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Amira Fouad's CD recording, PORTRAITS: A PIANIST'S JOURNEY from London's Wigmore Hall has just been released.

This CD highlights some of Amira's favourite works by Chopin including the famous Ballade in G minor, op. 23, the dramatic Nocturne in C minor, op. 48, no. 1 as well as the nostalgic Nocturne in E minor, op. 72 no. 1.

Included on the CD is ‘Estampes’ by Claude Debussy including ‘Pagodes’, ‘La Soirée dans Grenade’ and ‘Jardins sous la pluie’ . Following the Debussy is a selection of works based on ‘Oriental’ themes evoking Arabic images by Isaac Albéniz and Enrique Granados. Then is a feature world premiere recording of the complete ‘Suite Folklorique op. 25, nos. 1 & 2' by Abou-Bakr Khaïrat. The finale is the gypsy dance ‘Zambra Gitana’ by Ernesto Lecuona.

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Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

1. Nocturne in C minor, op. 48 no. 1 (1841)

2. Ballade in G minor, op. 23 (1833)

3. Nocturne in E minor, op. 72 post. (1827)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Estampes (1903)

4. I. Pagodes

5. II. La Soirée dans Grenade

6. III. Jardins sous la pluie

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)

7. Orientale, op. 232, no. 2 (1892)

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)

8. Moresque (c. 1890)

9. Canción Árabe (c. 1890)

10. Canción Morisca (c. 1890)

11. Arabesca (c. 1890)

Abu Bakr Khaïrat (1930-1963)

12. Suite Folklorique, op. 25, no. 1 (1959) - Tactouka de Sayed Darwish – ‘Eh il abara?’

13. Suite Folklorique, op. 25, no. 2 (1959) - based on the Egyptian Folk Song , ‘Yamama Helwa wa meen hagibha?’

Ernesto Lecuona (1896 - 1963)

14. Zambra Gitana (1690)