Howdy! 
> Freedom: Piano Stories 4 (2005) - ****
> Discovery #35.
> Speaking of Summer, the playful
> piece Spring on this album sounds like a cousin of it -
That’s funny! I listened to this album for the first time yesterday and felt the exact same way. Lovely little piece!
> Yamato / Otokotachi no Yamato (2005) - *****
> Be advised the bookend tracks on the album are pop songs
> done without Hisaishi’s involvement.
“Crose Your EYES!”
> The Sun Also Rises (2007) - ***½
„A Miraculous Recovery“ is a marvelous track; very melancholic, but the cello/piano duet is heart-rendingly beautiful. It‘s also one of those pieces that I‘d name if asked how my personality would sound in musical terms. The faux!Slavic opening and ending is borderline annoying, however.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tf4D74-8GI&list=PLlLTozLhmj24xo_CRgXAohvFyVV3dkm3r&index=8&pp=iAQB8AUB
> The Legend / Taewangsasingi, sometimes subtitled The
> Story of the First King’s Four Gods (2007) - ****
I believe the main theme from Tom Thumb makes a very Horneresque appearance here (“Fate” on CD 2). Really took me by surprise when I first head it.
> Next time: A year for the ages.
YERSE! 
CK
