Benjamin Saunders plays the complete organ music of Georgi Mushel, an Uzbek composer and painter. The Toccata from the Uzbekistan Suite is a popular showcase of organ virtuosity, and is played in it's original version, a vibrant celebration of Soviet happiness and optimism!
1 Qasida to the Master Builders of Ancient Samarkand
2 On the Deserted Hills of Afrasiyab
3 The Flowering River Valley of the Zeravshan
4 In the Twilight of the Shakhi Zinda Necropolis
5 Samarkand in the Light of the Rising Sun
6 Elegy
7 In Memory of Navoi
8 Nocturne
9 Intermezzo
10 Improvisation on An Uzbek Folk Theme
11 Prelude
12 Fugue
13 Aria
14 Toccata
15 Fugue
Benjamin Saunders plays the complete organ music of Georgi Mushel, an Uzbek composer and painter. The Toccata from the Uzbekistan Suite is a popular showcase of organ virtuosity, and is played in it's original version, a vibrant celebration of Soviet happiness and optimism!
