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Over the course of his career Giya Kancheli has written scores for over 100 films and plays, and in 2009 he gathered some of the music into a songbook, Simple Music for Piano: 33 Miniatures from Music for Stage and Screen. As a surprise for the composer's 75th birthday, his son and producer Manfred Eicher initiated a project with violinist Gidon Kremer, bandoneon player Dino Saluzzi, and vibraphonist Andrei Pushkarev to arrange and record an album of selections from the songbook. The original music was written over a span of almost 40 years, between 1965 and 2002, but there is a remarkable consistency in style and tone. The vast majority of the pieces recorded here have a mellow, semi-improvisatory, Latinate mood that is frequently reminiscent of Piazzolla at his freest. The prevailing sentiment of gentle melancholy makes for an album with a consistent tone. (It works beautifully as an album listening experience, but it's a little odd that the music is so unvaried for plays and films as diverse as The Crucible, As You Like It, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, King Lear, and Don Quixote, but that may have to do with the fact that it is re-scored for this chamber ensemble.) Each of the soloists is a star, but they put their egos at the service of the music and play with admirable sensitivity to each other, and the result is an exceptionally well-integrated ensemble. ECM's sound is impeccable. The album should interest anyone who wants to hear the composer's work in a lighter, more pop-influenced vein, and also fans of music in the mood of a very mellow Piazzolla.
© Stephen Eddins /TiVo
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Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Giya Kancheli, Composer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Dino Saluzzi, Bandoneon, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrei Pushkarev, Vibraphone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Giya Kancheli, Composer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Dino Saluzzi, Bandoneon, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrei Pushkarev, Vibraphone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH
Gidon Kremer, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Giya Kancheli, Composer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Dino Saluzzi, Bandoneon, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrei Pushkarev, Vibraphone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Giya Kancheli, Composer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Dino Saluzzi, Bandoneon, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrei Pushkarev, Vibraphone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH
Gidon Kremer, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Giya Kancheli, Composer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Giya Kancheli, Composer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Dino Saluzzi, Bandoneon, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Giya Kancheli, Composer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Andrei Pushkarev, Vibraphone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Giya Kancheli, Composer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Dino Saluzzi, Bandoneon, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Giya Kancheli, Composer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Andrei Pushkarev, Vibraphone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Giya Kancheli, Composer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Dino Saluzzi, Bandoneon, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrei Pushkarev, Vibraphone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH
Gidon Kremer, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Giya Kancheli, Composer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Andrei Pushkarev, Vibraphone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH
Gidon Kremer, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Giya Kancheli, Composer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Andrei Pushkarev, Vibraphone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Giya Kancheli, Composer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Dino Saluzzi, Bandoneon, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Giya Kancheli, Composer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Dino Saluzzi, Bandoneon, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrei Pushkarev, Vibraphone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH
Gidon Kremer, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Giya Kancheli, Composer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Andrei Pushkarev, Vibraphone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Giya Kancheli, Composer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Dino Saluzzi, Bandoneon, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Giya Kancheli, Composer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Dino Saluzzi, Bandoneon, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrei Pushkarev, Vibraphone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Giya Kancheli, Composer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Dino Saluzzi, Bandoneon, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrei Pushkarev, Vibraphone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Giya Kancheli, Composer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Dino Saluzzi, Bandoneon, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH
Giya Kancheli, Composer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mikhail Kilosanidze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jansug Kakhidze, Conductor, Singer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Moris Potskhishvili, Author
℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH
Album review
Over the course of his career Giya Kancheli has written scores for over 100 films and plays, and in 2009 he gathered some of the music into a songbook, Simple Music for Piano: 33 Miniatures from Music for Stage and Screen. As a surprise for the composer's 75th birthday, his son and producer Manfred Eicher initiated a project with violinist Gidon Kremer, bandoneon player Dino Saluzzi, and vibraphonist Andrei Pushkarev to arrange and record an album of selections from the songbook. The original music was written over a span of almost 40 years, between 1965 and 2002, but there is a remarkable consistency in style and tone. The vast majority of the pieces recorded here have a mellow, semi-improvisatory, Latinate mood that is frequently reminiscent of Piazzolla at his freest. The prevailing sentiment of gentle melancholy makes for an album with a consistent tone. (It works beautifully as an album listening experience, but it's a little odd that the music is so unvaried for plays and films as diverse as The Crucible, As You Like It, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, King Lear, and Don Quixote, but that may have to do with the fact that it is re-scored for this chamber ensemble.) Each of the soloists is a star, but they put their egos at the service of the music and play with admirable sensitivity to each other, and the result is an exceptionally well-integrated ensemble. ECM's sound is impeccable. The album should interest anyone who wants to hear the composer's work in a lighter, more pop-influenced vein, and also fans of music in the mood of a very mellow Piazzolla.
© Stephen Eddins /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 00:58:59
- Main artists: Dino Saluzzi Gidon Kremer Andrei Pushkarev
- Composer: Giya Kancheli
- Label: ECM Records
- Genre: Classical
© 2010 ECM Records GmbH ℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH
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