Arif Mirzoyev: Nocturne, Op.21 No.9

Phillip Sear plays a haunting nocturne by the Azerbaijani composer Arif Mirzoyev (1944- ). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Azerbaijani composer, organist, and pianist Arif Mirzoyev (Ариф Мирзоев,1944- ) was born in Baku, and studied at the state conservatory there (one of his teachers was Shostakovich&pupil Kara Karaev), and later at the Moscow conservatory. He now lives in Germany. His works include an organ symphony dedicated to JS Bach. This piece comes (I believe) from a cycle of 24 preludes composed over the period 1966-89, and specifically from a collection of three dedicated to his sister Tamila in 1976. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- Played by Phillip Sear