Khachaturian: Piano Works Iyad Sughayer

• Aram Khachaturian (1903 - 1978): Piano Sonata:
• 1Piano Sonata: I. Allegro vivace08:02
• 2Piano Sonata: II. Andante tranquillo09:42
• 3Piano Sonata: III. Allegro assai09:18
• Piano Suite:
• 4Piano Suite: II. Waltz-Caprice02:27
• 5Piano Suite: III. Dance01:35
• Children's Album, Book 1:
• 6Children's Album, Book 1: I. Andantino01:31
• 7Children's Album, Book 1: II. No Going for a Walk Today00:57
• 8Children's Album, Book 1: III. Llado is Very Ill02:36
• 9Children's Album, Book 1: IV. On a Birthday01:43
• 10Children's Album, Book 1: V. Étude01:40
• 11Children's Album, Book 1: VI. Musical Picture01:53
• 12Children's Album, Book 1: VIII. Intervention03:01
• 13Children's Album, Book 1: X. Fugue01:46
• 14Children's Album, Book 1: VII. The Cavalry01:12
• 15Children's Album, Book 1: IX. In the Folk Style02:18
• Aram Khachaturian:
• 16Poem10:02
• Piano Sonatina:
• 17Piano Sonatina: I. Allegro giocoso01:58
• 18Piano Sonatina: II. Andante con anima, rubato03:25
• 19Piano Sonatina: III. Allegro mosso03:54
• Piano Suite:
• 20Piano Suite: I. Toccata05:37
• Total Runtime01:14:37

Info for Khachaturian: Piano Works

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.

Iyad Sughayer, piano

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