Composer: Aram Khachaturian
Performer: Iyad Sughayer
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: BIS
Release: 2019
Size: 1.1 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Sonata
01. I. Allegro vivace
02. II. Andante tranquillo )
03. III. Allegro assai
Piano Suite
04. II. Waltz-Caprice
05. III. Dance
Children’s Album, Book 1
06. I. Andantino
07. II. No Going for a Walk Today
08. III. Llado is Very Ill
09. IV. On a Birthday
10. V. Étude
11. VI. Musical Picture
12. VIII. Intervention
13. X. Fugue
14. VII. The Cavalry
15. IX. In the Folk Style
16. Poem
Piano Sonatina
17. I. Allegro giocoso
18. II. Andante con anima, rubato
19. III. Allegro mosso
Piano Suite
20. I. Toccata
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 Childrens Album, consisting of ten miniatures, in turn playful and poignant. The recital closes with a piece which did a great deal to establish Khachaturians 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 Chethams School of Music in Manchester, UK.