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Secret Love Letters w/Giorgi Gigashvili, Phil Orch

“What would human life be like,” asks Lisa Batiashvili, “without this range of emotions and feelings which we feel cannot be shared with anyone?” Her new album celebrates the fine art of concealment, of holding private passions just beneath the surface until they erupt. Secret Love Letters, set for release by Deutsche Grammophon on 19 August 2022, sees the Georgian-born German violinist explore some of the most romantic music ever written. In this, her first recording with a US orchestra, she is joined by The Philadelphia Orchestra and its inspirational Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin – with whom she has performed live many times – as well as by young Georgian pianist Giorgi Gigashvili. Together they embark on a journey that spans everything from forbidden love to romance seen from the perspective of old age.

“There are so many hidden messages in music, things that cannot be put into words,” notes Lisa. “Something very obvious unites the four pieces I’ve chosen for the album, by Chausson, Debussy, Franck and Szymanowski. It’s the message of love that is there in the music, in many different facets and colours, and so much of that message is secret and intimate.” Her long-time collaborator Nézet-Séguin is on the same wavelength: “One of my favorite quotes in life is that music starts where words stop. What’s so special about music is that it allows us to say things that sometimes we can’t even express to ourselves.”

Accompanying Lisa on piano in her final choice of music for Secret Love Letters is none other than Yannick Nézet-Séguin himself. Debussy’s Beau soir was originally conceived as a song, to lyrics by the novelist and critic Paul Bourget, and its exquisite depiction of an idyllic sunset inspired legendary violinist Jascha Heifetz to make a sultry arrangement for violin and piano. “Debussy was a messenger of the most magical atmosphere, fantasy and purity one can only imagine,” observes Batiashvili.

Lisa Batiashvili:

Beethoven Violin Conc. & Tsintsadze 6 miniatures

Lisa Batiashvili, the gifted young violinist who took the classical music world by storm as a 16-year-old prize-winner at the Sibelius Competition, has matured into a most beloved artist, with artistic daring to match her technical security. Her latest release on Sony Classical is a personal and artistic achievement, featuring Beethoven's Violin Concerto, a benchmark of the repertory, and six miniatures by her countryman Sulkhan Tsintsadze. Tsintsadze's six miniatures, originally written for string quartet, are arranged here for solo violin and chamber orchestra; Beethoven's Violin Concerto features the Kreisler cadenzas.

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Bach

Renowned violinist Lisa Batiashvili releases Bach, a fine selection of chamber and orchestral music by Johann Sebastian Bach and his son Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Now available on Deutsche Grammophon, the album features newly recorded Bach pieces including the first ever recording of Bach's famous aria "Erbarme Dich, mein Gott" in a transcription for violin, oboe and orchestra. Bach also includes the first ever recording of C.PH. E Bach's Trio Sonata in b flat minor for violin, flute and BC on Deutsche Grammophon, in which Batiashvili joins world famous flutist, Emmanuel Pahud. Lisa also collaborates with her husband, oboistFrancois Leleux on the stand-out piece double concerto for violin and oboe BWV 1060.

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SYND: PRI/Classical 24, CBC
Direct: SiriusXM, Music Choice, MOOD
Markets include: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Wash DC, Atlanta, Dallas, Seattle, Minneapolis, Cleveland, Denver, Cincinnatti, Austin, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, New Orleans, Detroit, Louisville, Honolulu, Canada
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Lisa Batiashvili:

City Lights

In her latest project, City Lights, violinist Lisa Batiashvili brings together memories of important places in her life with some of the world's most beautiful music. This musical journey from her native Georgia to Paris, Berlin, Buenos Aires and Hollywood features collaborations with artists such as Miloš, Katie Melua and Till Brönner. City Lights shares the beautiful melodies from Cinema Paradiso and Hollywood legend Charlie Chaplin's own compositions with classics from Piazzolla, J.S. Bach and the late Michel Legrand - all in new arrangements by Nikoloz Rachveli - as well as new piece by Katie Melua about the magic of London.

Lisa Batiashvili:

Visions of Prokofiev

Following her acclaimed album with the Staatskapelle Berlin and Daniel Barenboim, Tchaikovsky & Sibelius Violin Concertos, Lisa Batiashvili releases Visions of Prokofiev, a new album with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. The album features Prokofiev's two violin concertos as well as select movements from his famous ballets (Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet, The Love for Three Oranges), newly arranged for solo violin and orchestra by Lisa's father, Tamás Batiashvili.