Performer: The Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Arranger/Conductor: Kaoru Wada (1,2,5,6,9,12), Takayuki Hattori (3,4,7,8,10,11)

Composer: Kunio Miyauchi [M-01,06,12]
                 Makoto Kawaguchi [M-02,05]
                 Kisaburo Suzuki [M-03]
                 Noboru Kimura [M-04]
                 Masahiko Aoi [M-07]
                 Koichi Sugiyama [M-08]
                 PASQUINI-BATTEN-CONTINI [M-09]
                 Toru Fuyuki [M-10]
                 Miki Matsubara [M-11]



The Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

● Founding Conductor: Akeo Watanabe
● Permanent Conductor: Ken-ichiro Kobayashi   ● Chief Conductor: Junichi Hirokami   ● Conductor: Sachio Fujioka
● Chief Guest Conductor: Neeme Järvi
● Guest Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek / Lukács Ervin / James Loughran / Marcello Viotti
● Concertmaster: Hiroshi Okouchi / Masayuki Kino

Violins
  Yasue AKABORI
  Naoko IIJIMA
  Nobuaki IIJIMA
  Keiichiro ISHII
  Tomoko IWASHITA
  Hiroshi OKOUCHI
  Yuichi KATO
  Azusa KAMIO
  Takashi KAWAGUCHI
  Akiko KUKI
  Chigusa SAITO
  Masakazu SAITO**
  Yuji SASAKI
  Yo TAKAGI
  Junko TSUJINO
  Toshiko DOSAKA
  Saori TOYODA
  Sachiko HIRAI
  Jun-ichi HONDA
  Katsumi MATSUMOTO
  Yuko MATSUMOTO
  Katsuro MITSUMOTO
  Akiko MIYOSHI
  Toshiko YAMASHINA
  Chitose YAMADA

Violas
  Toyoji ARAI
  Yuka OBATA
  Shuichi KIKUTA
  Taku KOIKE
  Yuji GOTO**
  Reiko SATO*
  Satoshi TAKAHASHI
  Yumiko NAKAGAWA
  Shinzo YAMASHITA
  Tomoko YAMADA

Solo Cellist
  Tomoya KIKUCHI

Cellos
  Satoshi IDOJI
  Nozomu EHARA
  Osamu OISHI
  Hiroko TAKAGI
  Yuji TAKAGI
  Yukihiko NAKATSUKASA
  Tosiro NAKIRI
  Tomoki YAMADA

Contrabasses
  Bunzo KUWATA
  Hikaru SUGAWARA*
  Masami TAKAKURA
  Tomohito TAKAYAMA
  Takeshi TAZAWA**
  Miki NARUSAWA
  Shigeru MATSUMOTO

Flutes
  Takeshi ENDO
  Isao SHIBATA*
  Kazuo TACHIKAWA**
  Yusuke YANAGIHARA

Oboes
  Takehiko URA*
  Jiro NAKAGAWA
  Hiromasa MATSUOKA

Clarinettes
  Hirotaka ITO**
  Takayuki KABAYA
  Ken-ichi NAGATA
  Miho HIRATSUKA*

Bassoons
  Masanobu KIMURA**
  Kiyoshi KOYAMA
  Kazushi SUZUKI*
  Mitsunobu NISHIMORI

Horns
  Tsuneo ITO*
  Norio UDA
  Mitsuhiro KUDO
  Haruki HIRATSUKA**
  Ryohei MIYATAKE

Trumpets
  Kunihiro NAKAZATO
  Tomoko NAKATSUKASA
  Hiroshi HASHIMOTO**
  Kiwamu HOSHINO*

Trombones
  Mutsumi INAMI
  Haruki KISHIRA*
  Yoshiki HAKOYAMA**

Bass Trombone
  Mikita NAKANE

Tuba
  Tetsuo AOYAGI

Timpani & Percussions
  Isao ENDO*
  Yoshihiro FUKUSHIMA
  Shigeru MORI**

Harp
  Hisako MATSUI

**Principal / *Sub-principal

(as of Jan 2001)



STAFF

● Director: 児玉三香子 (Ayers)   ● Production Co-ordination: Kazuo Sudo (HOT WAVE)
● Engineer: Masahiro Yamada (BEAT)   ● Mastering Engineer: Kazushige Yamazaki (VICTOR STUDIO)
● Recorded at: AVACO CREATIVE STUDIO / SOUND VALLEY
● Art Direction & Design: 新島浩幸 (MEGAMIX GRAPHIC)
● Special Adviser: Kazuo Maeda (TSUBURAYA Productions)
● Exective Producer: Shizuka Tamagawa (TSUBURAYA MUSIC) / Tatsuo Ozawa (Ayers)



Liner notes provided by Shinsuke Kazato (1999.5.17)