GIYA ALEXANDROVICH KANCHELI
Compact discography

Symphony No. 1 (1967) // Symphony No. 4 (1975) // Symphony No. 5 (1977) Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra/James DePreist [Ondine ODE829-2] *

Symphony No. 1 (1967) // Symphony No. 7, "Epilogue" (1986) // Liturgy for Viola and Orchestra, "Vom Winde beweint" (1986) Svyatoslav Belonogov (viola); Moscow State Symphony Orchestra/Fedor Glushchenko [Olympia OCD 424] **
Symphony No. 2, "Songs" (1970) // Symphony No. 7, "Epilogue" (1986) Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Michail Jurowski [CPO 999263-2] **
Symphony No. 3 (1973) // Symphony No. 6 (1979-80) Gamlet Gonashvili (tenor); State Symphony Orchestra of Georgia/Jansug Kakhidze [Olympia OCD 401] ***
Symphony No. 4 (1975) // Symphony No. 5 (1977) State Symphony Orchestra of Georgia/Jansug Kakhidze [Olympia OCD 403] ***
Symphony No. 6 (1979-80) // Symphony No. 7, "Epilogue" (1986) Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra/Jansug Kakhidze [Sony St Petersburg Classics] *
Bright Sorrow (1985) // Symphony No. 5 (1977) State Symphony Orchestra of Georgia and Chorus; Georgian Radio Orchestra/Jansug Kakhidze [Mobile Fidelity MFCD 896, deleted] **
Liturgy for Viola and Orchestra, "Vom Winde beweint" (1986) // coupled with: ALFRED SCHNITTKE Viola Concerto (1985) Kim Kashkashian (viola); Beethoven Hall Orchestra, Bonn; Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra/Dennis Russell Davies [ECM 437199-2] *(*)
Morning Prayers (1990) // Abii ne viderum (1992) // Evening Prayers (1991) Kim Kashkashian (viola); Vasiko Tevdorashvili (voice); Natalia Pschenitschnikova (alto flute); David James (countertenor); Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor); John Potter (tenor); Gordon Jones (baritone); Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra/Dennis Russell Davies [ECM 445941-2] *(*)
Night Prayers (1992) // coupled with: SOFIA GUBAIDULINA String Quartet No. 4 (1993) // FRANGHIZ ALI-ZADEH Mugham Sayagi (1993) // DMITRI YANOV-YANOVSKY, TIGRAN TAMIZYAN, OSVALDO GOLIJOV various short pieces Kronos Quartet [Elektra Nonesuch 7559-79346-2] *
Film music (excerpts) Georgia State Symphony Orchestra; USSR Cinematography Symphony Orchestra/Jansug Kakhidze [Olympia OCD 608] *

*** = worth buying ** = worth trying * = completists only

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