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Mustapha Skandrani - Istikhbars And Improvisations - Japan CD
Mustapha Skandrani - Istikhbars And Improvisations - Japan CD
CD
World Music
February 27, 2026
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Catalog No.: EM1096CD2
JAN/ISBN: 4560283215882
Number of Discs: 1
Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
Credits:
Mustapha Skandrani
Description:
Repress! New LP of long-selling piano works! Algerian pianist and composer Mustafa Skandrani's "Istikbal and Improvisation" (1965) is a unique album of improvised piano variations on Andalusian folk melodies. A masterpiece of timeless, serene, limpid pure music. The Andalusian classical piano of Western origin was at the end of its class, and Scandrani's performance method, which was almost as if he had pioneered it, was considered heretical.The reason for the heresy is that before this man, there was no such thing as a solo piano performance at Andalusian music concerts, and no one else would have thought of playing "Istikbal" (one of the styles of Andalusian court music) on the piano, which caused controversy at the time. Algerian classical music is a mixture of Andalusian court music, which originated in the Arab and Islamic dynasties of Spain, and Turkish classical music, and is characterized by the integration of Eastern and Western cultures, with influences from the West, indigenous Africans, and Jews. Istikbal" is a prelude to the "nauba" (or "nuva") style of court music suite, and has several modes (types).In this work, one mode is first played and presented thematically, followed by a set of variations, for a total of nine sets of modes. The obvious appeal of this work is the graceful intersection of Orient, West, and Africa on the keyboard, where the sounds produced by the piano become a single delicate line that moves back and forth between the East and West.
Tracklisting:
1. Mode: Raml Maya
2. Improvisations
3. Mode: Moual
4. Improvisations
5. Mode: Sika
6. Improvisations
7. Mode: Araq
8. Improvisations
9. Mode: Mezmoum
10. Improvisations
11. Mode: Sahli
12. Improvisations
13. Mode: Ghrib
14. Improvisations
15. Mode: Zidane
16. Improvisations
17. Mode: Kourdi
18. Improvisations
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