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Cello Suite I

Cello suite No. 1 in G major - BWV 1007 Prelude

The Classic Touch

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: 1. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (Excerpt) (Arr. for Piano & Orchestra by Olivier Toussaint & Gérard Salesses) [feat. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]

Composed by Romain Dasnoy
Arranged & Performed by Nicolas Horvath

Fractal Piano

Last Resonance

The title of this album my attempt at translating the Farsi phrase قارچ‌های غربت to English. It comes from the poem "The Sound of Water's Footsteps" by Iranian poet Sohrab Sepehri. 

A more literal translation of the phrase would be Mushrooms of "Ghurba", an originally Arabic word that has several meanings, including senses of estrangement, alienation, loneliness, being away for home, and longing.

I composed many of these pieces during and after Israel's 12 day war on Iran in the summer of 2025. Being  an Iranian living abroad for 15 years, I had never felt Ghurba the way I felt it this summer, as I realized more and more that Iranian lives matter to exactly no one.
Ghurba and all its meanings overshadow most of the pieces in this album. 

The music heard on this post is the final track, which is an improv piece with the same title as the album.

In the album art, I tried to depict a mycelial network creeping up the piano and my body, and expanding into the ground, maybe a thread or two reaching the other side of the world where home is.

As Sepehri's poem says "Who cares if sometimes the mushrooms of ghurba start to grow?" 

You are right Sohrab, nobody does...

Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor - Remember to Forget

Heitor Villa-Lobos - Suite Floral - Floral Suite - 1918
1. Idílio na rede
2. Uma camponesa cantadeira
3. Alegria na horta
1. Idyll in the Hammock
2. A Singing Peasant Woman
3. Joy in the Vegetable Garden
Fabio Luz - Piano
Live recording - Auditorium of the Art Institute - Unicamp - April 28 2022
Illustration - Georgina de Albuquerque

Heitor Villa-Lobos - Suite Floral - Floral Suite - Campinas - 2022

Chopin: Nocturnes

Chopin: Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55 No. 1

Chopin: Nocturne No. 4 In F, Op. 15 No. 1

Chopin: Nocturne No. 8 In D Flat, Op. 27 No. 2 (2005 Recording)

Chopin: Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1

Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances

Hungarian Dance No. 4 in F Minor. Poco sostenuto (Orch. Juon in F-Sharp Minor)

Big Greatest Hits

Johann Sebastian Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1046

J.S. Bach: Violin Concerto No.1 In A Minor, BWV 1041, 1. Allegro moderato

I. (Allegro moderato)

This is whatever I want it to be when I need it.

Chopin: Nocturne No. 4 In F, Op. 15 No. 1

Maurizio Pollini

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