Giya Kancheli
Music For Stage & Screen (Volume I)
Tbilisi Records proudly presents its second release – the first volume of a new series titled Giya Kancheli – Music for Stage and Screen.
Elusive Affinity
Solo piano recital by Anna Gourari: Bach's Vivaldi and Marcello arrangements framing works by Schnittke, Shchedrin, Rihm, Pärt and Kancheli. Recorded January 2018 at the Historischer Reitstadel, Neumarkt, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Chiaroscuro
Two first recordings of works by Giya Kancheli, Chiaroscuro (2010) and Twilight (2004), played by Gidon Kremer, Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Kremerata Baltica; recorded in Vilnius in late 2014 and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Giya Kancheli, Nederlands Kamerkoor, Raschèr Saxophone Quartet, Mamuka Gaganidze, Zaza Miminoshvili, Rustavi Choir, Children's Choir, Nika Memanishvili
Little ImberTwo choral works by Giya Kancheli: Little Imber, recorded in August 2003 in the evacuated village of Imber with the Matrix Ensemble, Rustavi Choir and Mamuka Gaganidze, and Amao Omi, recorded in May 2006 in Amsterdam by the Nederlands Kamerkoor and t…
Lament
Giya Kancheli's Lament, music of mourning in memory of Luigi Nono, for violin, soprano and orchestra, performed by Gidon Kremer, Maacha Deubner and the Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra under Jansug Kakhidze, recorded in Tbilisi in March 1998.
Giya Kancheli, Maacha Deubner, Natalia Pschenitschnikova, Catrin Demenga, Ruth Killius, Rebecca Firth, Christian Sutter, Wladimir Jurowski
ExilGiya Kancheli's Exil (1994), settings of Psalm 23 and poems by Paul Celan and Hans Sahl for soprano, instruments and tape, sung by Maacha Deubner with a chamber ensemble conducted by Wladimir Jurowski, recorded in May 1994 at Propstei St. Gerold.
Giya Kancheli: Vom Winde beweint / Alfred Schnittke: Konzert für Viola und Orchester
Giya Kancheli's Vom Winde beweint and Alfred Schnittke's Viola Concerto, with Kim Kashkashian and conductor Dennis Russell Davies, Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn (Nov 1991) and Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken (May 1986).
18 miniatures for viola and piano
Printed score of Giya Kancheli's 18 Miniatures for Viola and Piano, based on themes from his incidental music for films and plays. Two A4 books, score (48 pages) and viola part (20 pages), sold by ECM.
12 miniatures for voice and piano
Printed score of Giya Kancheli's 12 Miniatures for Voice and Piano, songs based on themes from his film and theatre music with Georgian lyrics by Ia Sakandelidze. Published 2016, A4, 40 pages, texts in Georgian and English.
18 miniatures for violin and piano
Printed edition of Giya Kancheli's 18 Miniatures for Violin and Piano, based on themes from his incidental music for films and plays. Two A4 books: a 48-page score and a 20-page violin part.