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| 1. Simi for violoncello and orchestra |
| 2. Magnum Ignotum for wind ensemble |
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In Rostropovich's introduction to this recording of two works by his compatriot, the Georgian composer Giya Kancheli, he says "I took everything from his [Kancheli's] speech. He says two words and stops, contemplates, says another two words and stops again. His natural element is the deepest sorrow". Kancheli's music has spiritual affinities with that of Pärt and Tavener--he strives to pare musical ideas down to their essences, to treat sounds like gems set in a ring of silence. In the first of the two pieces on this recording, (Simi, subtitled "Joyless thoughts for violoncello and orchestra") Rostropovich is clearly in tune with this aim and approaches the music with a focused intensity which is mesmerising, treating each note as an opportunity to explore different musical colours. The second piece, Magnum Ignotum, is scored for a small wind group and a tape of Georgian folk and religious music. The effect is other-worldly, beautifully textured and strangely haunting--especially in the mix of singing in untempered keys and traditional instrumental tones. --Warwick Thompson
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The great Rostropovich puts his cello at the service of old friend Giya Kancheli: "I love this composer for his independence," Rostropovich says. "Olivier Messiaen revealed for me the limitlessness and endlessness of time, and the same is true for Kancheli." These premiere recordings feature inspired performances by the Royal Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Jansug Kakhidze. Essential listening. If you like Magnum Ignotum, then you'd probably also like the albums: Lament, Exil, Abii ne Viderem, Trauerfarbenes Land and Vom Winde beweint.
Recorded 1997
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Mstislav Rostropovich - (cello), Royal Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra, Jansug Kakhidze - (conductor)
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Powerful and brooding,
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This review is from: Kancheli: Magnum Ignotum, Simi (Audio CD)
This isn't a record for everyone. Both pieces are ever-so sullen. However, the intense atmosphere created by the music, especially Rostropovich's playing on Simi, and the choir samples in Magnum Ignotum really raise this record up to the stratosphere. It kind of reminds me of Stravinsky, rather than Part but that's probably just me - I guess that's no bad thing either.
I really like this record and like to 'enjoy' it whilst ruminating in my shed. The perfect soundtrack for the bleak English winter. Recommended.
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4.5 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great recording of two great works.,
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This review is from: Kancheli: Magnum Ignotum, Simi (Audio CD)
Not all of Kancheli's work that has been issued on CD is Kancheli at his best. Even the initial discs offered to us by ECM seemed more suited to highlighting Kancheli's potential than showing what he has achieved recently. However, each of the last three recordings issued by ECM (this one, Lament, and Trauerfarbenes Land) has been magnificent and both this recording and the recoding of Lament deserve a place in the collections of anyone who enjoys the music of the early twentieth century (by which I mean Mahler and Sibelius, not Webern and Berg). Certainly some credit must go the soloists: Kremer was at least as powerful an advocate of Lament as he was of Part's Fratres and Rostropovich here gives a beautiful recording that hopefully will be as cherished 40 years from now as his early recordings of the Shostakovich Cello Concertos are now.This is great music that one shouldn't be afraid of. 9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An Agenda All of It's Own,
By Dirk Hugo - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Kancheli: Magnum Ignotum, Simi (Audio CD)
The volcano on the cover art says it all: for Kancheli's compositions often suggest the gentle yet irrepressible advance of searing lava, punctuated unexpectedly by musical eruptions of volcanic proportion. "Simi" is yet another noble yet maudlin piece, much in the style of earlier works such as "... a la duduki" and "Lament", while "Magnum Ignotum" showcases a different side, favouring gently shifting blocks of dense orchestral harmonies over samples of Georgian folk singing rather than his traditionally more linear style. It has been a criticism of Kancheli that he sounds more inward and recycled with each new release, but within the spectrum of modern classical composers his voice remains uniquely passionate.
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