Search - Brian and Elizabeth Falconer :: Chocolate Suite - Japanese Music for Chocolate Lovers

It made me hear koto differently

marev | Renton, WA USA | 03/14/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I told my kids that I've got a tune called "Chocolate Suite" in a CD and they got very curious. I played the CD for them and they started dancing! I liked the CD very much, too. It is so original and beautiful. Since many of the pieces in the CD do not use the traditional Japanese scale, it does not make me tune out, which I guess I, like most young people from Japan, typically do when I hear a traditional Japanese music. Instead, the pieces made me focus on the sound of koto. Actually I didn't know that koto had such a beautiful sound! It reminded me of a phrase "kinsen ni fureru" in Japanese, which literally means to touch the koto strings or a string in someone's heart. The music in this CD really did that!"

Music for chocolate lovers (and koto lovers, too)

Joanna Daneman | Middletown, DE USA | 05/09/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album just won the iParenting Media Award, and it's recommended for both kids and parents. But there's nothing childish about this interesting assortment of compositions. This is not traditional Japanese koto, but Ms. Falconer and son Brian's duo interpretation. Brian's fondness for chocolate, and Elizabeth's love for the koto combine to form delicious assortment of music that is relaxing and stimulating all at the same time, just like a box of fine, dark chocolates, waiting to be tasted. A very pretty album which would make a great gift along with a box of sweets."