grand piano Ryuichi Sakamoto tracks 1 to 6, 8, 9 music by Alva Noto tracks 1 to 6, 8, 9 music by Ryuichi Sakamoto recorded by [piano] Conrad Hensel recorded by [piano] Fernando Aponte recorded by [piano] Yoshifumi Iio Phonographic Copyright (p) Raster-Noton.Archiv Für Ton Und Nichtton Phonographic Copyright (p) Kab America Inc. Copyright (c) Raster-Noton.Archiv Für Ton Und Nichtton Copyright (c) Edition Carsten Nicolai Copyright (c) Budde Music Copyright (c) Kab America Inc. Published By Edition Carsten Nicolai Published By Budde Music Published By Kab America Inc. Published By E.G. Music Ltd. Recorded At Onkio Haus Recorded At Victor Studio Recorded At Hansa Tonstudios Recorded At Hansa Studio Mastered At Calyx Mastering Pressed By MPO 2010–2011
The title Summvs refers to the latin word summa (eng. sum) and versus (eng. towards) serving as a metaphor for the work being oriented towards a collaborative whole.
Recorded at Onkio Haus (Tokyo, Japan), Victor Studio (Tokyo, Japan) and Hansa Studios (Berlin, Germany).
The tracks 01, 04 and 09 contain recordings of one of the 15 pianos using a 16th tone interval tuning built by Sauter, Spaichingen/Donaueschingen, Germany. The original piano metamorfoseador en dieciseisavos de tono was designed by Julián Carrillo Trujillo. Thanks to the music department of Berne University Of The Arts for making this instrument available.