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Nika Memanishvili (conductor, keyboard), Mamuka Gaganidze (voice) & Zaza Miminoshvili (guitar) Matrix Ensemble, Rustavi Choir, Children’s Choir, Netherlands Chamber Choir & Rashčr Saxophone Quartet, Klaas Stok ECM’s tenth release of the music of the great Georgian composer Giya Kancheli couples two recent choral works, one inspired by the lost village of Imber on Salisbury Plain, evacuated in 1943 for military manoeuvres and closed to the public ever since. The moving Little Imber was written for performance in its ancient church on the one day each year the former villagers are allowed to return, an Artangel project filmed for a captivating BBC documentary. “Amao Omi, from 2005, inhabits more or less the same musical world [as Little Imber], but with its choral writing set against more urgent saxophone textures, the effect is less cloying and more purposeful.” The Guardian, 4th July 2008 ** “Haunting song forms are used to considerable effect, as are the voices of the children's choir and soloist Mamua Gaganidze in subtly coloured orchestral settings. Amao Omi ('senseless war') is unmistakably the work of the same imagination, skilfully blending chamber choir with saxophones, creating a cool yet compassionate piece.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2008 **** | 
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| |  | Alexander Korsantia Live in Concert
Bach, J S: | Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (from Cantata BWV147) arr Hess Chorale Prelude BWV639 'Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ' arr Busoni Sheep May Safely Graze, from Cantata BWV208 arr Petri | Haydn: | Piano Sonata No. 13 in G major Hob.XVI:6 Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, Hob.XVI:1 | Kancheli: | Instead of a Tango | Mozart: | Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K330 | Prokofiev: | Sonatine Pastorale, Op. 59, No. 3 Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 83 Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat major, Op. 84 Visions fugitive No. 10, Op. 22 | Stravinsky: | Lullaby from The Firebird (arr Agosti/Korsantia) Finale from The Firebird (arr Agosti/Korsantia) Infernal Dance of the King Katschei from The Firebird Suite (arr Agosti/Korsantia) Tango |
Alexander Korsantia (piano) Since winning the Arthur Rubinstein Competition and the Sidney Piano Competition, Alexander Korsantia’s career has taken him to many of the world’s major concert halls, collaborating with renowned conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Christoph Eschenbach, Yuri Bashmet and Paavo Jarvi and orchestras as the Chicago Symphony, the Kirov, Israel Philharmonic and Oslo Philharmonic. He has also given many recitals with renowned violinist Vadim Repin. Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Korsantia has lived in the United States since 1992. He now resides in Boston where he is Professor of Piano at the New England Conservatory. Enjoying great popularity in his country of birth, he performed at the inauguration of Georgian President Saakashvili in 2004. Korsantia’s live recordings, on two discs, present an attractive programme carefully chosen from recitals he has given since 1995 in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Toulouse, Boston and New York. The first CD features arrangements of Bach by Busoni, Egon Petri and Myra Hess’s famous version of the chorale Jesu, Joy of Men's Desiring, two Piano Sonatas by Haydn and Mozart’s Sonata in C major, KV330 and 20th century Russian and Georgian music. Korsantia has rearranged Gwido Agosti’s magnificent 1934 piano transcription of the last three pieces from The Firebird Suite to reflect more of Stravinsky's original orchestral sound. Stravinsky’s Tango is followed by Giya Kancheli’s Instead of Tango originally written in 1996 for violin, piano, bandoneon and double bass. Kancheli’s own piano arrangement is dedicated to three Georgian pianists, one of them Alexander Korsantia. The second disc is devoted to Sergei Prokofiev: his Pastoral Sonatina and Vision Fugitive, No 11, Op 22 bookend the Piano Sonata No 7 in B flat major and the substantial Piano Sonata No 8. |
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| |  | Celebrating Slava! In remembrance of Mstislav RostropovichLive Recordings from Cello Festival Kronberg 2007
Bernstein: | Three Meditations from 'Mass' (dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Gary Hoffman (cello) Kremerata Baltica, David Geringas | Britten: | Suite No. 2 for cello solo, Op. 80 (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Miklós Perényi (cello) Sonata for cello and piano in C major, Op. 65 (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Natalia Gutman (cello) & Viacheslav Poprugin (piano) | Debussy: | Nocturne et Scherzo (premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Gary Hoffman (cello) & David Selig (piano) | Dutilleux: | Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) László Fenyö (cello) | Henze: | Trauerode für Margret Geddes for cello sextet (premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich and Cellissimo in 1997) Cellissimo | Kalsons: | Aluzija for two solo celli, cello ensemble, harp and percussion (dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich) Lucianne Brady (harp), Andrei Pushkarev (percussion), Monika Leskovar (cello) & Giovanni Sollima (cello) Cellissimo, David Geringas | Kancheli: | Nach dem Weinen for solo cello (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Julius Berger (cello) With a Smile for Slava (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Mischa Maisky (cello) & Pavel Gililov (piano) Silent Prayer World Premiere (dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich on his 80th birthday and to Gidon Kremer on his 60th birthday) Gidon Kremer (violin) & Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello) Kremerata Baltica | Lutoslawski: | Sacher Variation (premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Leonard Elschenbroich (cello) | Miaskovsky: | Cello Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Op. 81 (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Natalia Gutman (cello) & Viacheslav Poprugin (piano) | Piazzólla: | Le Grand Tango (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Young Chang Cho (cello) & Pavel Gililov (piano) | Prokofiev: | Valse from Cinderella (arranged for violoncello and piano by Mstislav Rostropovich) Lynn Harrell (cello) & Pavel Gililov (piano) The Love for Three Oranges: March (arranged for violoncello and piano by Mstislav Rostropovich) Lynn Harrell (cello) & Pavel Gililov (piano) Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119 (premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Andreas Brantelid (cello) & Pavel Gililov (piano) Cello Concertino in G minor, Op. 132 (2nd Movement) (arranged for cello sextet and dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich, premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich and Cellissimo in 1999) Cellissimo | Rostropovich: | Humoresque, Op. 5 Gabriel Schwabe (cello) & Pavel Gililov (piano) Etude for solo cello Young-Chang Cho (cello) | Schnittke: | Improvisation for cello solo (1993) (dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich, work commissioned for the Rostropovich Cello Competition, Paris) Eun-Sun Hong (cello) Minuet for String Trio (premiered by Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet and Mstislav Rostropovich) Gidon Kremer (violin), Ula Ulijona Zebriunaite (viola) & David Geringas (cello) Musica nostalgica (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Arto Noras (cello) & Ralf Gothóni (piano) Epilogue from the ballet Peer Gynt, for cello, piano and tape (arranged by Alfred Schnittke for piano, cello and tape-recorder, dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) David Geringas (cello) & Jascha Nemtsov (piano) | Shaporin: | The Russian Song and Scherzo (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Andreas Brantelid (cello) & Pavel Gililov, (piano) | Shchedrin: | Slava! Slava! Ein festliches Glockengeläut (dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich on his 70th birthday) Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Neeme Järvi Na pososhok... (One for the road...) World Premiere (in remembrance of Slava, for six violoncelli and treble recorder) Sabine Ambos (recorder) Cellissimo | Walton: | Passacaglia for solo cello (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Sebastian Hess (cello) |
Mstislav Rostropovich’s life as a musician was one of incredible creative power. Profil are delighted to present 27 works on four CDs – all of them inspired by the artist and human being Mstislav Rostropovich; either once dedicated to him or premiered by him. They have been recorded on these four CDs as a lasting homage to the maestro. The live recordings are taken from the eighth Kronberg Cello Festival “in remembrance – celebrating Slava” in 2007, where friends, former students and companions of Mstislav Rostropovich gathered to honour his memory and celebrate a unique artist. "Cellist, pianist, conductor and communicator par excellence, Mstislav (‘Slava’) Rostropovich remains a powerful presence on the international music scene." Gramophone “These recordings were all captured live at the Kronberg Cello Festival in 2007, the year of Mstislav Rostropovich's death, and the pieces were either written for him, premiered by him or… composed in his memory. The line-up includes some very distinguished names, and even the less familiar throw themselves into the celebration with commitment and fervour.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2008 **** |
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Maxim Rysanov (viola) & Rihards Zalupe (percussion) Men of the State Choir Latvija, Liepaja Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 'Kamer…', Maris Sirmais "My rival has arrived!" Yuri Bashmet | | Onyx - ONYX4023 (CD) Normally: £12.99 (£11.06 ex. VAT) Special: £9.74 (£8.29 ex. VAT) |
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Gidon Kremer Kremerata Baltica & Bridge Ensemble “Kanchieli's position as a powerful and individual voice is becoming more apparent with each vividly recorded issue in ECM's continuing series” BBC Music Magazine, April 2005  BBC Music Magazine
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Gidon Kremer Kremerata Baltica "They're an extraordinary group, their playing by turns virtuosic and expressive"
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Vadim Gluzman (violin) & Angela Yoffe (piano) “Every phrase resounds with passion and sensitivity. A really superb disc.” BBC Music Magazine | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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