Piano Concerto after Arabian Themes – I. Allegro
Elmira Nazirova / Fikret Amirov, composers
Farhad Badalbeyli, piano
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor
Azerbaijani Piano Concertos (2011)
Released by Naxos
Elmira Nazirova / Fikret Amirov: Piano Concerto after Arabian Themes – I. Allegro
All of the composers here combine elements of ancient Azerbaijani tradition with Western forms, colorful orchestration and vivid musical storytelling. This is epitomized in Vasif Adigezalov’s symphonically proportioned Fourth Piano Concerto, while Amirov and Nazirova add a touch of Arabian exoticism into their Concerto.
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