Isao Tomita (born 1932 in Tokyo) is one of Japan's and the world's greatest innovators and creators of electronic and synthesizer music, especially on the Moog synthesizer. Claire de Lune (as it was originally titled) later called Snowflakes are Dancing was his first album released in 1974, and is of his interpretations of Debussy's late-nineteenth century 'impressionist' tone poems and piano studies. Tomita and this album was nominated for four Grammy awards (unprecedented for a Japanese artist) and won a NARM award for best classical record. This is a 2007 newly re-released 'regular' (original) version of the album. 1. Snowflakes are Dancing (Children's Corner No. 4) 2. Reverie 3. Gardens in the Rain (Estampes No. 3) 4. Clair de Lune (Suite Bergamasque No. 3) 5. Arabesque No. 1 6.The Engulfed Cathedral (Preludes Book 1 No. 10) 7. Passepied (Suite Bergamasque No. 4) 8.The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (Preludes Book 1 No. 8) 9. Golliwog's Cakewalk (Children's Corner No. 6) 10. Footprints in the Snow (Preludes Book 1 No. 6)

From 1975, an ambitious project on a larger scale than his first album with a fuller, grander sound. 1.Promenade 2.The Gnome 3.Promenade 4. The Old Castle 5. Promenade 6.Tuileries 7. Bydlo 8. Promenade 9. Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells 10. The Two Jews [Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle] 11. Limoges/Catacombs 12. Cum Mortuis in Lingua Mortua 13. Baba Yaga [Hut on Fowls' Legs] 14. Great Gate of Kiev


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From 1976, a shortened version of Stravinsky's masterpiece. 1. Introduction and Dance of the Firebird (Stravinsky) 2. Round of the Princesses [Khorovod] 3. Infernal Dance of King Kastchei Berceuse and Finale 4. Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (Debussy) 5. A Night on Bare Mountain (Mussorgsky)

One of Tomita's most acclaimed releases from 1976 of Gustav Holst's classic, considered one of the greatest ever keyboard albums. 1. Mars, The Bringer of War 2. Venus, The Bringer of Peace 3. Mercury, The Winged Messenger 4. Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity, Saturn, The Bringer of Old Age 5. Uranus, The Magician, Neptune, The Mystic


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1978. Features a version of the Unanswered Question by American composer Charles Ives, plus more popular works by JS. Bach, Richard Strauss and Greig. The first time Tomita had used the Moog Polymoog synthesizer. 1. Space Fantasy 2. Pacific 231 3.The Unanswered Question 4. Star Wars Main Title 5. Aranjuez 6. Peer Gynt: Solvejg's Song 7. Hora Staccato 8.The Sea Named "Solaris"

One of Tomita's most experimental albums from 1979. Includes some of Prokofiev's major works combined with synthesizer effects, plus other classical pieces and Tomita's original compositions. 1. The Round Space Ship Landing on the Earth While Emitting Silvery Lights [The Arrival of UFO and the Mysterious Electric Waves] Look Out the Bermuda Triangle, Look Out the Bermuda Triangle, Look Out 2. Strong Electromagnetic Waves ["Romeo and Juliet" Suite No. 2: Montagues and Capulets] <Prokofiev> 3. The World of the Different Dimensions [Valse Triste] <Sibelius> 4. The Giant Pyramid Sitting at the Bottom of the Sea of Bermuda and the Ancient People [Scythian Suite: The Adoration of Veles and Ala] <Prokofiev> 5. The Venus Wearing the Space Uniform Shining in Florescent Light Color [The Return of UFO] <Tomita> [Close Encounters of the Third Kind] <John Williams> 6.The Children Playing in Agharta, the Deep Underground Kingdom [Symphony No. 5: Allegro Marcato] <Prokofiev> [Bridge: Close Encounters of the Third Kind] <John Williams> 7. The Hollow Vessel Called the Earth [Dororo] <Tomita> 8. The Song of Venus [Violin Concerto No. 1: Andantino] <Prokofiev> 9. The Dawn at Bermuda [Symphony No. 6: Allegro Moderato] <Prokofiev> 10. The Mysterious Electric Waves [Computer Data Signals] <Tomita> 11. The Dazzling Bright Cylindrical Object Which Had Crashed Into Tunguska, Siberia [Symphony No. 6: Allegro Moderato] <Prokofiev> 12. The Harp Being Played by the Ancient People and the Venus and Her Space Children Singing the Song of the Future [Violin Concerto No. 1: Moderato; Allegro Moderato] <Prokofiev> 13. The Visionary Flight to the 1448 Nebular Group of the Bootes [The Departure of UFO] <Tomita> [Bridge: Scythian Suite: The Adoration of Veles and Ala] <Prokofiev> [Valse Triste] <Sibelius> [Vocoder] <Tomita> Now, You Have Been Carried Away from the Earth


