![]() 117/2) are embedded between Bach’s cantata ‘Sheep May Safely Graze’ and Arvo Pärt’s musical dedication ‘For Alina’. Classics of the Romantic piano repertoire such as Chopin’s Étude in C-sharp minor (op. 67/2) with the graceful introspection of Liszt’s ‘Lullaby’. Motherland juxtaposes the happy lightness of a ‘Slavonic Dance’ by Dvorak and the melancholy of Grieg’s lyrical ‘Homesickness’, and contrasts the elegant gaiety of Mendelssohn’s ‘Song without Words’ (op. ![]() Spanning a broad stylistic and historical range, the album celebrates the works that have accompanied Khatia Buniatishvili’s personal path in life, including pieces from her Georgian homeland. ![]() The CD is an intimate quest encompassing solo piano works from Bach to Pärt and from Brahms to Kancheli, in which the themes of longing for home, the merriment of a folk dance and the eternal cycle of growth and decay are apparent. Following the success of her Chopin album on Sony Classical, Khatia Buniatishvili now reveals a new, highly personal side on her album ‘Motherland’.
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