Glass Tomorrow

[Machine Translation] This is a collection of works that incorporates the piano and, for the first time in his career, the violin and cello. This work is played both static and powerful at the same time, playing through the two sides of the work. M1 "Winter Fireworks" begins with a floating melody that recalls the past, and M3 "Meditation on Thais" slows down the tempo of the performance to allow the melody to shine through, bringing a new richness to a piece that many people have already heard. The slowing down of the tempo in M3 "Meditation on Thais" makes the melody more brilliant, and one realizes new richness in a piece that has already been heard by many. M10 "she was the sea -trio ver-," originally a solo piano piece, was arranged with the addition of violin and cello to preserve the high purity of the original melody and increase the intensity of the music to withstand the baptism of time. M11 "GLASS TOMORROW," which is also the title of the album, is the heart of the album, as Yokoyama says, "I made this album because of this song," and it is the finale of the album with its delicate and powerful sound. Violinist Rie Nemoto and cellist Chisei Suzuki participate in the performance of this piece.

ピアノを中心に、自身初となるヴァイオリンとチェロを取り入れた作品集。本作は、静的であると同時に力強く奏でられ、作品の表裏を弾ききっていく。本作の楽曲は、旋律を先に作りそこから和声を組み立てていく手法をとり、より聴く者の深部へと届く。M1「冬の花火」では、過去を懐かしむような浮遊感のある旋律から始まる。M3「タイスの瞑想曲」では、演奏のテンポを落とすことにより、旋律がより冴え、多くの人に既に聞かれてきた楽曲の新たな豊かさに気づく。元はソロピアノの作品である M10「she was the sea -trio ver-」は、ヴァイオリンとチェロを加えアレンジし、原曲の純度の高い旋律を生かしたまま、時の洗礼に耐えうる音楽の強度を高めた。アルバムタイトルでもある M11「GLASS TOMORROW」は、この曲が出来たからこのアルバムを作ったと横山が言うように、本作の肝心として、繊細に、そして力強く鳴り響きフィナーレを飾る。本作では、ヴァイオリニストの根本理恵、チェリストの鈴木知聖が演奏に参加している。