Kevin Tuite <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >At the beginning of this month, the Georgian composer Felix Ghlonti >celebrated his 80th birthday. In honor of the occasion, a concert was >held in Tbilisi, featuring performances of two large-scale works by >Ghlonti: ... > >At the composer's request, I am making MP3 files of these two >compositions available for free download at the following address: ><http://mapageweb.umontreal.ca/tuitekj/caucasus/glonti.htm> This is an excellent initiative, thank you! Having acquired LP records of Ghlonti's Romantic Symphony as well as of Wanderjahre and Marienbadische Elegie (the latter being a magnificently lyrical concertante piece for cello), I was wondering how to hear the concertante work for my own instrument, the violin. Is there any chance that the piece could be performed out of Georgia? It is quite gripping and has a surprising Rachmaninov-like quality which I had not found in other works. Also, your webpage indicates that some soundfiles are excerpts. The files for both concertante symphonies for cello and for piano include the whole contents of my Melodiya LP. It seems that Symphony No. 6 is complete as well. Could you kindly confirm this? In any case, publicizing Ghlonti's work is very welcome. Besides Kancheli's well-known output and Nassidze's strong, intriguing symphonies, Ghlonti clearly belongs to the foremost symphonists from the Caucase and, indeed, to the most eloquent symphonists anywhere in the last half-century. Someone (CPO or Naxos for instance) needs to record the complete series. Best wishes, Thanh-Tam Le *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html