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Tomita's versions of Ravel's classics. 1980. 1. Daphnis et Chloé Suite No.2 [Lever du Jour/Pantomime/Danse Genérale] 2. Pavane pour une Infante Défunte 3. Boléro 4. Ma Mère l'Oye Suite 5. Pavane de la Belle au Bois Dormant 6. Petit Poucet 6. Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes 7. Les Entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête 8. Le Jardin Féerique

Another lavish production featuring the Synclavier II, superb for sampling which accounts for the reality of the instrumentation. 1982. Grand Canyon Suite <Grofé/Tomita>1. Sunrise 2. Painted Desert 3. On the Trail 4. Sunset 5. Cloudburst 6. Syncopated Clock <Anderson/Tomita>


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1984. Some Brazilian elements are combined with the music of JS.Bach while Tomita used the newly Casio developed Cosmos synthesizer. 1. Dawn Chorus [Bachianas Brasileiras No.4: Preludio] <Villa-Lobos> 2. Whistle Train [Bachianas Brasileiras No.2: Toccata - Little Train of the Caipira] <Villa-Lobos> 3. Pegasus [Bachianas Brasileiras No.7: Toccata] <Villa-Lobos> 4. Vela-X Pulsar [Bachianas Brasileiras No.4: Coral Danza] <Villa-Lobos> 5. Adagio of the Sky <Albinoni> 6. Cosmic Chorale [Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring] <J.S. Bach> 7. Vocalise <Rachmaninoff> 8. Canon of the Three Stars <Pachelbel>

1985. Tomita's first live album recorded at the Arts Electronica festival in Linz, Austria in 1984. Pre-recorded with Tomita doing live mixing. 1. The Unanswered Question <Ives> 2. Also Sprach Zarathustra <R. Strauss> 3. Dawn Chorus [Based on "Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4-1: Preludio"] <Villa-Lobos> 4. Dance of the Young Girls from "The Rite of Spring" <Stravinsky> 5. Cranes in Their Nest [Goro Yamaguchi, Shakuhachi] <Japanese Traditional> 6. Lever du Jour from "Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2" <Ravel> 7. The Lark Ascending [Mariko Senju, Violinist] <Vaughan Williams> 8. Close Encounters of the Third Kind [Mariko Senju, Violinist] <Williams> 9. Violin Concerto No. 1: Moderato; Allegro Moderato [Mariko Senju, Violinist] <Prokofiev> 10. Liebestod from "Tristan und Isolde" <Wagner> 11. Blast Off <Tomita> 12. "An die Freude" from Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 [Goro Yamaguchi, Shakuhachi; Mariko Senju, Violinist; Linda Roark-Strummer, Soprano; Birgit Greiner, Alto; William Ingle, Tenor; Riccardo Lombardi, Baritone; Chorus of Linz Landestheaters] <Beethoven> 13. Finale from "Firebird" <Stravinsky>


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1988. Tomita's second live album from Sound Cloud in New York. 1.La Peri: Fanfare <Dukas> 2. Three-Part Invention No. 2 in C Minor <J.S. Bach> 3. Symphony No. 3 in D Minor: Fifth Movement [Lorna Myers, Mezzo-Soprano (USA); The Choirs of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine (USA); Keiichi Gotoh, Kazuko Takeuchi, Fumitaka Anzai (Japan), Synthesizer and Computer Programming Assistants] <Mahler> 4. Also Sprach Zarathustra: Fanfare <Strauss> 5. The Planets: Mars, the Bringer of War <Holst> 6. The Engulfed Cathedral <Debussy> 7. Chinese War Lord Going Home [Arranged and Performed by Chen Yin, Pipa (Chinese Lute) (Szechuan Province, China)] <Chinese Traditional> 8. Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod <Wagner> 9. The Planets: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity <Holst> 10. Rhapsody in Blue [Nikolai Demidenko, Piano (USSR); Keiichi Gotoh, Kazuko Takeuchi, Yoshihiro Kunimoto (Japan), Synthesizer and Computer Programming Assistants] <Gershwin> 11. Goin' Home [Adapted from Symphony No. 9: Largo; Clamma Dale, Soprano (USA); The Choirs of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine; Nikolai Demidenko; Chen Yin; Mariko Senju, Violin (Japan); Goro Yamagushi, Shakuhachi (Japan); Arranged by Masamichi Amano (Japan); Synthesizer and Computer Programming by Fumitaka Anzai] <Fisher-Dvorák> 12. Firebird: Finale <Stravinsky>