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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol. 1

Requiem in D minor, K. 626 Lacrimosa

Tranquil Pilates Classical Music 2

Franz Liszt : Liebestraume, S541/R211 - No.3 Nocturne In A-Flat Major

This recording is dedicated to Beth

from "Suite bergamasque" by Claude Debussy
piano: Carlos Márquez

background paintng by Monet, picture by: https://flic.kr/p/5RqSxx

Claude Debussy: Clair de Lune

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

8. Nightfall in the Microtone Garden

“Vemos la luz del atardecer anaranjada y violeta porque llega demasiado cansada de luchar contra el espacio y el tiempo”
“We see the light of the sunset as orange and violet because it arrives too tired from fighting against space and time”
(Albert Einstein)

La luz del atardecer

compo20241205 (La luz del atardecer)

Debussy: Images & Children's Corner

Debussy: 2 Arabesques, CD 74, L. 66: No. 1, Andantino con moto

A Tchaikovsky Weekend

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a: I. Scene "Swan Theme". Moderato

A contemporary version Erik Satie's timeless Gymnopédie No.1 - Brought to you by Remixdj.

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Debussy: 2 Arabesques, CD 74, L. 66: No. 1, Andantino con moto

Simon Trpceski

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