Kancheli, Giya

The Complete Astor Piazzolla Recordings

8 CD / Nonesuch / 2012-11-19

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Milonga en re; Vardarito, tango; Enrico IV; Escualo; Histoire du tango; Concierto para quinteto, tango; Soledad; Buenos Aires hora zero; Celos, tango; Le Grand Tango; Revirado; Pacho...
Performers: Assad, Odair [Guitar]; Assad, Sérgio [Guitar/Composer]; Chojnacka, Elisabeth; Desyatnikov, Leonid; Gabetta, Sol; Glorvigen, Per Arne; Kremer, Gidon; Lips, Svjatloslav; Meyer, Paul; Milva; Peka...
Conductors: ; Gupta, Rolf; Kremer, Gidon
Ensemble: Astor Quartet; Kremerata Baltica; Kremerata Musica

String Trios from the East by Gubaidulina, Kancheli, Knaifel and Paiberdin / Goeyvaert String Trio

2 CD / Challenge Classics / 2012-05-08

Works: Sofia Gubaidulina: Trio, for violin, viola & cello; Oleg Paiberdin: Organum A-nn-A, for violin, viola & cello; Giya Kancheli: Time... and again (What I write is true, God knows that I am not lying. -...
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Ensemble: Goeyvaert String Trio

All of these works begin with very little: a note or two, something not far removed from silence, a seed that gives rise to an...continue...
Recording information: Groáer Lindensaal, Markkleeberg, Germany (06/20/2011-06/23/2011)....continue...

Echoes Of Time

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-02-15

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, Op. 77 (published as Op. 99); Seven Dolls' Dances; Giya Kancheli: V & V, for violin & taped voice with string orchestra; Arvo Pärt: Spie...
Performers: Batiashvili, Elisabeth; Grimaud, Helene
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka

Lisa Batiashvili's debut album for Deutsche Grammophon 'Echoes of Time' is a matter of the heart - an unusual, very individual and fascinating program by...continue...

Giya Kancheli: Themes From The Songbook

1 CD / ECM / 2011-01-25

Works: Giya Kancheli: Earth, This Is Your Son, film score for orchestra; Bear's Kiss; The Crucible; As You Like It; Don Quixote; Hamlet; King Lear; Kin-Dza-Dza; The Role for a Beginner; Twelfth Night; Cinem...
Performers: Kakhidze, Djansug; Kremer, Gidon; Pushkarev, Andrei; Saluzzi, Dino
Conductors: Kakhidze, Djansug

An unexpected cast featuring Argentine bandoneonist Dino Saluzzi, Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer and Ukrainian vibraphonist Andrei Pushkarev combine to create a Giya Kancheli album like...continue...
Recording information: Latvijas Radio, Riga (05/2010); Rainbow Studio, Oslo (05/2010).

Over the course of his career Giya Kancheli has written scores for over 100 films and plays, and in 2009 h...continue...

Hymns & Prayers / Gidon Kremer

1 CD / ECM / 2010-10-19

Works: Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer: Hymns (8) in memoriam Andrei Tarkovsky, for solo violin, string orchestra, vibraphone & piano; César Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor, M. 7; Giya Kancheli: Silent Pray...
Performers: Altunashvili, Sofia; Buniatishvili, Khatia; Dirvanauskaite, Giedre; Kremer, Gidon; Nemenyte, Marija; Pushkarev, Andrei; Rysanov, Maxim
Conductors: Kofman, Roman

Beautifully-recorded album from master violinist Gidon Kremer and his Kremerata Baltica, spanning a wide range of music, from the spirited to the spiritual, all of...continue...
Recording information: Pfarrkirche St. Nikolaus, Lockenhaus (07/2008)....continue...

Giya Kanchelli: Little Ember

1 CD / ECM Import / 2008-11-18

Works: Giya Kancheli: Amao Omi; Little Imber
Performers: Gaganidze, Mamuka; Memanishvili, Nika; Miminoshvili, Zaza
Conductors: Stok, Klaas; Memanishvili, Nika
Ensemble: Matrix Ensemble; Raschèr Saxophone Quartet

Giya Kancheli is one of ECM's central contemporary composers whose works have been championed by the label since the early nineties. This release features highly...continue...

In Croce / Modern works for Cello

1 CD / Solo Musica / 2008-06-20

Works: Knut Nystedt: Stabat Mater, Op. 111; Bertold Hummel: Abschied, for cello; Arvo Pärt: Nunc dimittis, for chorus; Sofia Gubaidulina: Preludes; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Giya Kancheli: Nach dem Wei...
Performers: Berger, Julius
Conductors: Sirmais, Máris

Kancheli: Styx; Tavener / Rysanov, Sirmais, et al

1 CD / Onyx Classics / 2007-10-09

Works: Giya Kancheli: Styx, for viola, mixed chorus & orchestra; John Tavener: The Myrrh-Bearer, for viola, chorus & percussion
Performers: Rysanov, Maxim; Zalupe, Rihards
Conductors: Sirmais, Máris

Ukranian-born violinist Maxim Rysanov is a rising star of the classical music scene, recently named a BBC Young Generation Artist of 2007-9. Now based in...continue...

