Sulkhan Tsintsadze

Internet Edition compiled by Onno van Rijen

Updated 10 December 2011

Born

23 August 1925 in Gori (Georgia). Died 15 September 1991 in Tbilisi.

Education

Until 1942 Tsintsadze studied cello under E.N. Kapelniski at the Musical Gymnasium of Tblisi. From 1942 he studied at the Conservatory of Tblisi (cello under K. Minjar) and from 1945 until 1953 at the Moscow Conservatory (cello under S.M. Kosolupov and composition under S.S. Bogatyrov).

Style

In his compositions Tsintsadze uses traditional forms as well as style characteristics of Shostakovich and Shebalin. His music is marked by the folklore of Georgia.

Works

Three Miniatures for string quartet (1945)
1. Lale; 2. Indi-Mindi; 3. Satshidao. Duration: 6'
CD Caprice Records CAP 21745: Georgian State String Quartet
String Quartet No. 1 (1947)
Duration: 28'
Cello Concerto No. 1 (1947)
Duration: 20'
Violin Concerto No. 1 (1947)

Two Pieces for viola (1948)

Duration: 7'
String Quartet No. 2 (1948)
Duration: 28'
LP Melodiya D 313-4: Georgian State String Quartet
LP Melodiya D 030179-80: Lysenko String Quartet
Piano Concerto No. 1 after Georgian Themes (1949)
Duration: 20'. Revised as Fantasy for piano and orchestra.
Five Pieces on Folk Themes for cello and piano (1950)
Duration: 10'
LP Melodiya D 9125-6: D. Shafran (cello), N. Musinyan (piano)
LP Melodiya D 028163-4: D. Shafran (cello), N. Musinyan (piano)
CD Cello Classics CC 1008: D. Shafran (cello), N. Musinyan (piano)
LP Melodiya D 9125-6: (Three Pieces) I. Cheishvili (cello), N. Tumanova (piano)
String Quartet No. 3 (1951)
Duration: 30'
LP Melodiya D 1720-1: Georgian State String Quartet
Suite for string quartet (1951)
Duration: 15'
Symphony No. 1 (1952)
Duration: 28'
"The Golden Fleece", opera after the saga of the argonauts (1953)
Libretto by Ira Gelovani. Duration: 130'
Fantasy for piano and orchestra (1954)
Duration: 20'
"The Treasure of the Blue Mountain", children's ballet in three acts (1954)
Libretto by Ira Gelovani. Duration: 100'
LP Melodiya D 9733-4: (Fragments) Tblisi State Theatre Opera & Ballet Orchestra, Z. Paliashvili (conductor)
Suite from the ballet "The Treasure of the Blue Mountain" (1954)

Music to the Film "The Dragon-Fly" (1954)

Suite from the music to the Film "The Dragon-Fly" (1954)

Duration: 18'
LP Melodiya D 3080-1: Georgian Radio Orchestra, Khurodze (conductor)
String Quartet No. 4 (1955)
Duration: 30'
LP Melodiya D 4964-5: Georgian State String Quartet
Suite No. 3 for string quartet (1955)
Duration: 15'
Farewell-Song, cantata after Yelena Drushima for solo voices, chorus and orchestra (1956)

"Demon", ballet in three acts after Michail Lermontov (1958)

Libretto by V. Tsabukiani. First performance in 1961 in Tblisi. Duration: 130'
LP Melodiya D 09359-60: (Fragments) Tblisi State Theatre Opera & Ballet Orchestra, Z. Paliashvili (conductor)
Suite from the ballet "Demon" (1958)
Duration: 30'
Seventeen Miniatures for string quartet (1961)
Duration: 40'
String Quartet No. 5 (1962)
Duration: 32'
LP Melodiya D 13881-2: Radio String Quartet
Symphony No. 2 (1963)

"The Spider's Web", operetta (1963)

Libretto by Pjotr Grusinsky
Cello Concerto No. 2 (1964)
Duration: 36'
LP Melodiya D 020979-80: Georgian Radio Orchestra, Kiladze (conductor), E. Isakadze (cello)
LP Melodiya C 01579-80: Georgian Radio Orchestra, Kiladze (conductor), E. Isakadze (cello)
Georgian Melodies for cello and piano (1967)
Duration: 26'
String Quartet No. 6 (1967)
Duration: 18'30"
LP Melodiya CM 02101-2: Glinka Quartet
LP Melodiya C10 067678: Georgian State String Quartet
"Singing in the Forest", operetta (1967)
Libretto by Lewan Tsubabrya.
Violin Concerto No. 2 (1967)
Duration: 28'
Piano Concerto No. 2 (1968)
LP Melodiya D 23217-9: Georgian State Orchestra, Khurodze (conductor), N. Gabunia (piano)
Symphony No. 3 (1969)
Duration: 25'
LP Melodiya D 030309-10: Georgian State Orchestra, Khurodze (conductor)
"Immortality", oratorio after M. Pozshivili for mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra (1969)
Duration: 34'
LP Melodiya D 030309-10: Georgian State Orchestra, Gotsiridze (conductor), E. Garsevanishvili (mezzo-soprano)
String Quartet No. 7 "To the Memory of Bela Bartok" (1970)

Twenty-Four Preludes for piano (1971)

Duration: 45'
LP Melodiya CM 04225-6: R. Gorerashvili (piano)
"The Hermit", opera in one act after Ilja Tshavtshavadze (1972)
Libretto by Pjotr Grusinsky. First performance in 1972 in Tblisi. Duration: 45'
"Antique Sketches", ballet in one act after Georgi Aleksidze (1973)
First performance in 1974 in Tblisi.
Cello Concerto No. 3 (1973)

Five Romances after Pjotr Grusinsky for high voice and piano (1974)

String Quartet No. 8 (1974)

Duration: 18'
"Schweyk against Frans Joseph", operetta (1974)

"The Milkstreet", cantata after Pjotr Grusinsky for soprano, chorus and orchestra (1975)

Duration: 20'
Suite from the ballet "Antique Sketches" (1975)

"Dali and the Hunters", ballet (1975)

Libretto by Georgi Aleksidze.
Sonata for cello solo (1975)

Concertino for cello and orchestra (1976)

Duration: 30'
Fantasy for string quartet and orchestra (1977)

String Quartet No. 9 (1978)

Dedicated to the Memory of Dmitri Shostakovich
Twelve Miniatures for string quartet (1978)
Duration: 30'
Twenty-Four Preludes for violin, celesta, piano, bells and chamber orchestra (1978)

Twelve Children Songs after Chuta Berulav for singer and piano (1979)

Twelve Children's Pieces for piano (1979)

Symphony No. 4 (1979)

Twenty-Four Preludes for cello and piano (1980)

String Quartet No. 10 "Polyphonic" (1984)

CD Unlimited Classics BEAUX 2002: Georgian State String Quartet
String Quartet No. 11 (1986)

Eight Miniatures on Georgian Folk Tunes for String Quartet (1988)

"Ballad of a Soldier", Requiem (1988)

Fantasy after themes from Dolidse's opera "Keto and Kote" for violin and strings (1989)

Five Miniatures on Jewish Folk Tuness for string quartet (1990)

"Fantasy on Themes from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess" for violin and chamber orchestra (1991)

String Quartet No. 12 (1991)

And furthermore:
- Eleven Miniatures for chamber orchestra (after miniatures for string quartet)
CD Oehms Classics OC 784: Georgian Chamber Orchestra Ingolstadt, Ariel Zuckermann (conductor)
- Pieces for chamber orchestra
- Choruses
- Incidental Music
- Film Music

Thanks to Holger Sambale from Germany for additional information.

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