Arigatou -Yanase Nana Selections-

A cover album in which Kazukiyo Nishikiori, who is also active as a stage director, engages with the works of singer-songwriter Nana Yanase, whose songs he has used in his stage productions over many years. The connection between the two began with their encounter with the cheer song "Makenai Towel," created right after the Great East Japan Earthquake, and over the following roughly ten years it led to numerous songs coloring Nishikiori's directed productions. This work contains five Nana Yanase songs, including a song first used on stage. Songs that quietly gaze at people's pain, kindness, and hope are carefully woven with Nishikiori's own warm singing voice. The recording was carried out within Nara Prefecture. Nana Yanase's support members gathered for the performance and recording, packaging the unaffected, natural atmosphere and rich warmth just as they are. Rather than flashy decoration, it is a disc that makes you feel anew the power of song that gently accompanies life's joys and sorrows. After listening, it becomes a work that leaves a gentle afterglow, as if you received the word "thank you" as a souvenir. The CD booklet comes with commentary on all songs written by Nana Yanase herself in vivid, scenic prose.

舞台演出家としても活躍する錦織一清が、長年にわたり舞台作品で楽曲を起用してきたシンガーソングライター・やなせななの作品に向き合ったカバー・アルバム。二人の縁は、東日本大震災直後に制作された応援歌「まけないタオル」との出会いに始まり、その後およそ10年にわたり、錦織の演出作品を彩る数々の楽曲へとつながっていった。本作には、初めて舞台で使用された楽曲を含む、やなせなな作品5曲を収録。人の痛みや優しさ、希望を静かに見つめる楽曲群を、錦織ならではの温かな歌声で丁寧に紡いでいる。レコーディングは奈良県内で実施。演奏・録音には、やなせななのサポートメンバーが集結し、飾らない自然体の空気感と豊かな温もりをそのままパッケージした。派手な装飾ではなく、人生の喜びや悲しみにそっと寄り添う歌の力を改めて感じさせる一枚。聴き終えたあと、まるで"ありがとう"という言葉をおみやげにもらったような優しい余韻が残る作品に。CDブックレットにはやなせなな本人による情景豊かな筆致で綴られた全曲解説付き。