The Troubadour and the Knight
(2010)
The title "The Troubadour and the Knight" has various meanings. They are e.g. the both main instruments of this album - lute and flamenco guitar. It means also the composition technique I use. I used often two or more different, contrastive technique like modern, uncommon modulation (changing the key) with basso continuo form the 18th century, or the tender sound of the lute with the octatonic scale which beams archaic energy etc. I'd like to express my attitude toward music and art, that is to say the loyalty to beauty and art. Apropos the most Troubadours were even Knight.
Naochika
audio samples (mp3)
01 Preamble - The Troubadour and the Knight
02 The Last Trial
03 Lost Story
04 The Rite
05 Iwakura
06 Bulerias en Rondeau
07 Illimitable
08 Sacrfice - Triumph
09 Sign of the Dream
10 Illimitable (acoustic verison)