Track List
01. Amao Omi (For mixed choir and saxophone quartet) 26:10
02. Little Imber (For small ensemble, voice, children's and men's choirs) 35:44
musicians
Giya Kancheli - composer
Nederlands Kamerkoor
Rascher Saxophone Quartet
Klaas Stok - conductor
Mamuka Gaganidze - voice
Zaza Miminoshvili - guitar
Matrix Ensemble
Rustavi Choir
Children`s Choir
Giya Kancheli’s tenth album on ECM New Series offers two recent large-scale choral works with unconventional instrumental forces. While the composer has frequently stated that his love for music began with Glenn Miller and Duke Ellington rather than with Bach and Schubert let alone with traditional Georgian polyphony, his highly compelling new compositions mirror impressions of both Western and Georgian sacred music without actually alluding to religion itself. Written in 2003 and 2005 respectively, both “Little Imber“ and “Amao Omi” are melancholic musings about the absurdity of war in conjunction with the power of beauty.
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