The Georgian Project - Piano Music by Georgian Composers

The Georgian Project

Zakharia PALIASHVILI (1871-1933)

The Elegy

Alexi MACHAVARIANI (1913-1995)

Khorumi (1939)

Revaz LAGIDZE (1921-1981)

Rondo-Toccata

Otar TAKTAKISHVILI (1924-1989)

The Poem (1951)

Sulkhan TSINTSADZE (1925-1991)

Prelude #6 In B Minor From The 24 Preludes For Piano (1973)

Bidzina KVERNADZE (1928-2010)

Musical Moment #2

Vazha AZARASHVILI (1936-2024)

Nostalgia

Giya KANCHELI (1935-2019)

From Simple Piano Music On Themes From Music For Cinema And Theater

Sandro NEBIERIDZE (b.2001)

Allegroba

Shorena Tsintsabadze (Piano)

Sandro Nebieridze (Piano)

Recorded : 4/2024, Kulturzentrum Immanuel, Wuppertal

Track 31 was composed especially for the "Georgian Project" album in 2024.

Hilding Rosenberg - Piano Works Vol. 2

Hilding ROSENBERG (1892-1985) 

The Piano Works Vol. 2 

Suite (1924) 

Piano Sonata No. 2 (1925) 

Piano Sonata No. 4 (1927) 

Tema con Variazioni (1941) 

Sonatina (1949)    

Mats Widlund (piano)   

rec Concert Hall, Örebro, 13-16 April 1996 

Iannis Xenakis - Pléïades

Iannis XENAKIS (1922-2001)

Pléïades (1978-79) 

1. Claviers, 

2. Peaux, 

3. Métaux, 

4. Mélanges

DeciBells

rec. 2018, Schweizer Radio SRF, Studio 1, Zürich

Alla Pavlova - Symphony No. 6; Violin Concerto

Alla PAVLOVA (b.1952)

Symphony No.6 (2007)

Thumbelina Suite (2008) 

Mikhail Shestakov (violin)

Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra

Patrick Baton

rec. Studio 5 Russian State TV & Radio Company KULTURA, Moscow, 10-14 June 2008

Hilding Rosenberg - The Piano Works Vol. 1

Hilding ROSENBERG (1892-1985) 

The Piano Works Vol.1 

Plastiska Scener (1921) 

Piano Sonata No. 1 (1923) 

11 Sma Föredragststudier (1925) 

Piano Sonata No. 3 (1926) 

Improvisationer (1939)   

Mats Widlund (piano)   

rec Concert Hall, Örebro, Sweden, 14-16 May 1995 

Jesper Nordin - Voices from the Past: Röster; 3rd Retrospective

Jesper NORDIN (b.1971)

Röster:

Åkallan (‘Invocation’)

Ärr (‘Scar’)

Öde (‘Fate’ or ‘Deserted’)

3rd Retrospective*

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Daniel Harding

*Jesper Nordin (programmer), Malin Broman (soloist)

Musica Vitae Chamber Orchestra

Release date: 4th Aug 2023

Camille Saint-Saens - Music for Violin and Piano Vol. 2

Camille SAINT-SAENS (1835-1921)

Music for Violin and Piano Vol. 2

Suite in D Minor, Op. 16

Romance in C Major, Op. 48 (arr. for violin and piano)

Sonate inachevee

Meditation

Violin Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 102

Fanny Clamagirand (Violin)

Vanya Cohen (Piano)

Recorded 5-7 December 2011 in Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth, UK.

Osvaldo Golijov - La Pasion segun San Marcos

Osvaldo GOLIJOV (b. 1960)

La Pasión según San Marcos (St. Mark Passion) (2000)

Biella Da Costa (Latin-American alto)

Jessica Rivera (soprano)

Reynaldo González-Fernández (Afro-Caribbean vocalist)

Gioconda Cabrera (Afro-Caribbean vocalist)

Manolo Mairena (Afro-Cuban vocalist)

Alex Alvear (vocals)

Schola Cantorum de Venezuela

Orquesta La Pasión

Members of the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela

María Guinand

rec.January 2007; November 2008, Edificio Centro Empresarial Polar, Caracas, Venezuela; November 2008, 

Heart Punch Studios, Boston, USA; December 2008, BiCoastal Music, Westchester, USA. 

