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As she has demonstrated in her critically acclaimed albums of the keyboard music of Liszt and Chopin, Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili is a stunning virtuoso with impressive skills and her dynamic playing compels listening. However, for her 2014 Sony album, Motherland, she finds subtle expressions in her favorite character pieces, and none of them could be considered showstoppers. Most of the selections reflect calm and intimate moods, typified by Bach's Sheep May Safely Graze, Tchaikovsky's Autumn Song, Debussy's Clair de lune, and Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte, while the liveliest pieces, which include Mendelssohn's Song Without Words in F sharp minor, György Ligeti's Musica Ricercata No. 7, Dvorák's Slavonic Dance in E minor, and Scarlatti's Sonata in E major, offer rather modest displays of technique. Instead of dazzling her listeners, Buniatishvili is putting forward her personal, private side in this understated program, and the key to her selections is the sense of yearning that these pieces evoke. The most passionate outpouring of emotion comes in her own arrangement of Vaguiorko ma, a Georgian folk song that surely must hold a special place in her emotional world. Because this is a gentle and poignant album, listeners may find it is best appreciated in a quiet space with few distractions.
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Cantata, BWV 208 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Egon Petri, Transcriber
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The Seasons, Op. 37b (Pyotr Illitch Tchaïkovski)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
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Lied ohne Worte in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 67/2 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
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Suite bergamasque (Claude Debussy)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Claude Debussy, Composer
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When Almonds blossomed (Giya Kancheli)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Giya Kancheli, Composer
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Musica ricercata (György Ligeti)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - György Ligeti, Composer
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Intermezzi, Op. 117 (Johannes Brahms)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Johannes Brahms, Composer
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Wiegenlied (Chant du berceau), S 198 (Franz Liszt)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Franz Liszt, Composer
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Slavonic Dances for four hands, Op. 72 (Antonín Dvořák)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Gvantsa Buniatishvili, Piano - Antonin Dvorak, Composer
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Pavane pour une infante défunte in G Major (Maurice Ravel)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Maurice Ravel, Composer
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Etude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 25 No.7 (Frédéric Chopin)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Frédéric Chopin, Composer
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Etude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 2, No. 1 (Alexander Scriabin)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Alexandre Scriabine, Composer
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Sonata in E major, K. 380 (Domenico Scarlatti)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Domenico Scarlatti, Composer
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Lyric Pieces, Op. 57 (Edvard Grieg)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Edvard Grieg, Composer
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Vaguiorko ma ? (Traditional)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Arranger & Piano - Traditional, Composer
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Suite in G Minor, HWV 434 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Wilhelm Kempff, Arranger - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer
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Für Alina in B Minor (Arvo Pärt)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Arvo Pärt, Composer
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Album review
As she has demonstrated in her critically acclaimed albums of the keyboard music of Liszt and Chopin, Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili is a stunning virtuoso with impressive skills and her dynamic playing compels listening. However, for her 2014 Sony album, Motherland, she finds subtle expressions in her favorite character pieces, and none of them could be considered showstoppers. Most of the selections reflect calm and intimate moods, typified by Bach's Sheep May Safely Graze, Tchaikovsky's Autumn Song, Debussy's Clair de lune, and Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte, while the liveliest pieces, which include Mendelssohn's Song Without Words in F sharp minor, György Ligeti's Musica Ricercata No. 7, Dvorák's Slavonic Dance in E minor, and Scarlatti's Sonata in E major, offer rather modest displays of technique. Instead of dazzling her listeners, Buniatishvili is putting forward her personal, private side in this understated program, and the key to her selections is the sense of yearning that these pieces evoke. The most passionate outpouring of emotion comes in her own arrangement of Vaguiorko ma, a Georgian folk song that surely must hold a special place in her emotional world. Because this is a gentle and poignant album, listeners may find it is best appreciated in a quiet space with few distractions.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:35
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Khatia Buniatishvili
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sony Classical
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music Solo Piano
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
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