Kitaro

Artist: Kitaro
P: 1997
Created, composed and performed as the backdrop to the Broadway production, Cirque Ingenieux, Kitaro soundtrack is a moving auditory experience in the European Cirque tradition. Set at the turn of the century, ‘Cirque Ingenieux’ is a story of a girl who falls in love with a single ring circus. Returning to the empty tent later that night, she discovers a magical display of performance artistry told through visual musical effects.

Kitaro’s score ranges from lilting waltzes to haunting melodies piercing together evocative and moving elements of this grand scheme.

Artist: Kitaro
P: 1997
Created, composed and performed as the backdrop to the Broadway production, Cirque Ingenieux, Kitaro soundtrack is a moving auditory experience in the European Cirque tradition. Set at the turn of the century, ‘Cirque Ingenieux’ is a story of a girl who falls in love with a single ring circus. Returning to the empty tent later that night, she discovers a magical display of performance artistry told through visual musical effects.

Kitaro’s score ranges from lilting waltzes to haunting melodies piercing together evocative and moving elements of this grand scheme.
CD-rom contains multimedia program with an interview and biography, compatible with Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows.

Artist: Kitaro
P: 2002
Kitaro playing at the holy temple of Yakushiji in Nara japan for an special event. The show includes new songs and old like Silk Road. The concert starts with 4 Monk singing during a wonderful afternoon as the sun set. Kitaro starts performing 12 of his most beautiful and best ever songs writting by him (my point of view) with young great japanese musicians including the beautiful Koi, Silk Road, Mercury, Water of Mystery, Free Flight. The DVD also include: artist interview and history of Yakushiji temple.

Artist: Kitaro
P: 2002
Kitaro playing at the holy temple of Yakushiji in Nara japan for an special event. The show includes new songs and old like Silk Road. The concert starts with 4 Monk singing during-2855- a wonderful afternoon as the sun set. Kitaro starts performing 12 of his most beautiful and best ever songs writting by him (my point of view) with young great japanese musicians including the beautiful Koi, Silk Road, Mercury, Water of Mystery, Free Flight.

Artist: Kitaro
P: 2010
Three disc (two CDs + NTSC/Region 0 DVD) from the veteran keyboardist and New Age legend. This triple disc set is an audio and video celebration of his beloved music and features many of his modern masterpieces.

Artist: Kitaro
P: 2013
Kitaro created with "Final Call" a very interesting release. It's a change of experimental sounds with pieces that could be part of Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai. You can hear single sounds that were not used since Ten Kai. Other sounds are known from Kojiki or Gaia.Onbashira.
But the big surprise is the song "Traveler". The piece starts with a pizzicato sound and you expect something in the style of Cirque Ingenieux. At 1:40 suddenly the music changes and you get electronic music in best "Berlin School" tradition. The background rhythm sounds like "Rubycon 2" from the album "Rubycon" by the group Tangerine Dream, just a little bit faster. Kitaro also used the echo sound that Pink Floyd already used in the song "One Of Those Days" on the album "Meddle". Man, I love that combination!
What I don't like very much are the choir sounds that Kitaro used in three songs ("Final Call", Valley Of The Spirit" and "Solar Eclipse"). They sound too much like a sample library and esp. in "Solar Eclipse" it sounds like a "poor man's Enya choir". Disregarding the choir sounds I really recommand "Final Call".
Kitaro House

Artist: Kitaro
P: 1979
One of his first recordings. played in his japanese studio in 1978 on his famous analogue equippment.

Artist: Kitaro
P: 1997
Inspired by the centuries-old Onbashira Matsuri (Pillar Festival) in Japan, Gaia Onbashira is an ambitious work of programmatic (that is, inspired by an outside, non-musical event) music that combines ancient percussion and wind instruments with a modern approach and some excellent synthesizer work. This ambition is most fully realized on the two-part "Yamadashi," which progresses steadily from a low-key beginning to rhythmic, taiko-style drumming and singing. This progression from simple beginnings to more and more complex musical structures is a feature on this album; the only real exception is "Kiotoshi," which has a classical-style concerto construction. Kitaro's sweeping, cinematic style is impressive and often enchanting; one is often left wondering what would happen if he had a full orchestra to work with. --Genevieve Williams
Gaia Onbashira is a musical exploration of respect and how it relates to ancient traditions. Gaia loosely translates to Goddess of the Earth or Mother Earth and Onbashira is a festival that occurs every seven years in Japan. During the Onbashira festival, eight individuals are chosen for spiritually cleansing. The participants ascend a mountain and attempt to spiritually connect with the heavens through the trees. These trees are then allowed to fall down the mountain and eventually become posts and the foundation of a ceremonial shrine. Through these events, these individuals learn to become more in touch with their spirits.This album is a far-reaching journey that brings together influences of the East and West, past and present, history and future. These tracks resonate with earthly sounds and the history embodied in pre-Columbian wind and percussion instruments.

Artist: Kitaro
P: 1998
Nice collection of his best tracks.
Japan import

Here the last copy!

Artist: Kitaro
P: 1993
The implementation of Vietname Songs and music instruments is brilliant. There are strong compelling theme songs in here--especially in "SAIGON REUNION". You hear this theme in MANY MOVIE TRAILERS. It's as intense as the piece "THEATER FIRE IN BROOKLYN" in COME SEE THE PARADISE by RANDY EDELMAN.
Kitaro also add some other themes which are more celebratory and not as somber as the theme in SAIGON REUNION.