Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Dmitry Yablonsky - Kara Karayev: 7 Beauties & in the Path of Thunder (2013) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. 7 Beauties, Ballet Suite: I. Waltz
02. 7 Beauties, Ballet Suite: II. Adagio
03. 7 Beauties, Ballet Suite: III. The Dance of the Clowns
04. 7 Beauties, Ballet Suite: IV. The Seven Portraits. Introduction
05. 7 Beauties, Ballet Suite: IV. The Seven Portraits. The Indian Beauty
06. 7 Beauties, Ballet Suite: IV. The Seven Portraits. The Byzantine Beauty
07. 7 Beauties, Ballet Suite: IV. The Seven Portraits. The Khorezmian Beauty
08. 7 Beauties, Ballet Suite: IV. The Seven Portraits. The Slavonic Beauty
09. 7 Beauties, Ballet Suite: IV. The Seven Portraits. The Maghrebian Beauty
10. 7 Beauties, Ballet Suite: IV. The Seven Portraits. The Chinese Beauty
11. 7 Beauties, Ballet Suite: IV. The Seven Portraits. The Most Beautiful of the Beauties
12. 7 Beauties, Ballet Suite: V. The Procession
13. In the Path of Thunder, Ballet Suite No. 2: I. General Dance
14. In the Path of Thunder, Ballet Suite No. 2: II. The Dance of the Girls with Guitars
15. In the Path of Thunder, Ballet Suite No. 2: III. The Dance of the Black Community
16. In the Path of Thunder, Ballet Suite No. 2: IV. Night in Stilleveld
17. In the Path of Thunder, Ballet Suite No. 2: V. Scene and Duet
18. In the Path of Thunder, Ballet Suite No. 2: VI. Lullaby
19. In the Path of Thunder, Ballet Suite No. 2: VII. The Path of Thunder


Born in Baku, Kara Karayev was one of Dmitry Shostakovich’s most distinguished pupils. Karayev absorbed his teacher’s influence, binding it to his own distinctive use of native Azerbaijani folk melodies and harmonies to produce music in an eclectic range of genres. The Seven Beauties is the first full-length Azerbaijani ballet, and the suite heard here brims with an exotic array of appealing rhythms and melodies. The Path of Thunder uses elements of African and Afro-American music in its exploration of the theme of forbidden love in apartheidera South Africa. Karayev’s Symphony 8573122 No. 3 and other orchestral works can be heard on 8570720.

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