Takashi Asahina in Germany

Takashi Asahina was a Japanese conductor driven by his love of German music. The late conductor spent a lifetime recording then rerecording all of Bruckner’s symphonies, and spent many years associated with the North German Radio Orchestra in Hamburg. In 1947, Asahina also founded his own orchesta – the Kansai Symphonic Orchestra (now known as the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra.) Tonight, we hear a selection of Asahina’s recordings made during his years in Germany.