Lisa Batiashvili: "Echoes of Time"

Dmitrij Schostakowitsch's great Violin Concerto No 1 is the centre of Lisa Batiashvilis concept album. The Georgia-born pianist also plays works by Kantscheli, Pärt and Rachmaninow. She is accompanied by the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Dmitrij Schostakowitsch
Concert for Violin and Orchestra No 1 A minor, op 99

Gija Kantscheli
“V & V” Violin, Voice and String Orchestra

Dmitrij Schostakowitsch
Lyric Waltz (orch. T. Batiashvili)

Arvo Pärt
“Spiegel im Spiegel” for Violin and Piano

Sergej Rachmaninow
Vocalise op. 34 No 14 for Violin and Piano

Lisa Batiashvili (Violine)
Hélène Grimaud (Klavier)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen

May and November 2010

Label: Deutsche Grammophon 477 9299