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Azerbaijani Piano Concertos / Badalbeyli, Adigezalzade, Yablonsky

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Composer
AMIROV NAZIROVA ADIGEZALOV
Artist
Badalbeyli, Adigezalzade, Rogers, Yablonsky
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Oct 25, 2011
Catalog #
8572666
UPC
747313266678

About

This is fun. Amirov and Nazirova’s concerto is based on Arabic themes, and while it has its share of “snake charmer” music, it makes a worthy successor to, say, Saint-Saëns’ “Egyptian” Concerto. Elmira Nazirova, who worked with the composer on the piano part, is the same woman that Shostakovich allegedly encoded in the horn theme in the third movement of his Tenth Symphony. Adigezalov’s Fourth Piano Concerto might be thought of as a sort of Azerbaijani answer to the concertos of Khachaturian. The pace is moderate, the ethnic color heavily underlined, the form is dodgy, but the melodies are often captivating.

The remainder of the disc consists of a brief dance for piano and orchestra (by Guliyev) and two works by pianist Farhad Badalbeyli, one a tone poem (“The Sea”) for piano and orchestra, the other a wordless vocalise for soprano and orchestra. What this latter is doing on a disc of piano concertos is anyone’s guess, but both works are very pretty in a cinematic sort of way. Certainly the performances show the music in a very positive light. Nationalist music such as this may take us back to the late 19th century, and perhaps to a more innocent age, musically speaking—but so what? As I said, this is fun.

—David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 11:27
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    11:27
    Composer
    Fikret Amirov, Elmira Nazirova
    Performer
    Farhad Badalbeyli
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  2. 2 II. Andante sostenuto 07:48
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante sostenuto
    Duration
    07:48
    Composer
    Fikret Amirov, Elmira Nazirova
    Performer
    Farhad Badalbeyli
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  3. 3 III. Allegro giusto 05:41
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro giusto
    Duration
    05:41
    Composer
    Fikret Amirov, Elmira Nazirova
    Performer
    Farhad Badalbeyli
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  4. 4 I. Allegro non troppo 12:27
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    12:27
    Composer
    Vasif Adigezalov
    Performer
    Murad Adigezalzade
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  5. 5 II. Andante 05:37
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    05:37
    Composer
    Vasif Adigezalov
    Performer
    Murad Adigezalzade
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  6. 6 III. Allegro non troppo 10:04
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    10:04
    Composer
    Vasif Adigezalov
    Performer
    Murad Adigezalzade
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  7. 7 Gaytagi (version for piano and orchestra) 03:41
    Track
    7
    Title
    Gaytagi (version for piano and orchestra)
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Tofig Guliyev
    Performer
    Farhad Badalbeyli
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  8. 8 The Sea 07:54
    Track
    8
    Title
    The Sea
    Duration
    07:54
    Composer
    Farhad Badalbeyli
    Performer
    Farhad Badalbeyli
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  9. 9 Shusha 04:24
    Track
    9
    Title
    Shusha
    Duration
    04:24
    Composer
    Farhad Badalbeyli
    Performer
    Joan Rodgers
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dmitry Yablonsky