On August 9, Milan Records is set to release a new album titled Opus by the late Ryuichi Sakamoto.
The album features a solo piano rendition of “Tong Poo,” a classic from Yellow Magic Orchestra. You can listen to it below.
Opus includes recordings from Sakamoto’s last concert, which his son Neo Sora filmed for a documentary also called Opus. The film will premiere online on Sunday, June 30, at 8 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on the Criterion Channel and will be available there exclusively after its debut.
I think it’s amazing how music can capture such deep emotions.
The tracklist for Opus:
01 Lack of Love
02 BB
03 Andata
04 Solitude
05 For Jóhann
06 Aubade 2020
07 Ichimei – Small Happiness
08 Mizu no Naka no Bagatelle
09 Bibo no Aozora
10 Aqua
11 Tong Poo
12 The Wuthering Heights
13 20220302 – Sarabande
14 The Sheltering Sky
15 20180219 (W/ Prepared Piano)
16 The Last Emperor
17 Trioon
18 Happy End
19 Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
20 Opus – Ending
