宮田大「エルガー：チェロ協奏曲」レコーディング・ドキュメント / Dai Miyata -Recording of Elgar Cello Concerto

日本人として初めてロストロポーヴィチ国際コンクールで優勝し、国際的な活動を繰り広げるチェリスト・宮田大。待望の初コンチェルト録音となる今作はグラスゴー(イギリス)にて、名匠トーマス・ダウスゴー指揮・BBCスコティッシュ響との共演で、エルガーのチェロ協奏曲を収録。初演から100年を迎えるチェロ屈指の名曲を、気品と哀切に溢れる、宮田大の圧倒的な演奏で歌い上げる。

「エルガー：チェロ協奏曲/ヴォーン＝ウィリアムズ：暗愁のパストラル」
2019年10月30日発売　 COCQ- 85473 (UHQ-CD)

エルガー：チェロ協奏曲 ホ短調 作品85
1.第1楽章 Adagio – Moderato
2.第2楽章 Lento – Allegro molto
3.第3楽章 Adagio
4.第4楽章 Allegro, ma non troppo
5.ヴォーン=ウィリアムズ／マシューズ：暗愁のパストラル

2019年8月25日-26日　City Halls(イギリス/グラスゴー)にて録音
宮田 大(チェロ)
トーマス・ダウスゴー(指揮) BBCスコティッシュ交響楽団

Dai Miyata won the Grand Prix in the 9th Rostropovich Cello Competition, becoming the first Japanese competitor to win the grand prize in the world’s most prestigious competition. His splendid performances have attracted a lot of attention from composers and co-performers, gaining high praise from world-class conductor Seiji Ozawa. He has been performing internationally as one of the leading cellists from Japan. Miyata signed an exclusive contract with DENON/Nippon Columbia in 2019 and is scheduled to release his first concerto album on October 30, 2019. This album will contain Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 and Ralph Vaughan Williams/David Matthews’ Dark Pastoral, both of which were recorded with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Thomas Dausgaard in Glasgow, the UK in August 2018. Miyata is scheduled to appear again with Thomas Dausggard and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo at the first BBC Proms Japan 2019 this autumn, to perform Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85.

New Album [Elgar : Cello Concerto/Vaughan Williams: Dark Pastoral]Release:30 October, 2019
COCQ-85458/DENON

Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85
I.Adagio – Moderato
II.Lento – Allegro molto
III.Adagio
IV.Allegro, ma non troppo
Ralph Vaughan Williams/David Matthews: Dark Pastoral for cello and orchestra

Recorded on 25-26 August,2019 at City Halls in Glasgow

Dai Miyata, cello
Thomas Dausgaard (conductor), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra