Reissue of the 1965 French LP originally titled "Musique Classique Algérienne - Stikhbar." Recorded in 1965 in Paris, it's a solo piano album presenting a trans-Mediterranean crossover based on traditional Algerian vocal pieces known as istikhbars. Playing these istikhbars (which have roots in the Islamic Arabo-Andalusian culture which flourished in Spain) on the piano, that quintessentially European instrument, Skandrani was greeted with derision by some purists. Skandrani's modus operandi on this release is to present each istikhbar, modal in nature, then to play an improvisation based on the istikhbar and its attendant mode. This A/B alternation continues throughout. The pellucid clarity of Skandrani's playing on this album may remind the listener of a modal Goldberg Variations, Bach and Glenn Gould transplanted to Andalucia.
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Reissue of the 1965 French LP originally titled "Musique Classique Algérienne - Stikhbar." Recorded in 1965 in Paris, it's a solo piano album presenting a trans-Mediterranean crossover based on traditional Algerian vocal pieces known as istikhbars. Playing these istikhbars (which have roots in the Islamic Arabo-Andalusian culture which flourished in Spain) on the piano, that quintessentially European instrument, Skandrani was greeted with derision by some purists.
Skandrani's modus operandi on this release is to present each istikhbar, modal in nature, then to play an improvisation based on the istikhbar and its attendant mode. This A/B alternation continues throughout. The pellucid clarity of Skandrani's playing on this album may remind the listener of a modal Goldberg Variations, Bach and Glenn Gould transplanted to Andalucia.
2026 re-issue
Tracklist
A1 Mode Raml Maya
A2 Improvisations
A3 Mode Moual
A4 Improvisations
A5 Mode Sika
A6 Improvisations
A7 Mode Araq
A8 Improvisations
B1 Mode Mezmoum
B2 Improvisations
B3 Mode Sahli
B4 Improvisations
B5 Mode Ghrib
B6 Improvisations
B7 Mode Zidane
B8 Improvisations
B9Mode Kourdi
B10 Improvisations