Aryan Peste Noire

Giorgi Gigashvili is only twenty-two, but he is already hitting the headlines: now a pupil of Nelson Goerner, he is a protégé of Martha Argerich, who gave him the urge to play the piano alongside his first love, pop singing - at the age of thirteen, he won the television talent show ‘The Voice’ in his homeland, Georgia. A few years later, Martha Argerich discovered him at the III International Piano Competition "City of Vigo", and he went on to win prizes at several more, including the Hortense Anda-Bührle Prize at the Géza Anda Competition in Zurich in 2021. Another high-flying mentor, the violinist Lisa Batiashvili, asked him to play the piano on her recording of the Franck Violin Sonata. His free and spectacular playing impresses, his creativity and personality astonish. Here he presents his first recital, revealing his palette of colours: Scarlatti, Beethoven, Scriabin and Messiaen. But never far away is his shadow; as the singer of the electro band Tsduneba (‘temptation’ in Georgian) which he founded with his friends.

Founded in Denton, Texas and based out of Nashville, Tennessee, spirited indie folk-pop ensemble Seryn crafts emotionally charged, harmony-laden Americana-kissed pop confections that invoke names like Typhoon, Mumford & Sons, and the Low Anthem. Formed in 2010 around the talents of Nathan James Allen, Trenton Wheeler, Aaron David Stoner, Jenny Moscoso, Jordan Rochefort, and Scarlett Deering, the sextet, which employs an instrumental arsenal that includes guitar, ukulele, accordion, bass, violin, and banjo, as well as some inventive percussion, released its debut album, This Is Where We Are, in 2011. The LP received nearly unanimous regional acclaim, as did the group's rousing live shows. After relocating to Nashville, the band issued a second studio album, 2015's Shadow Show.

The last album in our Gabriel Pierné retrospective focuses on choral music. Discover the very rare Ronde de fées (Fairy’s Round) for female choir and piano after a charming poem by Jean Lorrain, performed by the Ensemble vocal Jean-Paul Kreder in the premiere recording. It is coupled with other French choral pieces, both sacred and profane.