Waltz comes first, followed without a break by seven more pieces. Eight orchestral recordings by Kenzhebek Kumysbekov (1927–1997) were preserved by the family in one sequence and one order, like a concert. That is how they stood in the old home player, under the shared title I — Concert.
Forty-one minutes and four seconds of music, and not one work is cut short: all eight survive in full, from the first sound to the last. What kind of concert did they make?
Eight pieces · 41:04
- Waltz — 4:16.
- Dala Syry — 8:49.
- Shalqyma — 4:22.
- Saghynysh Sazy — 5:57.
- Susamyr — 4:19.
- Sary Ozen — 3:04.
- Bishi Qaiyn (The Dancing Birches) — 4:37.
- Kerbezim — 5:41.
What begins with Waltz ends with Kerbezim. The order remains the one in which the recordings stood in the family player.
The concert is ready to play
Waltz still opens, Kerbezim still closes, and between them lie forty-one minutes of Kumysbekov’s music, kept safe by the family and now open to everyone. This music needs no retelling. It can be heard.