Charles Ives - The Four Violin Sonatas

Charles IVES (1854-1974)

The Four Violin Sonatas

Sonata No. 1

Sonata No. 2

Sonata No. 3

Sonata No. 4 "Children's Day At The Camp Meeting"

Hilary Hahn (violin) and Valentina Lisitsa (piano)

Recorded: April 2009 at Clubhouse Studios, Rhinebeck, New York

Camille Saint-Saens - Music for Violin and Piano Vol. 1

Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)

Music for violin and piano - Volume I

Violin Sonata No 1 in D minor, Op. 75 

Berceuse, Op. 38 

Elégie, Op. 160 

Elégie, Op. 143

Sarabande et Rigaudon, Op. 93 

Romance, Op. 37 

L’air de la pendule 

Triptyque, Op. 136 

Fanny Clamagirand (violin)

Vanya Cohen (piano)

rec. 13-15 June 2011, Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth, UK

Piazzolla 100 - Rudens Turku & Friends Plays de Music of Astor Piazzolla

Piazzolla 100

Music of Astor PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992)

Le Grand Tango

Milonga Del Angel 

Balada Para Un Loco 

Fuga Y Misterio

Tanguano

Oblivion

Libertango

Milonga En Re

Desconcierto

Adios Nonino

Ave Maria

Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn

Rudens Turku (Violin & Artistic Direction)

Carel Kraayenhof (Bandoneon)

Oliver Schnyder (Piano)

Benjamin Nyffenegger (cello)

Dominik Wagner(Double bass)

Recorded: 17-18 February 2021, Sulmtalhalle Erlenbach - Heilbronn, Germany, 7 July 2021, Kulturzentrum "La Prairie" Bellmund - Biel, Switzerland

Nikolai Medtner - The Three Piano Concertos

Nikolai MEDTNER (1880-1951)

Piano Concerto No. 1 (1914-18) 

Piano Concerto No. 2 (1927) 

Piano Concerto No. 3 Ballade (1940-43) 

Piano Sonata in G minor Op. 22 (1911) 

Sonata Reminiscenza Op. 38 No. 1 (1919) 

Sonata Tragica Op. 38 No. 5 (1919) 

Geoffrey Douglas Madge (piano)

Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestea

Ilya Stupel

rec Lodz, October 1991

Philip Glass - Symphony No.14; Piano Concerto No.1 "Tirol"

Philip GLASS (b.1937)

Tirol Concerto for piano and orchestra (2000) 

Symphony No. 14 “The Liechtenstein Suite” (2021) 

Echorus for Two Violins and Strings (1995) 

Martin James Bartlett (piano)

Elif Ece Cansever (violin), Amber Emson (violin)

LGT Young Soloists

Alexander Gilman, Mark Messenger (symphony)

rec. 16 & 17 July 2021, Studio 1 Abbey Road Studios, London

Florence Price - Songs of the Oak; Concert Overtures Nos.1 and 2

Florence Beatrice PRICE (1887-1953):

Concert Overture No 1 (1939)

Concert Overture No 2 (1943)

Songs of the Oak (1943) (first recording)

The Oak (1943)

Colonial Dance

Suite of Dances

Württrmbergische Philharmonie Reutlingen

John Jeter

Recorded 20, 21 and 22 April 2022 at the Studio der Württrmbergischen Philharmonie Reutlingen, Germany.

Morton Feldman - Violin and Orchestra

Morton FELDMAN (1926-1987)

Violin and Orchestra (1979) 

Carolin Widmann (violin)

Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

Emilio Pomàrico

rec. October 2009, Sendesaal des Hessischen Rundfunks, Frankfurt

August Klughardt - Symphony No. 4; Three Pieces for Orchestra

August KLUGHARDT (1847-1902)

Symphony No.4 in C minor, Op.57 (1890) 

Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op.87 (1901) 

Anhalt Philharmonic Orchestra, Dessau

Antony Hermus

rec. April (Symphony) and December 2011, Stadthalle Zerbst, Anhalt, Katharnina-Saal

Gyorgy Ligeti - The Complete Piano Etudes

György LIGETI (1923-2006) 

Complete Études 

Etudes, Book 1

Etudes, Book 2

Etudes, Book 3

Capriccio No. 1

Capriccio No. 2

Han Chen (Piano)

Recorded 3 June 2022 (tracks 10, 13-18), 4 June 2022 (1, 2, 5-8, 20) and 5 June 2022 (3, 4, 9, 11, 12, 19, 21) at Oktaven Audio, Mount Vernon, New York, USA.

