Reminiscence of the famous Georgian conductor Djansug
Kakhidze on the occasion of his 80th anniversary. He
belonged to the small but highly prestigious group of East
European conductors who set up a cultural counterdraft
to the political conflicts in the times of cold war. He
conducted almost every A class symphony orchestra of
his hemisphere and became a much-vaunted advocate of
late romantic orchestral repertoire. Mvravinsky adored
him for his Tchaikovsky interpretations and the Neue
Zürcher Zeitung called him respectfully „the Georgian
Karajan“. And indeed, although most comparisons go
lame there were some similarities: the economical
gestures, the endless working on sound perfection, the
passion for big dynamics and a great affection for the
Golden Age of classic and romantic music.
But other than Karajan he did not only put most of his
emphasis on the sheer beauty of the orchestral sound but
also investigated the disaccords in the music and did not
hesitate to unfold it. Together with the Tbilisi Symphony
Orchestra, which he founded in 1993 he shaped the
character of music and, if necessary, went also to its
limits.
The anniversary collection consists of five volumes, which
give a kind of summary of Kakhidzes artistic legacy.
Sadly he passed away too early in 2002.
The present releases come from the 24 bit /96 khz stateof-
the-art recordings out of the St. Petersburg Classics
archive. They are carefully remastered by the prestigious
b-sharp studio Berlin using the original source material.
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