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Khachaturian: Piano Works / Sughayer
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Khachaturian: Piano Works / Sughayer

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Composer
KHACHATURIAN, ARAM
Artist
Iyad Sughayer
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Nov 01, 2019
Catalog #
BIS-2436
UPC
7318599924366

About

Born in 1903, Aram Khachaturian became the most significant twentieth-century musical figure in the then Soviet Republic of Armenia. Many of his most important works date from the first half of his career. The expressive immediacy of his music, conditioned by his Armenian heritage with its sensuous melodic writing, its vibrant orchestration and rhythmic drive – all resulted in a popularity equalled by few composers of his generation. Although he is primarily associated with large orchestral scores – including the ballets Gayaneh and Spartacus, perennial favourites with concert audiences – he also left a number of works for piano solo. For his debut disc, the Jordanian-Palestinian pianist Iyad Sughayer has put together a recital spanning from the ample and demanding Sonata to the delightful Children’s Album, consisting of ten miniatures, in turn playful and poignant. The recital closes with a piece which did a great deal to establish Khachaturian’s name near the outset of his international career. Composed in 1932 (allegedly in a single evening), the Toccata in E flat minor soon established itself among the showpieces of the modern repertoire and was to become a calling-card for aspiring virtuosi. Iyad Sughayer was born in 1993 in Amman, where he received his early training. At the age of 13, Iyad moved from Jordan to study at the Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester, UK.

REVIEWS:

Much of the music in this recital is both technically and musically challenging, yet Sughayer sounds entirely at one with its impassioned eloquence, scorching intensity and coruscating musical patterning. He captures the music’s essence with such a close sense of recreative identity that it feels on occasion as though he could be composing it as he goes along. An outstanding debut.

– BBC Music Magazine

This disc is unreservedly recommended to lovers of magnificent pianism and outstanding recorded fidelity. The style, technique and taste of the performer and the sonics in both formats (unquestionably helped along by the remarkable acoustics of the Stoller Hall) will amply reward the curious, more than the attractions of Aram Khatchaturian’s defiantly uneven piano music. Having said that, while I have no doubt whatsoever that Iyad Sughayer will in time make far more important recordings than this, I applaud his imagination and sense of adventure in kicking off his career with Khachaturian as opposed to more tried and tested repertoire. BIS appear to have unearthed another piano-playing diamond.

– MusicWeb International

Tracklist 20 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro vivace 07:54
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    07:54
    Composer
    Aram Khachaturian
    Performer
    Iyad Sughayer
  2. 2 II. Andante tranquillo 09:36
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante tranquillo
    Duration
    09:36
    Composer
    Aram Khachaturian
    Performer
    Iyad Sughayer
  3. 3 III. Allegro assai 09:03
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro assai
    Duration
    09:03
    Composer
    Aram Khachaturian
    Performer
    Iyad Sughayer
  4. 4 Waltz-Caprice 02:20
    Track
    4
    Title
    Waltz-Caprice
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Aram Khachaturian
    Performer
    Iyad Sughayer
  5. 5 Dance 01:26
    Track
    5
    Title
    Dance
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Aram Khachaturian
    Performer
    Iyad Sughayer
  6. 6 No. 1. Andantino 01:31
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 1. Andantino
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Aram Khachaturian
    Performer
    Iyad Sughayer
  7. 7 No. 2. No Walk Today 00:53
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 2. No Walk Today
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Aram Khachaturian
    Performer
    Iyad Sughayer
  8. 8 No. 3. Lyado is Seriously Ill 02:34
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 3. Lyado is Seriously Ill
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Aram Khachaturian
    Performer
    Iyad Sughayer
  9. 9 No. 4. Birthday 01:40
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 4. Birthday
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Aram Khachaturian
    Performer
    Iyad Sughayer
  10. 10 No. 5. Étude 01:40
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 5. Étude
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Aram Khachaturian
    Performer
    Iyad Sughayer
  11. 11 No. 6. Musical Picture 01:50
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 6. Musical Picture
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Aram Khachaturian
    Performer
    Iyad Sughayer
  12. 12 No. 7. Invention 03:00
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 7. Invention
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Aram Khachaturian
    Performer
    Iyad Sughayer
  13. 13 No. 8. Fugue 01:45
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 8. Fugue
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Aram Khachaturian
    Performer
    Iyad Sughayer
  14. 14 No. 9. The Cavalry 01:10
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 9. The Cavalry
    Duration
    01:10
    Composer
    Aram Khachaturian
    Performer
    Iyad Sughayer
  15. 15 No. 10. In Folk Style 02:06
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 10. In Folk Style
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Aram Khachaturian
    Performer
    Iyad Sughayer
  16. 16 Poem (1927) 09:46
    Track
    16
    Title
    Poem (1927)
    Duration
    09:46
    Composer
    Aram Khachaturian
    Performer
    Iyad Sughayer
  17. 17 I. Allegro giocoso 01:57
    Track
    17
    Title
    I. Allegro giocoso
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Aram Khachaturian
    Performer
    Iyad Sughayer
  18. 18 II. Andante con anima, rubato 03:22
    Track
    18
    Title
    II. Andante con anima, rubato
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    Aram Khachaturian
    Performer
    Iyad Sughayer
  19. 19 III. Allegro mosso 03:46
    Track
    19
    Title
    III. Allegro mosso
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Aram Khachaturian
    Performer
    Iyad Sughayer
  20. 20 Toccata 05:04
    Track
    20
    Title
    Toccata
    Duration
    05:04
    Composer
    Aram Khachaturian
    Performer
    Iyad Sughayer