Music of the Caucasus [Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia etc.]

[Witzelsucht]

And most definitely thirded! Thank you very much, Malcolm, for all this hard work! In my case, getting bored with this music is as improbable as my getting bored with the Georgian language, so in short, no boredom here.

And speaking of Georgian, a little well-wishing à propos this new year for everyone:
გილოცავ ახალ წელს! გისურვებ ბედნიერებას და წარმატებას. გაგვიმარჯოს!

An English translation: "Happy New Year! I wish you happiness and success." And the last part is a fixed formula which could be translated as: "Let us be victorious!" And here's the transliteration for language fiends such as myself (stress is always on the first syllable in Georgian, though it can be quite light!): "Gilotsav axal ts'els! Gisurveb bednierebas da ts'armat'ebas. Gagvimarjos!"

Witzelsucht

P.S. I was also very glad to take a look at those works by Atovmyan, Malcolm, the man whose piano arrangements of Shostakovich's Symphony No.7 I was lucky enough to get some years ago. Thank you once more!

[mballan]

Thank you....I'll keep them comin'

Two for tonight - Meri Davitashvili (1924-2014), I have posted a few works by her previously, and think it did include a version of the Khorumi (but don't have time to check and alternates alwasy useful).

Davitashvili M - Khorumi for Piano (1971).pdf

Mouchet Lalazarov - a new one to me and could not find any dates or biographical data.

Lalazarov M - Boston Valse Lente for Piano (1927).pdf

[mballan]

More from the Georgian site:

Andrey Balanchivadze (1906-92)

Balanchivadze A - Piano Sonata (1987).pdf

Nikita Mkrtychyan (1901-1986)

Mkrtchyan N - Dance of the Pioneers for Piano (1940).pdf

Mkrtchyan N - Prelude in A major for Piano (1940).pdf

Mkrtchyan N - Two Pieces for Piano (1940).pdf

[mballan]

More from the Georgian site:

Tamara Shaverzashvili (1891-1955)

Shaverzashvili T - Game of Ball for Piano (1940).pdf

Shaverzashvili T - Shutka - Joke for Piano (1940).pdf

Otar Taktakishvili (1924-1987)

Taktakishvili O - Enguri Suite - No. 1 Enguri for Piano (1970).pdf

Shalva Taktakishvili (1900-1965)

Taktakishvili S - Megrelian Song for Piano (1946).pdf

Taktakishvili S - Op 21 No. 3 Lekuri for Piano (1946).pdf

[mballan]

From the Georgian site:

Andrey Balanchivadze (1906-1992).

Balanchivadze A - Fantasia for Piano (1963).pdf

Sergei Barkhudaryan (1887-1972)

Barkhudaryan S - Children's Album - Twenty Pieces for Piano (1961 alt).pdf

Children’s Album (1959)
1. Children in the garden
2. Sarubik complains
3. Round Dance
4. Nanny’s Story
5. Chatterbox
6. Little Piece
7. Hiking
8. Grieving Cuckoo
9. Shalunishka
10. Relaxation
11. Peasant Dance
12. Polyphonic piece
13. Dance
14. Old Fashion Melodies
15. Birthday
16. In School
17. Lullaby
18. Georgian Song
19. Young Girl Dancing
20. Triumph


Revaz Gabichvadze (1913-1999)

Gabichvadze R - Six Pieces for Piano (1965).pdf

Six Pieces (1965)
1. Impromptu
2. Scherzo
3. Recollection
4. Waltz
5. Reflection
6. Etude Tarantella

[mballan]

Another batch from the Georgian site:

Revaz Gabichvadze (1913-1999) - Seven Sonatinas

Gabichvadze R - Seven Little Sonatinas for Piano (1979).pdf

Nodar Gabuniya (1933 - ) - Two Dedications

Gabuniya N - Two Dedications for Piano (1979).pdf

Boris Galayev (1889-1974) - Eight Dances

Galayev B - Eight Dances for Piano (1989).pdf

[mballan]

From Georgian site:

Revaz Gabichvadze (1913-1999) - Fifteen Inventions (1963)

Gabichvadze R - Fifteen Inventions for Piano (1963).pdf

M Gagnidze (1944 - ) - Piano Sonata No. 3 (1981)

Gagnidze M - Piano Sonata No. 3 (1981).pdf

Vano Gokieli (1899-1972) - Dance Suite (1947)

Gokieli V - Dance Suite in 3 movements for Piano (1947).pdf

[mballan]

From Georgian music site:

Collection of Piano Pieces by Georgian Composers (Easy to Medium 1962).pdf

Collection of Piano Pieces by Georgian Composers (Easy to Medium 1962)
1. Shaverzashvili T – On the lawn
2. Tsagareishvili V – Lavnana
3. Tsagareishvili V – Sledging
4. Kurtini V – Dadavoy Lullaby
5. Kurtini V – Song
6. Kurtini V – Fly black swallows
7. Shaverzashvili T – May
8. Kurtini - Wrestling
9. Shaverzashvili T – Bunny
10. Shaverzashvili T – Well guessed
11. Partskhaladze M – A complaint
12. Partskhaladze M – Chomguri
13. Arakishvili D – Uzundara
14. Shaverzashvili T – Lullaby
15. Shaverzashvili T – The Bird
16. Kurdini V – If girl……
17. Shaverzashvili T – Wandering musician
18. Taktakishvili S – Dancing grasshoppers
19. Shaverzashvili T – Playing with horses
20. Partskhaladze M – Prank
21. Shaverzashvili T – Spring Walk
22. Partskhaladze M – The pioneers are coming
23. Shaverzashvili T – Georgian Dance
24. Machavariani A – Dance [seems unfinshed ?]
25. Machavariani A – Caravan
26. Gokieli V – Just to be with you girl…..

[ilu]

Malcolm, thank you very much for these very original compositions and the pedagogical collection of Georgian composers

[mballan]

Thank you Ilu........................and now one of the better known of Georgian composers - Otar Taktakishvili (1924-1987)

Also other scores by the composer on two pianos, chamber and orchestral threads.

Enguri [Native Tunes] Suite (1970-71)
1. Enguri
2. Alezanskaya Polika
3. Shairi
4. Svanskaya Bashiya
5. Marching Song [Toccata]

Taktakishvili O - 'Native Pictures' Suite for Piano (1970).pdf

Taktakishvili O - Piano Sonata (1986).pdf

Taktakishvili O - Poeme for Piano (1951).pdf

Taktakishvili O - Toccata for Piano (1961).pdf

Watercolours (Muzfond 1988)
1. Walk on to the boat
2. Distant singing
3. Little Highlanders
4. Goryanochki
5. Humoresque
6. Singing Pipe
7. Sleeping Child
8. Silence of the Mountains
9. Brave Sailors
10. Cuckoo in the Woods
11. May Day
12. Two Tone
13. Waltz
14. The Walls of the Monastery
15. March-Scherzo
16. Conspirators
17. In Memory of Nino Rota
18. Romansero
19. Rondino
20. Nocturne
21. Old Tiflis zurnach
22. March Grotesque
23. Old Musical Piece
24. Harves

Taktakishvili O - Watercolours for Piano (1988).pdf