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Kronos Quartet - Music of Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (Mugam Sayagi)

Posted By: mendelfan
Kronos Quartet - Music of Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (Mugam Sayagi)

Kronos Quartet - Music of Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (Mugam Sayagi)
Contemporary classical | DDD | MP3@256kbs | Booklet/covers | 98 Mb | Mediafire

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Franghiz Ali-Zadeh is equally at home in the world of Western moderns and the culture of her homeland, Azerbaijan. The disc's title means "in the style of mugam," a sophisticated, emotional form of traditional music and poetry. The first piece, Oasis, begins in mystery, with the sound of dripping water, and builds to a dreamland of turbulent, slashing strings and shimmering chords: a mirage universe in its concentrated 13-minute span. The composer is at the piano for her Apsheron Quintet, whose 2nd movement is a gorgeous otherworldly evocation. Music for Piano is a solo exploration notable for turning the middle register of the instrument into a stand-in for the "tar," a brilliant-sounding lute-like instrument. Finally, Mugam Sayagi is a string quartet that discreetly incorporates a drone, synthesizer, and local instruments. It features a mournfully moving opening section and odd juxtapositions such as innocent folk dances instantly turning into aggressive battle music. Ali-Zadeh is a composer with much to say who says it well, aptly partnered by the committed playing of the Kronos Quartet, which gives us another of its many stimulating discs. –Dan Davis



Composer:

Franghiz Ali-Zadeh1 (born in 1947) is an Azerbaijani composer and pianist, currently living in Germany. She is best known for her works which combine the musical tradition of the Azerbaijani mugam and 20th Western compositional techniques, especially those of Arnold Schönberg and Gara Garayev. Her works have been performed by Yo-Yo Ma and the Kronos Quartet. On June 20, 2007, Ali-Zadeh was elected chair of the Composers' Union of Azerbaijan.


Performers:
Kronos Quartet and Franguiz Ali-Zadeh (piano)


Street Date 2005
Record year: 2000-2001


1. Oasis (1998) 13:19
2. Apsheron Quintet (2001) I. Tactile 11:27
3. Apsheron Quintet (2001) II. Reverse 7:23
4. Music for Piano (1989/1997) 7:32
5. Mugam Sayagi (1993) 21:20