Récital : Grâce

A Clarifying Sensibility and a Poise of Expression.
Thoughts and Feelings Shaped into Sound.

Nina Fujisawa, highly acclaimed both in Japan and internationally presents her long-awaited second solo album, released five years after her debut. Centered on Bach’s Partita No. 2 for Solo Violin, with its monumental Chaconne, the program also features two commissioned works written especially for Fujisawa by Emmanuel Séjourné and Hisayuki Yamashita, as well as Takatsugu Muramatsu’s Land, a work beloved by performers around the world. Each delicate stroke precisely carves the musical form, while the soft, luminous resonance—suggestive of flickering light—fills the space with an immediate and compelling presence. This is an essential recording, richly imbued with the poetic allure of marimba music.

• [1]　Emmanuel Séjourné: Nina's Ballad – pour marimba 5 octaves solo
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita No.2 in D minor BWV1004
  
  • [2]　I. Allemande
  • [3]　II. Courante
  • [4]　III. Sarabande
  • [5]　IV. Gigue
  • [6]　V. Chaconne
• Hisayuki Yamashita: ...but the cherry blossom looks fleeting in my eyes. – for marimba solo
  
  • [7]　I. the flowers bloom
    
  • [8]　II. the flowers fall
• [9]　Takatsugu Muramatsu: Land – for marimba solo
• [10]　George Frideric Handel: Lascia ch'io pianga [Arr. Miwa Akasaka]

Nina Fujisawa, marimba

Recording Location: Lake Sagami-ko Community Center, 26-27 June 2025
Recording Engineer & Sound Editing: Jun Kawanami
Assistant Engineer: Ikuro Yoshida
Notes: Nina Fujisawa
Translation: Jonathan Baum
Cover Design: Hitoshi Nagasawa [papier collé]
Booklet Editor: Kensuke Fujii
Special thanks to KOROGI (www.korogi.co.jp)