Rauf Gadzhiev's Violin Concerto

[Toby Esterhase]

IMHO one of best azeri violin concerto with great orchestral colour:

[Greg K]

You make it sound as if there's many Azeri Violin Concerti "out there" and available to be heard.  What are some of the other good ones?

[Neil McGowan]

Gara Garavev's VC (1967)

[Toby Esterhase]

You make it sound as if there are many Azeri Violin Concerti "out there" and available to be heard.  What are some of the other good ones?

There is also Sultan Gajibekov's one.At last azeris production in this genre also if doesn't reach armenian level is neverthless considerable

[Dundonnell]

I can find no evidence that the Amirov work is on cd (I could of course be proved wrong)....so that is fine

The other piece however poses two problems:

(1) Yes...it is on a Russian Disc cd which means that it would be better removed from your post please Toby.

(2) It appears-according to Mike Herman's discography on Musicweb-that it IS NOT actually Tofik Kuliyev's Violin Concerto but in fact the Violin Concerto by the Turkmenistan composer Ashir Kuliyev.

So...it would not be appropriate in this thread for both reasons Thank you in advance Toby for your understanding

[Toby Esterhase]

Dear Dundonnell
In the note of RDCD 11046 has been written that the composer is Tofig Kuliev,however also azer Mamed Kuliyev written a violin concerto
Best


P.S.
Frankly speaking i can't heard entire concerto tonight please check

[Holger]

Dear Dundonnell
In the note of RDCD 11046 has been written that the composer is Tofig Kuliev,however also azer Mamed Kuliyev written a violin concerto
Best


P.S.
Frankly speaking i can't heard entire concerto tonight please check

That's an error by Russian Disc, they confused the various Kulievs here. The Violin Concerto they released is by the Turkmen composer Ashir Kuliev (Aşyr Kulyýew in today's Turkmen alphabet; 1918–2000) as Mike Herman correctly indicates. It has also been released on a Melodiya LP in the 1980s together with Danatar Khydyrov's First Symphony.

[Dundonnell]

First of all, my sincere thanks to Toby for so promptly and with such understanding responded to my request

And secondly, many thanks to Holger for his clarification of the actual identity of the composer of the concerto in question.