LEBANESE PIANO MUSIC • 2
FULEIHAN • GELALIAN • HOWRANI • H. KHOURY
TATIANA PRIMAK-KHOURY
‘Sonata by Fuleihan is a powerful and challenging example of a large 20th century sonata. His way of combining diatonic and chromatic elements in his musical textures corresponds to contrasting archaic and modern, simple and complicated ideas through the whole Sonate with amazing power, lyricism and structure. Khoury's Sonate No. 4 finds incredible sonorous ideas which, within an unusual combination of textures and rhythms, create an absolutely new perception of musical space and time. Gelalian's Sonate represents the romantic side of the composer, giving his native Armenian melodies and rhythms romantic urban atmosphere and expressiveness. The Rhapsody by Walid Howrani is a generous selection of popular Lebanese folk tunes combined in an inventive and humorous way.’ – Tatiana Primak-Khoury
KHOURY, H.: Piano Sonata No. 4 ‘Sham’
About this Recording
Three substantial piano sonatas stand at the heart of a recording that reflects personal and musical independence. For Anis Fuleihan, the juxtaposition of archaic and modern is both kaleidoscopic and playful, while Boghos Gelalian draws on folkloric and late-Romantic influences in his brand of ‘Orientalism’. Houtaf Khoury’s Sonata No. 4 both questions and reflects unsettling contemporary experience in a work of audacious, pulsing intensity.
Anis Fuleihan (1900–1970): Piano Sonata No. 4 (1951)
Air and Fugue On White Keys (1943)
Houtaf Khoury (b. 1967): Piano Sonata No. 4 ‘Sham’ (2016)
Boghos Gelalian (1927–2011): Piano Sonata (1964)
Waleed Howrani (b. 1948): Lebanese Rhapsody (1995)
TOTAL TIME: 78:40
TATIANA PRIMAK-KHOURY
Tatiana Primak-Khoury is a Ukrainian-Lebanese pianist. She began her concert career in her native Ukraine before extending her activities to performances in Europe, the United States and the Middle East. A laureate of national and international piano competitions, she has a Master’s degree from the Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music in Kiev. Since moving to Lebanon, she has been committed to expanding the boundaries of her traditional repertoire. She also explores rarely heard works by Ukrainian and Lebanese composers. In addition to her performing career, Primak-Khoury serves as artistin-residence at the University of Balamand in Lebanon, and teaches at the Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music.
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