With her new album, "City Lights," violinist Lisa Batiashvili takes you on a musical journey through eleven cities around the world. These places hold special meaning for her, both in her personal life and her career. From her native Georgia, to Munich, Helsinki, Buenos Aires, and New York.

The music ranges from JS Bach and Johann Strauss to Michel Legrand and Astor Piazzolla, and features collaborations with composer-arranger Nikoloz Rachveli, Katie Melua, Till Brönner, Miloš Karadaglić and Maximilian Hornung, among others.

All tracks are specially arranged and previously unrecorded. This includes a new arrangement of music from Charlie Chaplin's films. As a Chaplin admirer, Batiashvili also references one of his films in the album's title.

Tracklist:

1 City Memories

1. Terry Theme from Limelight

Music by Charles Chaplin

2. The Violetera

Music by José Padilla Sanchez

3. Je Cherche Apres Titine

Music by Leo Daniderff

4. Awakening from Limelight

Music by Charles Chaplin

5. Theme from Modern Times

Music by Charles Chaplin

6. Terry Theme from Limelight

Music by Charles Chaplin

2 Munich

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Ich ruf' zu Dir (BWV 639)

arr. for violin solo and strings by Anders Hillborg

3 PARIS

Michael Jean Legrand (1932–2019)

Paris Violon

Transcription: Nikoloz Rachveli (*1979)

Text: Eddy Marnay (1920–2003)

4 BERLIN

Ralph Maria Siegel (1911–1972)

I have no suitcase in Berlin

Text: Aldo v. Pinelli (1912–1967)

Till Brönner, trumpet

5 HELSINKI

Traditional

Evening Son g

arr. by Jarkko Riihimäki (*1974)

6 VIENNA

Johann Strauss (I) (1808-1849)

Furioso Galopp (Vienna Tune), Op.114

after motifs by Franz Liszt

adapted for violin and orchestra by Nikoloz Rachveli

7 ROME

Ennio Morricone (*1928), Andrea Morricone (*1964)

Love Theme (from Cinema Paradiso)

arr. for Violin, Cello and Orchestra by Nikoloz Rachveli,

Gil Goldstein (*1950)

Maximilian Hornung, cello

8 BUENOS AIRES

Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992)

Vuelvo al sur / The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

arr. for violin, guitar and orchestra by Nikoloz Rachveli

Miloš Karadaglić, guitar

9 NEW YORK

Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)

Goin' Home

from Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95

orchestrated by Tamás Batiashvili

10 LONDON

Katie Melua (*1984)

No Better Magic

Written by Katie Melua

arr. for Violin, Voice, Guitar and Orchestra by Nikoloz Rachveli

Katie Melua, singer

Tim Harries: bass

Zurab Melua: guitars

11 BUDAPEST

Traditional

Ciocârlia

arr. by Stephan Koncz (*1984)

12 Tbilisi

Gija Kancheli (1935-2019)

Medley by Nikoloz Rachveli with excerpts from:

1. Herio Bichebo

2. Tovlis Panteli

3. Lament

4. Styx