Vasif Adıgözəlov (1935-2006): Piano concerto no. 2 (1964)

Vasif Adıgözəlov was a son of famous Azerbaijani folk musician Zülfüqar (aka Zülfü) Adıgözəlov (1898-1963); his brother Rauf (1940-2002) was a prominent singer, and his son Yalçın (*1959) is one of his country's foremost conductors. In 1959, he composed the evergreen "Qərənfil", a song just every Azerbaijani seems to know (    • Vasif Adıgözəlov (1935-2006): Qərənfil (Ca...   ). In the classical genre, he developed a very sophisticated kind of modern folklorism, synthesizing influences by Bartók, Khachaturian, Prokofiev and Shostakovich. As far as I see, his main achievement is his four-part cycle of piano concertos, which I would count among the very best of the 20th century - and I shouldn't wonder if, were they played in Western concert halls, they delighted their audience. Fortepiano və xalq çalğı alətləri orkestri üçün konsert = Fortepiano ilə orkestr üçün konsert No. 2 (1964) Concerto for piano and folk instruments = Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 2 (1964) 1. Allegretto 0:00 2. Andante 7:51 3. Allegro 13:55 Teymur Şəmsiyev - Azərbaycan Dövlət Teleradio Verilişləri Şirkətinin xalq çalğı alətləri orkestri (Azerbaijan State Television and Radio Folk Instrument Orchestra), conducted by Nəriman Əzimov photo: mountainscape in the Şahdağ Milli Parkı (Shahdag National Park, Azerbaijan)