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

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From Georgian music site:

Sulkhan Nasidze (1927-1996)

Nasidze S - Polyphonic Pieces (1971).pdf

Twenty Polyphonic Pieces (1970-71)
1. Expectation
2. A Game
3. Lullaby
4. Canon
5. March
6. Stroll
7. Dance in A major [Canon]
8. Highlander’s Complaint
9. Marching
10. Passacaglia
11. Four Inventions
15. Six Fugues

Another work by Nasidze also in Two Pianos thread.

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From Georgian music site:

David Toradze (1922-1983)

Toradze D - Two Choral Poems - arr. Piano solo (1981).pdf

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From Georgian music site - the last work I have to date, although the good news is that the library has started to post new works and I will share with you as and when they appear.

Piano Pieces by Georgian Composers – Grades 5-7 (1966)
1. Shaverzashvili T – To School
2. Taktakishvili S – Melodie
3. Taktakishvili S – Musical Box
4. Tumanishvili K – Winter Night
5. Davitashvili M – Solemn Procession
6. Shaverzashvili T – Folk Piece
7. Partskhaladze M – Dance
8. Partskhaladze M – Panduruli
9. Taktakishvili O – March
10. Taktakishvili O – Dance
11. Gudiashvili N – Dancing
12. Milorava S – Miniature
13. Tsagareishvili V - Marching
14. Tsagareishvili V – Prelude
15. Tsagareishvili V – Happy Moment
16. Guidashvili N – Prelude No. 3
17. Kurtidi V – Scherzo from Sonatina No. 3
18. Davitashvili M – Prelude
19. Laghidze R – Musical Moment
20. Shaverzashvili T – Nocturne
21. Anon – Impromptu
22. Dancing (folksong) – arr. Gokieli

Piano Pieces by Georgian Composers (1966).pdf

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Alexi Machavariani's Khorumi playd by Georgian pianist Alexandre Nizharadze

Machavariani Khorumi.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51AJSifaxD0

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From Georgian music site: a new score and new composer to me.

Eduard Mikhailovich Sanadze (1938-1987). Georgian composer and conductor. Honoured Artist of the Georgian SSR (1981).

Graduated in 1961 from Tbilisi Conservatoire after studies in Cello under Chijavadze, and then in composition under Balanchivadze in 1966.

From 1974-81, head of the Chamber Orchestra of the Georgian State Philharmonic. Also taught at the Tbilisi Conservatoire (associate professor from 1985).

Sanadze E - Piano Sonata No. 1 (1976).pdf

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From Georgian music site: another new composer to me (also couple of works by her in the orchestral thread)

Natela Dimianovna Svanidze. Born 1926, Akhaltsikhe. Georgian composer.

Studied composition at the Tbilisi Conservatoire under A Balanchivadze, graduating in 1951. Awarded title of Honoured Artist of the Georgia SSR in 1981.

Svanidze N - 'Fairytale' Theme & Variations for Piano (1960 publ. 1965).pdf

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Malcolm:

Thank you.

Natela Svanidze:

List of works:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natela_Svanidze

Best Regards.

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Natela Dimianovna Svanidze. Born 1926, Akhaltsikhe. Georgian composer.

she died two years ago

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Thank you Shalvat for the up-date.

This weeks offerings from the Georgian site include these dances from operas by Paliashvilli, a symphony from Sanadze and two organ works from the same composer (under the appropriate threads).

Malcolm


Paliashvili Z - Introduction & 'Kartuli' Dance from the opera 'Daisi' and Dances from the opera 'Abesalom & Eteri' for Piano (1971)

Paliashvili Z - Introduction & Dance from the opera 'Daisi' and Dances from the opera 'Abesalom & Eteri' for Piano (1971).pdf

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From Georgian music site: Zakhary Petrovich Paliashvili (1871-1933) - two transcriptions from his operas.

Paliashvili Z - Kartuli Dance for Mirzaia from the opera 'Abesalom & Eteri' - arr. Piano solo (Eksanishvili 1971).pdf

Paliashvili Z - Lezginka from the opera 'Daisi' - arr. Piano solo (1947).pdf