Research Catalog

Title

Themes from the songbook / Giya Kancheli.

Author

Kancheli, Gii︠a︡.

Publication

München : ECM Records, [2010], ℗2010.

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Additional Authors

• Eicher, Manfred.
• Saluzzi, Dino, 1935-
• Kremer, Gidon, 1947-
• Pushkarev, Andrei

Description

1 audio disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Argentine bandoneonist Dino Saluzzi, Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer and Ukrainian vibraphonist Andrei Pushkarev comprise a most-unexpected cast for ECM\u0027s latest album devoted to Giya Kancheli. Recorded "in secret" as a surprise 75th birthday present for the great Georgian composer, this extremely beautiful album of gently exhaling melody features duo and trio interpretations of themes from Kancheli\u0027s early music for stage and screen. When embarking on his career, Kancheli also composed much incidental music for the theatre and the cinema. The film music in particular was very widely heard, all across the former Soviet Union, and many of the themes here (there are 20 on the album) enjoyed great popularity. In the West, however, it has remained largely unknown. In 2009 Kancheli published a songbook featuring piano versions of the themes with a preface welcoming an improvisational approach to the material. With this in mind ECM decided to invite Dino Saluzzi to play the themes in his personal and highly creative way. Simultaneously Gidon Kremer, an old friend and champion of Kancheli\u0027s music, expressed an interest in doing something special for Giya\u0027s birthday. With both Kremer and Saluzzi involved, the project took on new dimensions. Finding links between the worlds of Kancheli, Kremer and Saluzzi is a task adroitly handled by Pushkarev. The vibraphonist prepared arrangements which were realized with Kremer in Riga, and he also worked in Oslo with Saluzzi, intuitively supporting Dino\u0027s very relaxed approach.

Alternative Title

Giya Kancheli\u0027s music for stage and screen

Subject

• Motion picture music
• Incidental music > Excerpts

Credits (note)

• Produced by Manfred Eicher.

Contents

• Symphony No. 4 ("Los Angeles") -- Kanon pokajanen: Fragments.
• 1. Herio Bichebo from Earth, This Is Your Son -- 2. Theme from Bear\u0027s Kiss -- 3. Main theme from The Crucibles -- 4. Theme from As You Like It -- 5. Theme from Don Quixote Var. I -- 6. Theme from Hamlet Var. I -- 7. Theme from King Lear -- 8. Theme from Don Quixote Var. II -- 9. Main theme from Kin-Dza-Dza -- 10. Main theme from The Role For A Beginner -- 11. Theme from Twelfth Night -- 12. Main theme from Cinema -- 13. Theme from Hamlet Var. II -- 14. Waltz from Richard III -- 15. Theme from Mimino -- 16. Theme from Don Quixote Var. III -- 17. Main theme from When Almonds Blossomed -- 18. Waltz from The Eccentrics -- 19. Theme from Hamlet Var. III -- 20. Herio Bichebo from Earth, This Is Your Son.

OCLC

• ocn677446576
• 677446576
• SCSB-5563651

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries