~ The Yukimi Kambe Viol Consort ~
The Yukimi Kambe Viol Consort. l-r: Maki Noguchi, Eriko Ozawa, Yukimi Kambe, Kaori Hashizume.
From their
web site: "YKVC have performed
nearly 350 concerts, including programs of a single composer:
Jenkins, Purcell and J.S. Bach. They are equally dedicated to modern composition,
performing more than 130 contemporary works since the consort's inception.
About 80 works are new compositions for viols, written for the ensemble and
entrusted to the ensemble for the premieres."
All selections © Yukimi Kambe Viol Consort. Reproduced with permission.
Here are some favorite recordings from their catalog:
Tsutomu Mizuno: Saru Sarau (The monkey carries off)
(with Kumie Matsudo, soprano)
from "Foglia d'olivo" (YKVC 0302), published as YKVCM 5
from "Foglia d'olivo" (YKVC 0302), published as YKVCM 5