Fazil Say

Only two years after composing his three-movement Cello Sonata in 1919, Paul Hindemith undertook a comprehensive revision of the work. Abandoning the two outer movements, he created a new version base...

Der Finalsatz der Sonate A-Dur KV 331 von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, das Rondo Alla Turca, ist eines der bekanntesten Klavierstücke überhaupt. Einstmals allen Musikkennern vorbehalten, später von jedem...

The title of the work refers to the Persian poet, philosopher, mathematician and astronomer Omar Khayyam who lived during the eleventh century and was one of the greatest scholars of his time. The thr...

The Sonata (2012) - like the Sonata for Violoncello and Piano from the same year - tells of travels through Turkey: Pamukkale, Istanbul Nocturne, Cappadocia. Musically characterized in the style of Sa...

Überraschende Klangwendungen bestimmen Fazil Says Kadenzen zu Beethovens Violinkonzert. Vertrackt-virtuose türkische Rhythmen werden abgelöst von idyllischen, an Panflöte erinnernde Sektionen mit frei...

In his Violin Sonata, the internationally renowned Turkish pianist Faz?l Say combines the classical western form with folk music elements of his home country, spiced with jazz-like intensified rhythms...

This work by 17-year-old Fazil Say is from the early creative period of the Turkish composer. Supported by Aribert Reimann and David Levine, he composed the four pieces for the 750th anniversary of th...

Noten für tiefe Singstimme und Klavier. Text von Nâzım Hikmet Deutsche Textfassung von Andreas Krause Englische Textfassung von Zelma Millard, Französische Textfassung von Dominique de Montaignac

Noten für tiefe Singstimme und Klavier. Text von Nâzım Hikmet Deutsche Textfassung von Andreas Krause Englische Textfassung von Zelma Millard, Französische Textfassung von Dominique de Montaignac

The concert piece 'Nirvana Burning' was commissioned by the Salzburg Festival and premiered by Faz?l Say and the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra at the festival opening in August 2010. It cons...

Black Earth was inspired by Kara Toprak, a popular song in Turkey. The composer of the song, As?k Veysel (1891-1973), was one of the last great Turkish balladeers and the final link in a thousand-year...

After his spectacular cadenza of Beethoven's Concerto in C minor (contained in ED 20140), the well-known Turkish pianist and composer now presents cadenzas of two of the most popular concertos by Moza...

The Turkish pianist and composer Faz?l Say has from the age of six begun each day with the performance of a keyboard work by Bach; his concert programmes include both numerous original compositions an...

An evocative cycle from the early years of the Turkish pianist and composer which appears again and again in his piano recital programmes.

An evocative cycle from the early years of the Turkish pianist and composer which appears again and again in his piano recital programmes.

This is a highly virtuosic piano piece with alternating metres and miniature rhythmic elements which are abstract representations of traditional Turkish rhythms.

I devote one movement of this work to each of the two figures. I have interpreted Nietzsche's character as energetic, painful and harsh. In contrast, the second movement 'Wagner' with its calm and med...

Faz?l Say composed this Cadenza on Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 as early as 2001. Meanwhile, this early work by the Turkish composer and pianist has become part of the repertoire of international...

After the frequently performed version for four hands (ED 22708), this atmospheric and very romantic piece from the Art of Piano series is now published in an edition for two hands - and was just newl...

In the work commissioned by Mozart-two-6 for the Tanzquartier Wien, Faz?l Say has transported the Viennese composer Mozart to the beach of the ancient city Patara in his own native Turkey. Say has dev...

The distinctive, motor-like rhythm and echoes of Arabian folk music characterise the three variations, rich in contrast, for two pianos and percussion. A perfect addition to the modern classics for th...

The final movement of the Sonata in A major KV 331 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Rondo Alla Turca, is one of the most famous piano pieces of all time. Once only familiar to musical experts, later a...