Kancheli: Letters To Friends

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Label
Brilliant Classics
Release Date
July 5, 2019
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      KANCHELI, GIYA
    • PERFORMER
      Cortesi, Georgian Strings
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 05, 2019
    • UPC
      5028421956930
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI95693
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Letter to Artist Tengiz Mirzashvili

      Composer: Giya Kancheli

      Ensemble: Georgian Strings

      Performer: Andrea Cortesi

    2. Letter to Film Director Georgi Danelia

      Composer: Giya Kancheli

      Ensemble: Georgian Strings

      Performer: Andrea Cortesi

    3. Letter to Film Director Georgi Kalatozishvili

      Composer: Giya Kancheli

      Ensemble: Georgian Strings

      Performer: Andrea Cortesi

    4. Letter to Composer Sulkhan Nasidzeq

      Composer: Giya Kancheli

      Ensemble: Georgian Strings

      Performer: Andrea Cortesi

    5. Letter to Sound Engineer Mikheil Kilosanidze

      Composer: Giya Kancheli

      Ensemble: Georgian Strings

      Performer: Andrea Cortesi

    6. Letter to Film Director Eldar Shengelaia

      Composer: Giya Kancheli

      Ensemble: Georgian Strings

      Performer: Andrea Cortesi

    7. Letter to Choreographer Gogi Aleksidze

      Composer: Giya Kancheli

      Ensemble: Georgian Strings

      Performer: Andrea Cortesi

    8. Letter to Artist Koka Ignatov

      Composer: Giya Kancheli

      Ensemble: Georgian Strings

      Performer: Andrea Cortesi

    9. Letter to Opera Director Guram Meliva

      Composer: Giya Kancheli

      Ensemble: Georgian Strings

      Performer: Andrea Cortesi

    10. Letter to Composer Nodar Gabunia

      Composer: Giya Kancheli

      Ensemble: Georgian Strings

      Performer: Andrea Cortesi

    11. Letter to Musicologist Givi Ordjonikidze

      Composer: Giya Kancheli

      Ensemble: Georgian Strings

      Performer: Andrea Cortesi

    12. Letter to Friend of Childhood Gogi Kacharava

      Composer: Giya Kancheli

      Ensemble: Georgian Strings

      Performer: Andrea Cortesi

    13. Letter to Impresario Dorian Kitia

      Composer: Giya Kancheli

      Ensemble: Georgian Strings

      Performer: Andrea Cortesi

    14. Letter to Director Lana Gogoberidze

      Composer: Giya Kancheli

      Ensemble: Georgian Strings

      Performer: Andrea Cortesi

    15. Letter to Folklorist Anzor Erkomaishvili

      Composer: Giya Kancheli

      Ensemble: Georgian Strings

      Performer: Andrea Cortesi

    16. Letter to Actor Kakhi Kavsadze

      Composer: Giya Kancheli

      Ensemble: Georgian Strings

      Performer: Andrea Cortesi

    17. Letter to Composer Bidzina Kvernadze

      Composer: Giya Kancheli

      Ensemble: Georgian Strings

      Performer: Andrea Cortesi

    18. Letter to Artist Georgi Alexi-Meskhishvili

      Composer: Giya Kancheli

      Ensemble: Georgian Strings

      Performer: Andrea Cortesi

    19. Letter to Actor Ramaz Chkhikvadze

      Composer: Giya Kancheli

      Ensemble: Georgian Strings

      Performer: Andrea Cortesi

    20. Letter to Conductor Jansug Kakhidze

      Composer: Giya Kancheli

      Ensemble: Georgian Strings

      Performer: Andrea Cortesi

    21. Letter to Writer, Puppeteer and Painter Revaz Gabriadze

      Composer: Giya Kancheli

      Ensemble: Georgian Strings

      Performer: Andrea Cortesi

    22. Letter to Actor Janri Lolashvili

      Composer: Giya Kancheli

      Ensemble: Georgian Strings

      Performer: Andrea Cortesi

    23. Letter to Singer Nani Bregvadze

      Composer: Giya Kancheli

      Ensemble: Georgian Strings

      Performer: Andrea Cortesi

    24. Letter to Singer and Actor Vakhtang Kikabidze

      Composer: Giya Kancheli

      Ensemble: Georgian Strings

      Performer: Andrea Cortesi

    25. Letter to Director Robert Sturua

      Composer: Giya Kancheli

      Ensemble: Georgian Strings

      Performer: Andrea Cortesi


Giya Kancheli's cult reputation as one of the most profound musical voices of our time has not always been matched by the availability of his music on record. These world premiere recordings of works written (or recomposed and arranged) between 2016 and 2018 are thus a significant contribution to the Kancheli discography. They find the composer at his most charming and epigrammatic in a series of 25 musical 'letters' for violin and string orchestra. Most of them are under three minutes in length, taking their material from themes written by the Georgian composer for the film scores which he has composed throughout his career. Compared to his more celebrated concert works such as the symphonies and cantatas of often starkly imposing and monumental expression, these letters strike a more whimsical, often wistful tone. The subjects - to whom they are addressed - are mostly actors and directors who have worked on the films scored by Kancheli. But there are also pieces written with palpable affection to performers such as the composer Jansug Kakhidze, who have championed his music over the years, to fellow composers such as Bidzina Kvernadze, and to artistic friends such as the writer, puppeteer and painter Revaz Gabriadze. The project was initiated by the violinist Andrea Cortesi, who had asked for a piece for violin and string orchestra. Kancheli returned to a cycle of 18 miniatures he had written for violin and piano with Cortesi in mind, and then further back to a collection of 33 piano-only miniatures. Kancheli explains this in a booklet introduction, complemented by a fuller essay from Cortesi, making this album an authoritative recording of Kancheli at his most appealing - perhaps the ideal introduction to his unique voice.