Liszt, Brahms, Prokofiev, Beethoven, Greenbaum, Vine and Maroufi


Winner of the 2006 Australian National Piano Award, pianist Amir Farid has been described as "a highly creative musician - a pianist of great intelligence and integrity. He brings strong musical substance to all that he does, imbuing it with his own particular experience and understanding", and who "in a well populated field...distinguishes himself for all the right reasons".

This is Amir's debut solo CD.

Visit Amir Farid's Website here

“Veiled Virtuosity is one of those discs that celebrates a lot of good things in one neat package. First and foremost, it celebrates the engaging artistry of an accomplished young musician.”

— Tony Way, The Age Greenguide

“In this debut solo album, the virtuosity is often in full view with a gutsy performance of Beethoven's Waldstein sonata, the grinding Prokofiev Toccata and a brisk account of the Brahms B minor Rhapsody ... (also) a delicate review of Liszt's mildly virtuosic third Consolation, matched by Stuart Greenbaum's elegiac Evocation ... Carl Vine's splendid 5 Bagatelles, here carried off with panache rivaling the pianist himself ... two short works by Iranian Javad Maroufi make gentle acknowlegment of Farid's family/cultural heritage.”

— Clive O'Connell, The Age A2

Liszt Consolation No.3 (excerpt) download

Toccata, Op.11 Sergei Prokofiev (excerpt) download

Javad Maroufi (1912-1993)
1 Golden Dreams

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
2 Rhapsody in B minor, Op 79, No 1

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
3 Consolation No 3

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata in C, Op 53 "Waldstein"
4 Allegro con brio
5 Introduzione: adagio molto
6 Rondo: allegro moderato

Javad Maroufi
7 Prelude

Stuart Greenbaum (b. 1966)
8 Evocation

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
9 Toccata, Op 11

Carl Vine (b. 1954)
5 Bagatelles
10 Bagatelle 1
11 Bagatelle 2
12 Bagatelle 3
13 Bagatelle 4
14 Bagatelle 5