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Loose translation into English:

        They released covers of many world hits. However, during this period, the orchestra's longtime pianist Gerard Gambus left the group in 1983, and after the monumental "Nagekidori (Lamenting Bird)" in 1987, the pace of activities slowed down.

        Fourth period 1985 onwards. Still unnamed, he has released several albums of pop classics since 1985. This was something I did not want him to release too often, for my taste. Many easy-listening musicians were doing pop-classical music just before they effectively retired, and with very few exceptions (e.g., Pearly Tango, Kiss My Eyes, etc.), pop-classical music just can't compete with original classical performances. Even so, the "Fate" and other pieces were quite interesting, with the synthesizers in full effect.

        (*1) A grand orchestra is an orchestra for playing pop music, consisting of a string section including violins and a wind section including trumpets, drums, Latin percussion, guitar and electric bass, which play an important role in pop music, plus piano and synthesizer. During the easy listening boom of the 1980s, orchestras such as Richard Clayderman, Frank Pourcel, Raymond Lefebvre, Francis Lai, Pierre Porte, James Last, and Caraveli were active, as were the well-established Percy Faith, and Mantovarny orchestras were also there. Norio Maeda organized a grand orchestra in Japan for a while, but it did not seem to be active for very long. In Japan, rather many big bands for jazz performance (Sharps & Flats, Tokyo Union, etc.) were formed.

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