We are delighted to be able to share about two and a half minutes of Joruri, an opera by Minoru Miki.

This excerpt features Nanae Yoshimura on the koto and Joseph Rescigno conducting.

©1985, ZEN-ON Music Company Ltd. Joruri was available in video and laser disk format from DREAMLIFE Corporation, Tokyo, but is currently unavailable. Rescigno, who conducted the world première, also conducted the commercial recordings.

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