Giorgi Gigashvili Plays Prokofiev - With All My Breath and A

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Release Date
January 30, 2026
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Josef Bardanashvili, Sergei Prokofiev
    • PERFORMER
      Giorgi Gigashvili, Lisa Batiashvili
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 30, 2026
    • UPC
      3701624511947
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA1194
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili

    2. II. Allegretto

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili

    3. III. Tempo di valzer lentissimo

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili

    4. IV. Vivace

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili

    5. I. Allegro inquieto

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili

    6. II. Andante caloroso

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili

    7. III. Precipitato

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili

    8. I. Andante dolce - Allegro moderato - Andante dolce, come prima - Allegro

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili

    9. II. Andante sognando

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili

    10. III. Vivace - Allegro ben marcato - Andantino - Vivace, come prima

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili

    11. Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, Act I: Dance of the Knights (arr. D. Grjunes for violin and piano)

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Lisa Batiashvili, Giorgi Gigashvili

    12. To Gia Kancheli (P.S.)

      Composer: Ioseb Bardanashvili

      Performer: Lisa Batiashvili, Giorgi Gigashvili


For his second recital, Giorgi Gigashvili chose Prokofiev, a composer he has been playing intensively for ten years. Nicknamed the 'War Sonatas', these three masterpieces are, for him, "battles in themselves", sonatas to which one gives "heart and soul": "There is something almost inhuman in the writing. Sometimes it felt like Prokofiev wasn't asking me to play the piano, but to wrestle with it." The very personal title of the album - With all my breath and all my blood - reflects the voice of this young Georgian pianist, who has experienced the recent history of his country with great pain: "This music became the place where I poured my rage." His distinguished guest is his compatriot and friend Lisa Batiashvili, with whom he recorded a transcription for violin and piano of the famous "Dance of the Knights" from Romeo and Juliet, as well as a new work written especially for the duo by Josef Bardanashvili: To Giya, a tribute to Giya Kancheli.