Watch Ryuichi Sakamoto "Playing the Piano for the Isolated"

The great Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto-whose work has spanned the electronic pop of Yellow Magic Orchestra and numerous film scores to experimental ambient and contemporary classical-has released this magnificent live performance: "Playing the Piano for the Isolated." His special guest is Shamisen master Hidejiro Honjoh.

Music, work, and life all have a beginning and an ending," Sakamoto has said. What I want to make now is music freed from the constraints of time."