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