John Adams - Absolute Jest; Grand Pianola Music

John ADAMS (b. 1947)

Absolute Jest (2012) *

Grand Pianola Music (1982) 

Saint Lawrence String Quartet*

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra*

Michael Tilson Thomas*

Synergy Vocals: 

Micaela Haslam (soprano), Joanna Forbes L’Estrange (soprano), Heather Cairncross (alto),

Orli Shaham (piano), Marc-André Hamelin (piano)

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

John Adams

rec. live May 2013 (Absolute Jest); January 2015 (Grand Pianola Music); Davies Symphony Hall, 

San Francisco, USA

Sure on this shining night - 20th-century romantic songs of America

Sure on this shining night

20th-century romantic songs of America

Robert White (tenor), Samuel Sanders (piano)

1 The Children

Composed By – Theodore Chanler

Lyrics By – Leonard Feeney

2 The Year's At The Spring

Composed By – Amy Beach*

Lyrics By – Robert Browning

3 When Stars Are In The Quiet Skies

Composed By – G W Chadwick*

Lyrics By – E Bulwer-Lytton*

4 Orpheus With His Lute

Composed By – William Schuman

Text By – William Shakespeare

5 Rose Marie

Composed By – Rudolf Friml

Lyrics By – Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach

6 The Side Show

Composed By – Charles Ives

7 Song To The Witch Of The Cloisters

Composed By – John Corigliano

Lyrics By – William M. Hoffman

8 Sure On This Shining Night

Composed By – Samuel Barber

Lyrics By – James Agee

9 Sigh No More, Ladies

Composed By – Virgil Thomson

Text By – William Shakespeare

10 Come Away, Death

Composed By – Erich Korngold*

Text By – William Shakespeare

11 On Hearing "The Last Rose Of Summer"

Composed By – Paul Hindemith

Lyrics By – Charles Wolfe*

12 Echo

Composed By – Paul Hindemith

Text By – Thomas Moore

13 If I Could Tell You

Composed By – Idabelle Firestone

Lyrics By – Madeleine Marshall

14 The Collection

Composed By – Charles Ives

Lyrics By – Charles Kingsley

15 The Lord's Prayer

Composed By – Albert Hay Malotte

16 Nature, The Gentlest Mother

Composed By – Aaron Copland

Text By – Emily Dickinson

17 The Tiger

Composed By – Eric Ewazen

Text By – William Blake

18 Never More Will The Wind

Composed By – William Bolcom

Text By – 'HD' (Hilda Doolittle)*

19 Little Elegy

Composed By – Ned Rorem

Text By – Elinor Wylie

20 One Alone

Composed By – Sigmund Romberg

Lyrics By – Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach

21 Do Not Go, My Love

Composed By – Richard Hageman

Text By – Rabindranath Tagore

22 To A Stranger

Composed By – Marc Marder

Text By – Walt Whitman

23 When I Have Sung My Songs

Composed By, Lyrics By – Ernest Charles

24 These, My Ophelia

Composed By – Theodore Chanler

Text By – Archibald MacLeish

25 An Old Song Re-Sung

Composed By – Charles T Griffes*

Lyrics By – John Masefield*

26 Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life

Composed By – Victor Herbert

Lyrics By – Rida Johnson Young

27 June Night

Composed By – Horatio Parker*

Lyrics By – Ella Higginson

28 Triolet

Composed By – John Musto

Text By – Eugene O'Neill

Ernst Krenek - Symphony No. 4; Concerto Grosso No. 2

Ernst KRENEK (1900-1991)

Symphony No. 4, Op. 113 (1947) 

Concerto Grosso, Op. 25 No. 2 (1924)

Volker Worlitzsch (violin)

Dimitar Penkov (viola)

Nikolai Schneider (cello)

NDR Radiophilharmonie

Alun Francis

rec. 27 Feb – 3 March 2006, Grosser Sendesaal des NDR Landesfunkhaus Niedersachsen. DDD

Pascal Dusapin - Wenn du dem Wind; Aufgang; 'A quia'

Pascal DUSAPIN (b. 1955)

Wenn du dem Wind for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (2014) 

Aufgang, concerto for violin and orchestra (2011) 

‘À quia’, concerto for piano and orchestra (2002) 

Natascha Petrinsky (mezzo soprano)

Nicolas Hodges (piano)

Carolin Widman (violin)

Orchestre National de Pays de la Loire

Pascal Rophé

rec. 2017, La Cité des Congrès, Nantes, France