Album Notes

In this Recording, Behzad Mirkhani (1969 Tehran) has offered his original compositions for nylon guitars, strings, and Piano, as meditative music. Meanwhile, you hear the sound of Spring's immigrant birds and other sounds of nature which bring a splash of relaxing colour to the music. This programme also includes some sweet, delicate and dreamy transcriptions from J.S.Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Grieg, Brahms, Oscar Rieding, and Akbar Mohseni. This latter composer, Akbar Mohseni (1912 Tehran), considered the dean of Iranian composers, had been active for more than sixty years. He was a great performer of tar and ood (Persian lute).



Track listing and more Informations :

1: BACK TO THE NATURE
Mirkhani's original composition

2: DREAM LAND
Mirkhani's original composition

3: BAROON BAROONE
Mirkhani's variation on an Iranian folk song
(north of Iran, near the Caspian sea)

4: ROMANCE
Mirkhani's original composition

5: ELAHEYE NAZ
Mirkhani's transcription from Akbar Mohseni, Elaheye Naz

6: THE NIGHTINGALE
Mirkhani's original composition

7: LACRYMOSA
Mirkhani's transcription from Giuseppe Verdi, Messa da Requiem

8: DANCE OF THE SUGAR-PLUM FAIRY
Mirkhani's transcription from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
the Nutcracker op.71a, Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

9: CONCERTO IN G
Mirkhani's transcription from Oscar Rieding, Violin Concerto in G op.34
Allegro Moderato (first movement)

10: FEEL THE RAIN
Mirkhani's original composition

11: MOONLIGHT
Mirkhani's transcription from Beethoven, Moonlight Sonata
Adagio Sostenuto (first movement)

12: FOR ANIA (Nocturne)
Mirkhani's original composition

13: REST, REST
Mirkhani's variations on J.S.Bach's Johannes Passion BWV 245 :
No.108 : Valet will ich dir geben
No.310 : Mach's mit mir, Gott, nach deiner Gut

14: JESU, JOY OF MAN'S DESIRING
Mirkhani's transcription from J.S.Bach, Cantata BWV 147
Chorale (Tenth Movement), Jesu, bleibet meine Freude

15: BRAHMS WALTZ
Andres Segovia's Transcription from Johannes Brahms
16 Waltzes for Piano op.39, Waltz no.15

16: PERFECT PEACE
Mirkhani's original composition

17: MORNING MOOD
Mirkhani's transcription from Edvard Hagerup Grieg
Peer Gynt op.23, Prelude to Act 4, Morning Mood

18: LOVE WALTZ
Mirkhani's original composition



These artists are listed in the credits :

Original Music, Guitars, Keyboards, Programming, and Transcriptions : Behzad Mirkhani

Cover Design : Ania Riahi, Elham Karimi

Violin (1, 6 and 10) : Arsalan Kamkar

Violin (3) : Ronak Memari

Piano (1 and 10) : Gelareh Tohidi

Music Recording : Orod Anzabipour, Ghasem Abedin



Behzad Mirkhani received the guitar master certificate from Prof. Dr. Leo Witoszynskyj (Austrian guitarist) and the music theory from Trinity College London. His CDs and tapes have been released since 1992. His compositions include guitar concertos, string quartets, orchestral music and pieces for solo guitar and guitar with mixed ensemble which have received numerous performances.