Azerbaijani composers

[cjvinthechair]

Always on the lookout for 'novelty', was intrigued by the Naxos disc 'Azerbaijani piano concertos', which I found fascinating, and has led me to try to find out a little more about Fikret Amirov & fellow countrymen/women.
Anyone know/have anything more ?

Thanks.                          Clive.

[Latvian]

Some very enjoyable and intriguing music, indeed! I've got quite a bit from this corner of the world, so I'll try to do an upload in the near future.

[Christopher]

Fikret Amirov's "Azerbaijan Capriccio" (of 1961) is a real romp and will definitely get your air-baton going! (is an air-baton the classical world's equivalent of the rock world's air-guitar?!). Anyway, it's that good.

(and if you want to read a wonderful, but little-known, book set in that part of the world, read "Ali and Nino" by Kurban Said, but I digress, save to say that it is ASKING for operatic/balet treatment....)

[TerraEpon]

I'm always up to listen to more Amirov. I really love the work on that disc, as well as the other Naxos disc ('Symphonic Mugams' I think), and the long-deleted Olympia set with the utterly wonderful and colorful ballet Arabian Nights, String Sinfonietta, and another recording of Shur.

[cjvinthechair]

Latvian, if you have some regional music you'd be prepared to share that would be just terrific !  I'll keep fingers crossed.     Clive.

[Christopher]

I'm always up to listen to more Amirov. I really love the work on that disc, as well as the other Naxos disc ('Symphonic Mugams' I think), and the long-deleted Olympia set with the utterly wonderful and colorful ballet Arabian Nights, String Sinfonietta, and another recording of Shur.

The Naxos "Symphonic Mugams" disc has the Azerbaijan Capriccio, but a much better version is the one on Olympia (OCD 490) with the Moscow Radio-TV Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yalchin Adigezalov. Highly recommend it!