Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Ryuichi Sakamoto: 20220302 - sarabande
Note from Sakamoto official score store:
Included on Ryuichi Sakamoto's last solo album, "12" - the twelfth and final solo studio album (twentieth studio album overall) by Ryuichi Sakamoto released January 17, 2023. "12" is an album of 12 pieces selected from his music sketches Sakamoto composed as if keeping a sound diary while battling illness.Each composition is titled with the date of production. Sarabande is a Spanish dance music incorporated into a suite from the Baroque period. Sakamoto added the title "sarabande" after the date of this piece only, describing, "I want you to imagine a slow and elegant dance in triple metre." This is the first appearance as a piano score.
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12 has been noted to be an "unhurried" minimalist electronic album that features the "sound of him breathing as though engaged in strenuous activity" overlayed on "sparse piano pieces within electronic soundscapes imbued with a sobering weight."
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 89 based on seven reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". The Skinny gave 12 a 5-star review, noting that, unlike his previous works, 12 is a "collection [that] instead deals in the turbulent and unpredictable period that comes before the unknown." In a positive review, Pitchfork highlights how "Rarely does an album this understated say so much."
Coversart streamings / socials:
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yamaha felt upright / oktava mk012 mod
#ryuichisakamoto #piano #coversart
Ryuichi Sakamoto: 20220302 - sarabande
Note from Sakamoto official score store:
Included on Ryuichi Sakamoto's last solo album, "12" - the twelfth and final solo studio album (twentieth studio album overall) by Ryuichi Sakamoto released January 17, 2023. "12" is an album of 12 pieces selected from his music sketches Sakamoto composed as if keeping a sound diary while battling illness.Each composition is titled with the date of production. Sarabande is a Spanish dance music incorporated into a suite from the Baroque period. Sakamoto added the title "sarabande" after the date of this piece only, describing, "I want you to imagine a slow and elegant dance in triple metre." This is the first appearance as a piano score.
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12 has been noted to be an "unhurried" minimalist electronic album that features the "sound of him breathing as though engaged in strenuous activity" overlayed on "sparse piano pieces within electronic soundscapes imbued with a sobering weight."
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 89 based on seven reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". The Skinny gave 12 a 5-star review, noting that, unlike his previous works, 12 is a "collection [that] instead deals in the turbulent and unpredictable period that comes before the unknown." In a positive review, Pitchfork highlights how "Rarely does an album this understated say so much."
Coversart streamings / socials:
https://linktr.ee/Coversart
yamaha felt upright / oktava mk012 mod
#ryuichisakamoto #piano #coversart
