With All My Breath and All My Blood
Giorgi Gigashvili, Lisa Batiashvili
- Format
- Digital
For his second recital, Giorgi Gigashvili chose Prokofjev, a composer he has been playing intensively for ten years. These three masterworks, also known as the 'War Sonatas', are for him "battles in themselves", sonatas to which you give "heart and soul": "There is something almost inhuman in the composition. Sometimes it felt as if Prokofjev was not 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 could vent my anger." His guest of honor 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 specially written for the duo by Josef Bardanashvili: To Giya, a tribute to Giya Kancheli.
Tracklist
- 01 Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 82: I. Allegro moderato 08:27
- 02 Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 82: II. Allegretto 04:34
- 03 Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 82: III. Tempo di valzer, lentissimo 08:37
- 04 Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 82: IV. Vivace 07:15
- 05 Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 83: I. Allegro inquieto 08:32
- 06 Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 83: II. Andante caloroso 06:48
- 07 Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 83: III. Precipitato 03:25
- 08 Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 84: I. Andante dolce 15:08
- 09 Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 84: II. Andante sognando 04:31
- 10 Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 84: III. Vivace 09:39
- 11 Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, Act I: Dance of the Knights (Transcr. for Violin and Piano by David Grjunes) 03:45
- 12 To Gia Kancheli (P. S. ) 03:59
