Daylight, Moonlight: Live in Yakushiji by Kitaro

Personnel includes: Yakushiji Monks (chant vocals); Yayoi Sakiyama (violin); Shinji Ebihara, Keiko Takahashi (keyboards). Recorded live at Yakushiji Temple, Nara, Japan in 2001. This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players. Personnel includes: Yakushiji Monks (chant vocals); Yayoi Sakiyama violin); Shinji Ebihara, Keiko Takahashi (keyboards). Recorded live at Yakushiji Temple, Nara, Japan in 2001. In the seventh century CE Genjo Sanzo walked the length of the Silk Road from Japan to India and back, bringing with him the scriptures that introduced Buddhism to Japan and China. On this live two-disc album, recorded at the monastery where Genjo's ashes are harbored, Kitaro attempts to capture the passions that sustained the monk on his long journeys. The album opens with the somber, unadorned chanting of the Yakushiji monks. As with most of his studio albums, DAYLIGHT, MOONLIGHT finds Kitaro effortlessly bridging the traditional and the forward-thinking, particularly on...