The late Felix (Philip) Glonti
(1927-2012) produced a body of work of astonishing quality and
variety, most of which, regrettably, remains unrecorded or even
unperformed. In the winter of 2006, during my stay in Tbilisi, I
had the privilege of meeting this remarkable individual and
hearing his music for the first time. A sort of Georgian Carl
Ruggles, Glonti's sharp tongue and visceral incapability of
tolerating fools and opportunists kept him on the margins of the
Georgian musical establishment. Like his opinions, Glonti's
music is not for timid ears: It is vigorous, sometimes harsh,
yet always melodic and informed by a deep familiarity with the
spectrum of orchestral colors.
Before I left Georgia, Prof. Glonti gave me
recordings of some of his compositions, issued by the Soviet
recording company Melodiya, and now nearly impossible to find.
Tracks from these recordings, converted to MP3 format, can be
downloaded from this web page. I invite visitors to this site to
consult the list of compositions given below, download those which
are highlighted in blue, and listen to them with an open mind.
That is all that the composer asks: to be listened to.
Kevin Tuite
80th ANNIVERSARY
CONCERT: In honor of the eightieth birthday of Felix
Ghlonti, two of his works for solo instrument and symphonic
orchestra were performed in Tbilisi. At the composer's request, I am
making MP3 files of these two compositions available for download
here:
Symphonia concertante for violin and orchestra
"Metamorphosen des Lebens" (I.
Sonata allegro; II.
Adagio; III. Finale)
Galina Bandura, violinist; Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra, V.
Kakhidze, conductor
The late Felix (Philip) Glonti
(1927-2012) produced a body of work of astonishing quality and
variety, most of which, regrettably, remains unrecorded or even
unperformed. In the winter of 2006, during my stay in Tbilisi, I
had the privilege of meeting this remarkable individual and
hearing his music for the first time. A sort of Georgian Carl
Ruggles, Glonti's sharp tongue and visceral incapability of
tolerating fools and opportunists kept him on the margins of the
Georgian musical establishment. Like his opinions, Glonti's
music is not for timid ears: It is vigorous, sometimes harsh,
yet always melodic and informed by a deep familiarity with the
spectrum of orchestral colors.