Khachaturian: The Concertante Works for Piano

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Praise be to Jordanian-Palestinian pianist Iyad Sughayer, Andrew Litton conducting a BBC National Orchestra of Wales on top form and the conductor’s regular producer Andrew Keener for keeping... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 7th Oct 2022
Catalogue No: BIS2586
Label: BIS
Length: 75 minutes

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Khachaturian: Piano Concerto in D flat major

Work length35:40

$5.05

$11.55

$15.75

Iyad Sughayer (piano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Andrew Litton

I. Allegro ma non troppo e maestoso

Track length14:51

$2.05

$3.85

$5.25

II. Andante con anima

Track length10:29

$1.50

$3.85

$5.25

III. Allegro brillante

Track length10:20

$1.50

$3.85

$5.25

Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite

Work length16:09

$5.00

$6.50

$8.75

Arr. A. Dolukhanian for Piano Solo
Iyad Sughayer (piano)

I. Waltz

Track length3:53

$1.00

$1.30

$1.75

II. Nocturne

Track length3:51

$1.00

$1.30

$1.75

III. Mazurka

Track length2:22

$1.00

$1.30

$1.75

IV. Romance

Track length3:08

$1.00

$1.30

$1.75

V. Galop

Track length2:55

$1.00

$1.30

$1.75

Khachaturian: Concerto-Rhapsody in D flat major for piano and orchestra

Work length23:21

$5.00

$7.80

$10.50

Iyad Sughayer (piano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Andrew Litton

Beginning

Track length8:46

$1.50

$2.60

$3.50

Reh. 17

Track length3:50

$1.00

$1.30

$1.75

Reh. 31

Track length7:04

$1.50

$2.60

$3.50

Reh. 69

Track length3:41

$1.00

$1.30

$1.75

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"The expressive immediacy of Aram Khachaturian's music, with its sensuous melodic writing, vibrant orchestration and rhythmic drive, resulted in a popularity equalled by few composers of his generation. Composed in 1936, the Piano Concerto was the work that established Khachaturian’s name. Cast in the customary three movements, it is scored for a sizable orchestra, with notable contributions from both side-drum and military drum in the percussion section. In the second movement there is also an extensive solo for a so-called ‘flexatone’; it is often put forward that Khachaturian in fact intended the part to be played on the musical saw, as it is on the present recording. Thirty years after the Concerto, the composer returned to the genre with his Concerto-Rhapsody for piano and orchestra. This time the score offers prominent roles for the xylophone, marimba and vibraphone, which contribute towards making this one of the composer’s most colourful works. The demanding solo parts are here performed by the young Jordanian-Palestinian pianist Iyad Sughayer, with spirited support from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Andrew Litton. Sughayer made his acclaimed début as a recording artist with a disc of Khachaturian's piano works and sandwiched between the two works with orchestra he here presents the piano version of one of the composer's best loved pieces, the Masquerade Suite with its yearning opening Waltz and closing Galop."

Reviews

December 2022

Praise be to Jordanian-Palestinian pianist Iyad Sughayer, Andrew Litton conducting a BBC National Orchestra of Wales on top form and the conductor’s regular producer Andrew Keener for keeping it all [Concerto-Rhapsody] as clean and clear as possible. The same goes for this performance of the better-known Piano Concerto...The listener’s interest is held through sequences that have previously felt turgid to me.

March/April 2023

If you want these works, you need to hear them at their best in the hands of truly committed, imaginative musicians. That is precisely what you get here.

November 2022

Sughayer’s exciting delivery has clarity, rhythmic precision, brilliant virtuosity and a translucent impressionism in the gentler passages.

October 2022

Khachaturian’s gaudy, cinematic Piano Concerto naturally takes centre stage... there is ample glitter in Sughayer’s performance, particularly when heard in BIS’s modern sound.

October 2022

The sound is natural and spacious, and the orchestra play in a committed manner under the expert guidance of Andrew Litton.

Classical CD Choice 29th Novemeber 2022

This new recording of Khachaturian’s Piano Concerto may well add to the growing critical acclaim for his music, particularly as it also boasts the first recording on SACD of the Concerto Rhapsody, a more elusive piece, but one which admirers of the composer will relish.

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