rudess – keyboards Tim Brumfield – piano, organ Eugene Friesen – cello Glen Velez – percussion, bendir, riq, tar, shaker Café – percussion Arto Tuncboyaciyan – vocals, percussion, sazabo Dhruba Ghosh – sarangi Steve Gorn –bansuri Yukiko Matsuyama – koto Eriko Koide – carillon Yangjin Lamu – voice Shumei Taiko Ensemble Shumei Chorus conducted by Hiroko Matsui Worcester Polytechnic Institute Chorus conducted by Wayne Abercrombie
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