Yoshiki Classical
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| Studio album by Yoshiki | ||||
| Released | August 27, 2013 | |||
| Genre | Classical | |||
| Length | 40:36 | |||
| Label | X Project, INgrooves, Warner | |||
| Producer | Yoshiki, George Martin | |||
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Yoshiki Classical is the third classical studio album by Japanese musician Yoshiki Hayashi. It was released on August 27, 2013.
In 1993, Yoshiki recorded his first classical studio album, Eternal Melody, in London at the studios owned by English record producer Sir George Martin, who produced and co-arranged the album, with the music performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. It mostly included orchestral arrangements of songs from his band X Japan.
The second studio album, Eternal Melody II, was recorded in the Los Angeles County, California; in his own Extasy Recording Studio, O'Henry Sound Studios, and Paramount Pictures Scoring Stage M facility. All songs were written and composed by Yoshiki, additionally performed by Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 2012, Yoshiki composed the theme song for the 69th Golden Globe Awards, and on January 15, 2013, the theme was officially released through iTunes in 111 countries, with all proceeds being donated to charities chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. After the album release on August 27, 2013, in its celebration, a special live performance was held at the Grammy Museum.
On February 19, at the Grammy Museum was announced Yoshiki's first classical world tour. It will start on April 25 in Costa Mesa, California, and will continue throughout the world, visiting Mexico, Russia, Germany, France, United Kingdom, China, Thailand, Taiwan, and Japan, a total of 13 shows in 10 countries. Due to scheduling issues, the concert at Toronto, Canada, on May 10 has been postponed to second part of the world tour. The tour setup features Yoshiki on piano, several strings as cellos and viola, and vocalist Katie Fitzgerald from Violet UK. Performances will include classical versions of songs he composed, as well depending on the venue, some famous composers like Tchaikovsky.
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