This is pretty much the greatest work for alto flute and guitar any composer has ever written as far as I'm concerned. The balance seems a bit wonky in the audio but you can read along with the score.
I was introduced to Takemitsu's music by a friend of mine in college who was from Japan and said that he was a national treasure, to be sure, but she thought some of his music was actually pretty weird but she wanted to know what I thought of his work. I fell in love with this piece. I later realized I had heard the astonishing "All in Twilight" a few years earlier and, well, I've been a fan of Takemitsu's music for guitar for pretty much my whole adult life.
It's probably easier to hear the influence of Messiaen in this piece than George Russell. ;)
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