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 it's exploration of the theme of forbidden love in apartheid era South Africa. Karayev's Symphony No. 3 and other orchestral works can be heard on 8.570720.

Tracklist:

7 Krasavits (7 Beauties) Ballet Suite: I. Waltz
7 Krasavits (7 Beauties) Ballet Suite: II. Adagio
7 Krasavits (7 Beauties) Ballet Suite: III. The Dance Of The Clowns
IV. The Seven Portraits: Introduction
7 Krasavits (7 Beauties) Ballet Suite: IV. The Seven Portraits: The Indian Beauty
7 Krasavits (7 Beauties) Ballet Suite: IV. The Seven Portraits: The Byzantine Beauty
7 Krasavits (7 Beauties) Ballet Suite: IV. The Seven Portraits: The Khorezmian Beauty
7 Krasavits (7 Beauties) Ballet Suite: IV. The Seven Portraits: The Slavonic Beauty
7 Krasavits (7 Beauties) Ballet Suite: IV. The Seven Portraits: The Maghrebian Beauty
7 Krasavits (7 Beauties) Ballet Suite: IV. The Seven Portraits: The Chinese Beauty
7 Krasavits (7 Beauties) Ballet Suite: IV. The Seven Portraits: The Most Beautiful Of The Beauties
7 Krasavits (7 Beauties) Ballet Suite: V. The Procession
Tropoyu Groma (In The Path Of Thunder) Ballet Suite No. 2: I. General Dance
Tropoyu Groma (In The Path Of Thunder) Ballet Suite No. 2: II. The Dance Of The Girls With Guitars
Tropoyu Groma (In The Path Of Thunder) Ballet Suite No. 2: III. The Dance Of The Black Community
Tropoyu Groma (In The Path Of Thunder) Ballet Suite No. 2: IV. Night In Stilleveld
Tropoyu Groma (In The Path Of Thunder) Ballet Suite No. 2: V. Scene And Duet
Tropoyu Groma (In The Path Of Thunder) Ballet Suite No. 2: VI. Lullaby
Tropoyu Groma (In The Path Of Thunder) Ballet Suite No. 2: VII. The Path Of Thunder

UPC: 747313312276
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 12.10.13
Format: CD

Dmitry Yablonsky - Ballet Suites: Seven Beauties / Path of Thunder (CD)