A 6-CD boxset of music by Azerbaijani composers was released many years ago called "
THE CLASSICAL MUSIC OF AZERBAIJAN: Symphonic; Ballet; Concerto; Piano; Opera; Chamber", but it is now "out of print" and unavailable. It is now, however, available for download in FLAC format (see Downloads section).
A list of the composers and their works on the box-set, and a critique, is as follows:
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2003/Apr03/Azerbaijaniset.htmVolume 1. Symphonic [56.12]
Fikrat AMIROV (1922-1984) - Azerbaijan Capriccio (1961); Kurd-Afshari (1949)
Gara GARAYEV (1918-1982) - Leyli and Majnun (1947)
Soltan HAJIBEYOV (b.1919) - Karvan (1945)
Ogtay ZULFUGAROV (b.1929) - Holiday Overture (1961)
Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra / Yalchin Adigozalov
Volume 2. Ballet [53.12]
Gara GARAYEV (1918-1982) - Seven Beauties (1952): Waltz; Adagio; Most Beautiful of All Beauties; Procession; Path of Thunder (1958): Dance of the Girls with Guitars; Scene and Duet, Adagio; The Path of Thunder, Finale
Fikrat AMIROV (1922-1984) - Nasimi (1977): The Dance of Executioners; Nasimi's Monologue; The Girls' Dance; Invasion; The Grief of the Girls; The Protest of Nasimi, Struggle, Immortality; Arabian Nights (1979): Baghdad Market; Dance; Orgy;
Volume 3. Concerto [53.37]
Vasif ADIGOZAL (b.1936) Piano Concerto No. 4 (1995)
Haji KHANMAMMADOV (b.1918)Concerto No. 2 for Tar and Orchestra (1968, Murad Adigozalzade, Piano Ramiz Guliyev, Tar), Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra / Yalchin Adigozalov
Volume 4. Piano [48.17]
Uzeyir HAJIBEYOV (1885-1948) - Sansiz (1941) (Tamilla Guliyeva, Piano)
Ismayil HAJIBEYOV (b.1949) - Three Sketches (1971) (Ulviyya Valiyeva, Piano)
Gara GARAYEV (1918-1982) - Six Preludes (1950) (Murad Adigozalzade, Piano; Elnara Hashimova, Piano)
Fikrat AMIROV (1922-1984) - (1954-all) (Murad Adigozalzade, Piano): Ballad; Ashug's Song; Nocturne; Humoreska; Lyrical Dance; Waltz; Lullaby; Toccata
Vasif ADIGOZAL (b.1936) Elegy (1992) (Murad Adigozalzade, Piano); Six Preludes (1992) (Elnara Hashimova, Piano)
Rafig BABAYEV (1936-1994) - Two Pieces (1994) (Murad Adigozalzade, Piano)
Volume 5. Opera [50.01]
Uzeyir HAJIBEYOV (1885-1948) - Koroglu (The Blind Man's Son) (1913): Koroglu Overture; Nigar's Aria, First Act-Garina Karimova; Nigar's Aria, Second Act-Garina Karimova; Song of the Khananda (Singer)-Safura Azimi; Dance from the Third Act, Jangi (Warrior); Arshin Mal Alan (The Cloth Peddler) (1913): Askar's Aria - Ulgar Muradov
Muslim MAGOMAYEV (1885-1937) - Shah Ismayil (1916): Overture; Aslan Shah's Aria - Mukhtar Malikov; Nargiz (1935): Nargiz's Aria - Garina Karimova
Gara GARAYEV (1918-1982) and Jovdat HAJIYEV (b.1917) - Vatan (Motherland) (1945): Mardan's Aria
Fikrat AMIROV (1922-1984) - Sevil (1953): Sevil's Aria
Volume 6. Chamber [61.48]
Uzeyir HAJIBEYOV (1885-1948) - Arazbari (1928); Ashugsayaghi (1931)
Fikrat AMIROV (1922-1984) - Nizami (1947) in four parts
Gara GARAYEV (1918-1982) - Preludes for Piano (1950): 1, 2, 3
Vasif ADIGOZAL (b.1936) - Garanfil (1959) (Ramiz Guliyev, Tar)
Agshin ALIZADE (b.1937) - Jangi (1982) (Oleg Grechko, Oboe)
Azer REZAYEV (b.1930) - Meditation; Gaytaghi (1994) (Ramiz Guliyev, Tar)
Gambar HUSEINLI (1916-1961) - The First Love (1952) (Ramiz Guliyev, Tar)
Hasan REZAYEV (b.1928) - Chahargah
