Podcast: Music from the Republic of Georgia
- 30 September, 2008
- 10 Comments
The Republic of Georgia, now in the news for all the wrong reasons, has a very ancient history, and a very long musical tradition.
This podcast looks at that tradition, and introduces music by two contemporary Georgian composer: Sulkhan Tsintsadze and Giya Kancheli.
Album details…
Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.570324
Podcast: Download (Duration: 20:00 — 27.5MB)
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This is exelent selection of Caucasian music. Thanks for this!
Artem Sanishvili (Georgia)
Doing this podcast was my pleasure, I hope the situation in your lovely country gets better. Raymond
I think that in the podcast you mentioned some other recording related with Georgia but I can’t find it in this blog. Could you please give me the references?
Thanks a lot.
Thanks for your email. I used music from two different CDs in this podcast. The string orchestra music pieces at the beginning of the podcast all come from a Naxos CD titled “Caucasian Impressions (Naxos 8.570324). It has music by several different composers from the Caucasian region, including Georgian composer Sulkhan Tsintsadze whose music I used. The orchestral pieces towards the end of the podcast come from a Chandos CD (CHAN 10297) featuring the music of Giya Khancheli, one of the best known of all Georgian composers. This CD includes the piece Mourned by the Wind, that I also used in the podcast. I hope this helps. Thanks for listening to the podcast.
Hi fdelgado,
In case you are looking for the album mentioned by Raymond, you can find details of it on Naxos.com, or you can purchase an online download version of the full album or its tracks from ClassicsOnline, or order a physical CD of the album from NaxosDirect.
I listend to this podcast last night on a flight home for the holidays. Excellent work and piqued my interest in this music. Thank you for you work on these podcasts.
BTW, I'm listening my way through all of them – about 2/3 rds done.
Steve
Hi Steve, Thanks for your comment, and for taking the time to listen to all the podcasts. I hope they made your flight more enjoyable.
Raymond
There’s definitely some beautiful music featured here! Can you tell me the name of the first string piece that’s played?
There's definitely some beautiful music featured here! Can you tell me the name of the first string piece that's played?
Thanks for your email. The first string piece is by the Georgian composer Sulkhan Tsintsadze. Its one of his Minatures, # 1, called Lale. It comes from the CD Caucasian Impressions, Naxos catalogue number 8.570324.