It was never even an unofficial club of composers like the Russian "Mighty Handful" or the French "Les Six". And yet, there are striking commonalities among a group of Soviet composers all born in the 1930s. They were hailed from ethnic minorities in the Russia-dominated Soviet Union and they defied the cultural-political directives which eventually led them to find a post-ideological musical language - guided by a personal faith - that enchants listeners to this day with it's unique beauty. Giya Kancheli, born in Tbilisi in 1935, is one of them. A fellow composer called him "an ascetic with the temperament of a maximalist - a restrained Vesuvius." The works on this disc - for and with the piano - display exactly that side of his: To be able to make time seemingly stand still... while continuing to dance

Tracklist:

A Little Daneliade [09:12]
Valse Boston [22:23]
No.
Lontano [02:06]
No.
Cantabile, rubato [02:36]
No.
Cantabile grazioso [02:24]
No.
Dolce [03:07]
No.
Dolcissimo [03:04]
No. 1
Sostenuto [02:45]
No. 1
Quasi recitando [03:01]
No. 1
Dolcissimo [03:27]
No. 1
Dolce [02:25]
Largo [06:07]
Allegro [04:42)

UPC: 845221054889
Label: Capriccio
Release Date: 11.3.23
Format: CD

Kancheli / Blumina / Schill - Little Daneliade (CD)