Credits:

Sachiko Miyashita

Description:

This new album is released on an independent label launched by Shoko Miyashitaone of Japans leading female guitariststo mark her 20th anniversary as a performing artist. The album title, Le Dpart (French for departure), conveys her determination to take on challenges she has not yet been able to achieve. The album centers on works by leading Romantic composers such as Kost, Merz, and Legonti, and also includes Turiaela by the French genius Dianswhich Miyashita herself premiered in Japan in 2006and concludes with the widely known Tango en Sky. Shoko Miyashitas technical skill and artistic excellence go without saying, but the albums high level of polishthanks to the apt and thoughtful program notes by Hirokazu Sato (guitarist and composer) and his ambitious selection of piecesensures it will satisfy not only guitar music fans but also many classical music fans who have rarely had the opport