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'Flower Dance: Japanese Folk Melodies', the latest remastered disc from the East Asian offerings of the Nonesuch Explorer Series, has a particularly soothing, gentle, and welcoming quality. These ten tracks represent important Japanese folk melodies, often centuries old- lullabies, children's tunes and drinking songs, as awell as ancient music repurposed for use in traditional dances including 'The Flower Dance' performed every spring under Japan's cherry blossoms. These are cherished pieces in their homeland where they have been passed down from generation to generation and, because of their popularity, some of them may already be familiar to audiences in the west.