Mustapha Skandrani – Istikhbars and Improvisations

Captivating classical solo piano improvisations in an Arabo-Andalusian mode, performed in 1965 by an overlooked luminary of Algerian music, whom EM Records justly compare to the clarity of Glenn Gould’s Goldberg Variations, and also recall to our ears Emahoy Tsegue Mariam Gebru in his puckered trills and fleeting melodies.