Khachaturian: Piano Works Iyad Sughayer

• Aram Khachaturian (1903 - 1978): Piano Sonata:
• 1 Piano Sonata: I. Allegro vivace 08:02
• 2 Piano Sonata: II. Andante tranquillo 09:42
• 3 Piano Sonata: III. Allegro assai 09:18
• Piano Suite:
• 4 Piano Suite: II. Waltz-Caprice 02:27
• 5 Piano Suite: III. Dance 01:35
• Children's Album, Book 1:
• 6 Children's Album, Book 1: I. Andantino 01:31
• 7 Children's Album, Book 1: II. No Going for a Walk Today 00:57
• 8 Children's Album, Book 1: III. Llado is Very Ill 02:36
• 9 Children's Album, Book 1: IV. On a Birthday 01:43
• 10 Children's Album, Book 1: V. Étude 01:40
• 11 Children's Album, Book 1: VI. Musical Picture 01:53
• 12 Children's Album, Book 1: VIII. Intervention 03:01
• 13 Children's Album, Book 1: X. Fugue 01:46
• 14 Children's Album, Book 1: VII. The Cavalry 01:12
• 15 Children's Album, Book 1: IX. In the Folk Style 02:18
• Aram Khachaturian:
• 16 Poem 10:02
• Piano Sonatina:
• 17 Piano Sonatina: I. Allegro giocoso 01:58
• 18 Piano Sonatina: II. Andante con anima, rubato 03:25
• 19 Piano Sonatina: III. Allegro mosso 03:54
• Piano Suite:
• 20 Piano Suite: I. Toccata 05:37
• Total Runtime 01:14:37

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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