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Composer Gija Kancheli is becoming more and more frequently performed, and if the four works here are not now common items, that may change. They are somewhat different in flavor from the composer's symphonies, but Rodion Shchedrin's maxim that Kancheli is "an ascetic with the temperament of a maximalist, a restrained Vesuvius" still applies. Kancheli wrote a good deal of film music, and the fascinating opening work here, A Little Daneliade for piano, strings, and percussion, relates to that; the title refers to film director Giya Daneliya, and the piece's rather strange discourse of single violin gestures punctuated by silences and stronger outbursts from the whole group evokes the director's science fiction comedy Kin-dza-dza!, with its telepathic characters. Also absorbing is the Valse Boston for piano and strings, which, for much of its length, seems to be anything but a waltz until one realizes that the waltz rhythm is generally hanging there in the background. These two pieces are conducted from the keyboard by Elisaveta Blumina, and she has a fine feeling for the slightly ironic language of these works and a good rapport with the venerable Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie. That quality is also present in the excerpts from the 18 Miniatures for violin and piano and the early Largo & Allegro for piano, strings, and timpani, although these are closer to a neo-Romantic language. Nothing here is dull in the least, and the album seems likely to expand the growing canon of performed Kancheli works.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Giya Kancheli, Composer - Elisaveta Blumina, Conductor, MainArtist - Hartmut Schill, MainArtist - Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sikorski Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria 2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria
Giya Kancheli, Composer - Elisaveta Blumina, Conductor, MainArtist - Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sikorski Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria 2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria
Giya Kancheli, Composer - Elisaveta Blumina, MainArtist - Hartmut Schill, MainArtist
2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria 2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria
Giya Kancheli, Composer - Elisaveta Blumina, MainArtist - Hartmut Schill, MainArtist
2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria 2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria
Giya Kancheli, Composer - Elisaveta Blumina, MainArtist - Hartmut Schill, MainArtist
2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria 2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria
Giya Kancheli, Composer - Elisaveta Blumina, MainArtist - Hartmut Schill, MainArtist
2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria 2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria
Giya Kancheli, Composer - Elisaveta Blumina, MainArtist - Hartmut Schill, MainArtist - Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie, MainArtist
2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria 2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria
Giya Kancheli, Composer - Elisaveta Blumina, MainArtist - Hartmut Schill, MainArtist
2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria 2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria
Giya Kancheli, Composer - Elisaveta Blumina, MainArtist - Hartmut Schill, MainArtist
2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria 2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria
Giya Kancheli, Composer - Elisaveta Blumina, MainArtist - Hartmut Schill, MainArtist
2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria 2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria
Giya Kancheli, Composer - Elisaveta Blumina, MainArtist - Hartmut Schill, MainArtist
2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria 2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria
Giya Kancheli, Composer - Elisaveta Blumina, Conductor, MainArtist - Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sikorski Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria 2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria
Giya Kancheli, Composer - Elisaveta Blumina, Conductor, MainArtist - Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sikorski Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria 2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria
Album review
Composer Gija Kancheli is becoming more and more frequently performed, and if the four works here are not now common items, that may change. They are somewhat different in flavor from the composer's symphonies, but Rodion Shchedrin's maxim that Kancheli is "an ascetic with the temperament of a maximalist, a restrained Vesuvius" still applies. Kancheli wrote a good deal of film music, and the fascinating opening work here, A Little Daneliade for piano, strings, and percussion, relates to that; the title refers to film director Giya Daneliya, and the piece's rather strange discourse of single violin gestures punctuated by silences and stronger outbursts from the whole group evokes the director's science fiction comedy Kin-dza-dza!, with its telepathic characters. Also absorbing is the Valse Boston for piano and strings, which, for much of its length, seems to be anything but a waltz until one realizes that the waltz rhythm is generally hanging there in the background. These two pieces are conducted from the keyboard by Elisaveta Blumina, and she has a fine feeling for the slightly ironic language of these works and a good rapport with the venerable Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie. That quality is also present in the excerpts from the 18 Miniatures for violin and piano and the early Largo & Allegro for piano, strings, and timpani, although these are closer to a neo-Romantic language. Nothing here is dull in the least, and the album seems likely to expand the growing canon of performed Kancheli works.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:07:19
- Main artists: Elisaveta Blumina Hartmut Schill Robert Schumann
- Composer: Giya Kancheli
- Label: Capriccio
- Genre: Classical
2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria 2023 Capriccio, 1040 Vienna, Austria
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