Otar Taktakishvili News
Georgian composer (1924-1989)
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- conductor, composer, music teacher, politician
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2021-08-19 06:39:36
Technicolour dreams: Anita Rachvelishvili's Élégie on Sony Classical
Élégie - Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Otar Taktakishvili, Tosti, Duparc, Falla; Anita Rachvelishvili, Vincenzo Scalera; Sony Records Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 17 August 2021 Star rating: 3.5 (★★★½) The Georgian mezzo-soprano brings rich tones and a full-blooded approach to a programme of Russian, Georgian, Italian, French and Spanish song, yet one not without subtlety too.The Georgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili is known for her dramatic roles in Italian opera (her appearances at Covent Garden have included Azucena in Verdi's Il trovatore, Santuzza in Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana as well as the title role in Bizet's Carmen), but there is another side to her as well which enjoys the possibilities offered by the more intimate song repertoire.For Élégie on Sony Classical, Anita Rachvelishvili is joined by pianist Vincenzo Scalera for a programme of Russian, Georgian, Italian, French and Spanish song with works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Otar Taktakishvili, Tosti, Duparc and Falla. We […]
2016-06-30 09:07:47
[…] Only wanting to give one answer Being confined by rules, assumptions and regulations Not wanting to make mistakes Having pre-conceptions Being too serious and forgetting to play Lorna and Gaby’s class This was perhaps one of the most magical moments I’ve ever experienced in music. Lorna and Gaby worked together with a common goal of making magic happen, by simply allowing it to happen. I played the Taktakishvili 2nd movement and Lorna took my playing to a level I never knew I could play at. It was so emotional for me (and others also cried!) – we all felt something special in the room after the class. Lorna and Gaby just have such a great commitment to making beautiful music that everybody’s playing transformed. Lorna worked with Marie on finding a big sound that can be menacing without an excessive air […]
2014-02-19 03:35:40
Recitals in Seoul: Some rare sounds for early spring
[…] Cui, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Borodin), César Cui’s sunny and joyous 5 Petites Duos offer a chance to enjoy some rarely played chamber music. Program: César Cui – 5 Petites Duos, for flute, violin and piano, Op.56 (1897) Sergey Prokofiev – Flute Sonata in D, Op.94 (1943) Edison Denisov – Sonata for flute and piano (1960) Sofia Gubaidulina – Allegro rustico for flute and piano (1963 ) Otar Taktakishvili – Sonata for flute and piano (1968) Sofia Gubaidulina – Klänge des Waldes for flute and piano (1993) – see the recital poster here (in Korean). Second, a trumpet recital with Kim Jin-sung (김진성 ). He will be premiering four pieces in Korea. My kind of guy! Sweden’s popular composer Lars-Erik Larsson’s neoclassical trumpet concertino (1953) is on the bill, a good choice as his music is not […]
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