在70年代的歐美音樂風影響下，日本本地也吹起了一陣美式音樂風潮，本日介紹的「八神純子」即是其中一位有著洋派作風，演唱實力堅強的資深女歌者。

1981年末に音楽活動を休止した竹内が、本格的に復帰すると共に、シンガーソングライターとして実質的な第一歩を踏み出した記念作でもある。全曲が「作詞・作曲：竹内まりや、アレンジ&プロデュース：山下達郎」となっている。 休業中に作詞作曲家としてヒット曲を出した竹内だが、1982年に夫・山下達郎の担当ディレクター小杉理宇造がRVCから独立し、レコード会社「アルファ・ムーン」を設立。山下も役員として移籍したが、その記念に竹内のシングル（「もう一度/本気でオンリーユー(Let's Get Married)」）と当アルバムのリリースが決まった。当初は休業前と同様に外部作家を起用し制作する予定だったが、休業中に竹内が書きためた曲の高いクオリティに山下が大いに驚き、全て自作曲のアルバムとしてリリースされた。 発売が長女の出産と重なった上に[1]、休業から3年近くが経過しブランクがあったが、オリコンの週間チャートで初登場1位を獲得し、最終的に30万枚以上のヒットも記録した。 2014年11月19日には、「VARIETY -30th Anniversary Edition」が発売された[2]。

刀根麻里子のベスト・アルバムです。TVアニメ『キャッツ・アイ』のエンディング・テーマ曲「HOT#STUFF」を収録。元気なサウンドになっているのに彼女は,しっとりしたうたい方をしています。このバランスが不思議さで,これまでやってきたのです。

During the 10 years of the 2000s, when Jun Fukamachi was in his mid-50s, he actively improvised piano solo performances during his mature period, leaving behind many such beautiful works.

1995年07月21日発売 KTCR-1556

武満徹・映画音楽 DISC-2  篠田正浩 監督作品篇  1:化石の森 （化石之森The Petrified Forest, 1973） 2:沈黙 （Silence, 1971） 3:美しさと哀しみと （美与哀With Beauty and Sorrow, 1965） 4:暗殺 （The Assassination, 1964） 5:異聞猿飛佐助 （Samurai Spy, 1965） 6:はなれ瞽女おりん (盲女阿铃The Ballad of Orin, 1977） 7:あかね雲(日落之云Clouds at Sunset, 1967)

Credits Art Direction – Isao Sakai Composed By – Mako* Design – Tsutomu Matsui Engineer – H. Senuma* Photography By – Tadashi Muto Producer – Ken Matsumoto (2), Mako*

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” KITCHEN. LABEL presents haruka nakamura PIANO ENSEMBLE’s new album entitled “Hikari” in a special 2CD box set edition to be released on 8th August 2017. “Hikari” is the final set of the trilogy of albums (Ongaku No Aru Fuukei and CURTAIN CALL) to feature the current PIANO ENSEMBLE lineup before they go on a indefinite hiatus after their last show at the grand St Mary’s Cathedral in Tokyo on 21st July 2017. Since the release of “Ongaku No Aru Fuukei” in 2014, haruka nakamura PIANO ENSEMBLE has held a tour with 17 concerts in Japan and 4 around Asia, with high profile and sold-out concerts at venues such at Memorial Cathedral of World Peace in Hiroshima, Meguro Persimmon Hall in Tokyo and Hyogo Performing Arts Center in Kobe among others. Recorded in late 2016 and early 2017, “Hikari” includes a new suite of pieces from evolved and fully-formed versions of the group’s favourites and also previously unrecorded items from its concert programs. The album’s repertoire is the ensemble’s most complete yet and documented at the peak of the ensemble’s form. Part one of “Hikari” begins with music recorded once again at the acoustically profound sonorium hall in Tokyo. As ever, haruka nakamura’s attention to the purity and precision of each and every note is matched by counterparts ARAKI Shin (Saxophone and Flute), Akira Uchida (Saxophone), Rie Nemoto (Violin) and Isao Saito (Drums). haruka nakamura’s piano melodies might appear uncomplicated, but this transparency of sound creates a mesmerising cumulative effect with “SIN” representing the ensemble at its most buoyant. Part two and the centrepiece of the album features 3 extended tracks recorded at Meguro Persimmon Hall (Tokyo), Waseda Scott Hall (Tokyo) and Lutheran Church (Fukuoka). 9-piece female choir group CANTUS, baobab and 14 year old vocalist Urara all took part in these recordings where the pieces “CURTAIN CALL” and title-track “Hikari” showcase the album’s collection of sacred hymns and spiritual high points. The ensemble is also joined by long time associate AOKI,Hayoto (Guitars & Harmonica) along with Hiroki Chiba (Contrabass), Sakanoshita Norimasa (Guitar) and Ami Misawa (Cello). The album ender and new piece “Todai”, thereby closing a divine circuit with its concluding distances. If music is meant to be a transporting experience, then the album “Hikari” is haruka nakamura PIANO ENSEMBLE at their transcendent and luminescent best. This album is recorded by Katsunori Fukuoka (Flysound) and is mixed and mastered by Gen Tanabe (studio camel house). “Hikari” is packaged in a hardcase box and features a 36 page book containing exclusive photos, liner and composer’s notes (In Japanese). The album also includes a digital download for 2 bonus tracks Hajimari No Sanbika (Waseda Scott Hall) and Yuube No Inori (sonorium). Total runtime: 85 mins.

`出逢い`をテーマにしたミニ・アルバム。「君とだけ見に行こう」「ネイキッド・ナチュラル」他、全6曲収録。 (C)RS