Reminding - Kuulberg, Schnittke, Pärt, etc / Matthew Barley

1 CD / Quartz Records / 2006-01-10

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Moskva, Cheremushki, Op. 105; Alfred Schnittke: Sonata for cello & piano no 1; Musica nostalgica, for cello & piano; Giya Kancheli: With a Smile for Slava, for cello & piano; Fra...
Performers: Barley, Matthew; de Pledge, Stephen

Matthew Barley, one of the UK's foremost cellists, spent his formative years studying in Moscow and this virtuosic disc draws together works by composers from...continue...

Kancheli: Simi, Mourned by the Wind / Ivashkin, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-06-21

Works: Giya Kancheli: Simi, for cello & orchestra; Mourned by the Wind, version for cello & orchestra
Performers: Ivashkin, Alexander
Conductors: Polyanskii, Valeri
Ensemble: Russian State Symphony Orchestra

Giya Kancheli is one of the Eastern bloc's most important contemporary composers, respected by musicologists and fellow composers alike. Schnittke said of him: 'His most...continue...

Giya Kancheli: Diplipito, Valse Boston

1 CD / ECM Import / 2004-06-29

Works: Giya Kancheli: Diplipito, for violoncello, countertenor & orchestra; Valse Boston, for piano & strings
Performers: Davies, Dennis Russell; Demenga, Thomas; Ragin, Derek Lee
Conductors: Davies, Dennis Russell

Kancheli: Magnum Ignotum, Simi / Rostropovich, et al

1 CD / ECM Import / 2000-10-31

Works: Giya Kancheli: Simi, for cello & orchestra; Magnum Ignotum, for wind ensemble, double bass & tape
Performers: Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Kakhidze, Djansug

"Kancheli has sometimes been lumped together with Tavener and Part...but there's something much more disconcerting about his music. It's to do with the frequent pauses...continue...

Kancheli: Vom Winde beweint; Schnittke: Konzert für Viola

1 CD / ECM Import / 2000-08-08

Works: Giya Kancheli: Mourned by the Wind, liturgy for solo viola & orchestra; Alfred Schnittke: Concerto for Viola
Performers: Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]
Conductors: Davies, Dennis R.
Ensemble: Beethovenhalle Orchestra; Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra

Kancheli: Abii ne viderem, Two Prayers / Davies, Kashkashian

1 CD / ECM Import / 2000-04-18

Works: Giya Kancheli: Abii Ne Viderem; Life Without Christmas
Performers: Covey-Crump, Rogers; James, David [Countertenor]; Jones, Gordon [Baritone]; Kashkashian, Kim; Potter, John [Tenor]; Pschenitschnikova, Natalia; Tevdorashvili, Vasiko
Conductors: Davies, Dennis Russell
Ensemble: Hilliard Ensemble; Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

Kancheli: Caris Mere / Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart CO

2 CD / ECM Import / 2000-04-18

Works: Giya Kancheli: Midday Prayers, for clarinet, soprano & 19 players; Caris Mere, for soprano & viola; Night Prayers, for soprano saxophone & string orchestra
Performers: Brunner, Eduard; Deubner, Maacha; Garbarek, Jan; Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]
Conductors: Davies, Dennis R.
Ensemble: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

Piazzolla: El Tango, etc / Gigon Kremer, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 1997-08-19

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Revirado; Pachouli; Preludio para el año 3001 (Rinasceró); El tango; Decaríssimo; Che Tango Che; Milonga for Three; Michelangelo 70; Leonid Desyatnikov: My Happi...
Performers: Assad, Odair; Assad, Sérgio; Glorvigen, Per Arne; Kremer, Gidon; Milva; Posch, Alois; Sakharov, Vadim; Veloso, Caetano
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Ensemble: Astor Quartet

Kancheli: Light Sorrow, Mourned by the Wind / Werthen, et al

1 CD / Telarc / 1997-05-27

Works: Giya Kancheli: Mourned by the Wind, liturgy for solo viola & orchestra; Light Sorrow, cantata for chorus & orchestra
Performers: Ford, Ian; Hayes, Oliver; Springuel, France
Conductors: Werthen, Rudolf
Ensemble: Cantate Domino Chorus; I Fiamminghi

"...[This is] music of heart-rending beauty...Highly recommended, whether or not you already have the Kancheli 'bug'." -DJF, Gramophone...continue...

Kancheli: Symphonies 2 & 7 / Jurowski, RSO Berlin

1 CD / CPO / 1995-08-01

Works: Giya Kancheli: Symphony no 2 (Gesänge); Symphony no 7 ("Epilogue")
Conductors: Jurowski, Michail
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Night Prayers

1 CD / Nonesuch (USA) Import / 1994-09-06

Works: Traditional: Kongerei; Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky: Lacrymosa; Franghiz Ali-Zadeh: Mugam Sayagi, for string quartet; Sofia Gubaidulina: Quartet for Strings no 4, with tape; Tigran Tahmizyan: A Cool Wind is...
Performers: Aleksandrovich, Mikhail; Alexandrovich, Misha; Dutt, Hank; Gasparyan, Djivan; Harrington, David; Jeanrenaud, Joan; Kronos Quartet; Sherba, John [Violin]; Throat Singers of Tuva; Upshaw, Dawn [Soprano...
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Ensemble: Kronos Quartet; Tuvan Singers