These works for piano were composed over a period of some fifty years; they are true Azerbaijani works in that their composers were born in Azerbaijan and generally spent the greater part of their lives there. Many of these pieces have become standard repertoire there and are performed in concerts and studied in conservatories throughout the country. There are also other works, less familiar and more personal, that are not as popular and as frequently performed. Nargiz Aliyarova discovered these pieces only gradually, over a period of years, and on this release takes great delight in sharing the intriguing and self-revelatory aspects of this music.