I have recently discovered this interesting armenian composer
Gomidas Vartabed - Komitas (1869- 1935)
http://www.youtube.com/v/2SABZm0AWK4
Isabel Bayrakdarian will bring tears to your eyes. :'(
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Didn't know her, thanks.
Gurdjieff is my favorite composer from Armenia,
Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff (1877-1948)
Chants, Hymns and Dances (2004, ecm)
***George I. Gurdjieff
1. Chant from a Holy Book
2. Bayaty
3. Prayer
4. Duduki
5. Interlude I
***Vassilis Tsabropoulos
6. Trois Morceaux après des hymnes byzantins I
7. Trois Morceaux après des hymnes byzantins II
8. Trois Morceaux après des hymnes byzantins III
9. Dance
10. Chant
***George I. Gurdjieff
11. Interlude II
12. Assyrian Women Mourners
13. Armenian Song
14. (No. 11)
15. Woman's Prayer
16. Chant from a Holy Book, var. 1
Anja Lechner, violoncello
Vassilis Tsabropoulos, piano
OR
G.I. GURCHIEF
keith jarreth
Reading Of Sacred Books
Prayer And Despair
Religious Ceremony
Hymn
Orthodox Hymn From Asia Minor
Hymn For Good Friday
Hymn
Hymn For Easter Thursday
Hymn To The Endless Creator
Hymn From A Great Temple
The Story Of The Resurrection Of Christ
Holy Affirming-Holy Denying-Holy Reconciling
Easter Night Procession
Easter Hymn
Meditation
Recorded March 1980, ECM
i have only first album mediafire link;
i didn't understand to rules yet in this forum,
can i post mediafire link here?
Tigran Mansurian - String Quartets
Rosamunde Quartet / ECM New Series, 2005
String Quartet No.1
I. Allegretto (8:59)
II. Agitato (6:40)
III. Maestoso (7:05)
String Quartet No.2
I. Andante (8:15)
II. Larghetto (7:19)
III. Andante (6:08)
Testament Lento (4:58)
It may interest you to know there's a life-size statue of Gomidas Vartabed located on the median of Jefferson Ave. near Woodward in Downtown Detroit.
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i have to write another name: DJIVAN GASPARYAN.
he is not clasical music composer, he is playing DUDUK.
his music is full of painful and sad;
maybe you know his name from a peter gabriel's album is "passion (1989)"
it is music of Martin Scorsese's film 'The Last Temptation of Christ'.
he came to istanbul in 2001 and he did a album together with a turkish musician:
Erkan Oğur & Djivan Gasparyan - Fuad (2001), Label: Kalan
and with michael brook from canada:
Djivan Gasparayan & Michael Brook - Black Rock (1998), Label: Real World
he is great man.
The music of Gomidas Vartabed is truly a world treasure; it's a pity that he is not better known in this country.
How did Detroit come to have a statue of him?
You can learn about his tragic life here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komitas_Vardapet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komitas_Vardapet).
Quote from: timnehguy on May 21, 2009, 02:17:12 PM
The music of Gomidas Vartabed is truly a world treasure; it's a pity that he is not better known in this country.
How did Detroit come to have a statue of him?
More here, including the inscription: http://forum.hyeclub.com/showthread.php?t=12426 (http://forum.hyeclub.com/showthread.php?t=12426)
Or here: http://www.armenian-genocide.org/Memorial.140/current_category.75/memorials_detail.html (http://www.armenian-genocide.org/Memorial.140/current_category.75/memorials_detail.html)
And here: http://www.detroit1701.org/Gomidas.htm (http://www.detroit1701.org/Gomidas.htm)
http://www.vem.am/en/129
Quote from: Roy Bland on February 20, 2021, 07:20:35 PM
http://www.vem.am/en/129
Maybe because of my ipad, the music samples don't play.
I like this disc. There are some nice compositions.
Alexander Arutunian "Motherland" Cantata
https://youtu.be/nwl9ZPHI_G4
Quote from: Roy Bland on February 24, 2021, 08:16:46 PM
Alexander Arutunian "Motherland" Cantata
https://youtu.be/nwl9ZPHI_G4
Sounds good. I like Arutiunian's Piano Concerto and Trumpet Concerto.
Btw, the music by Spendiarov (Spendiaryan) is worth listening to.
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https://koharconcert.com/products/
On this subject
https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/bitstream/handle/1773/36779/Arakelyan_washington_0250E_15970.pdf?sequence=1
a new release
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I've got a recording on ASV of Loris Tjeknavorian's piano concerto, along a few other works. For some weird reason they decided to pan the cadenzas over to one side of the stereo soundspace, but that's probably just cheap 90s recording showing itself.
Quote from: Maestro267 on December 26, 2021, 04:26:40 AM
I've got a recording on ASV of Loris Tjeknavorian's piano concerto, along a few other works. For some weird reason they decided to pan the cadenzas over to one side of the stereo soundspace, but that's probably just cheap 90s recording showing itself.
All ASV recording APO/Khachaturian have a questionable sound quality..I say this without detracting from the conductor's skill probably depended from the recording room and the sound engineers
Quote from: Roy Bland on December 25, 2021, 06:55:27 PM
On this subject
https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/bitstream/handle/1773/36779/Arakelyan_washington_0250E_15970.pdf?sequence=1
a new release
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I will check the disc. Have a happy new year, Roy. I enjoyed reading your posts this year very much.
Quote from: Dry Brett Kavanaugh on December 26, 2021, 04:53:03 PM
I will check the disc. Have a happy new year, Roy. I enjoyed reading your posts this year very much.
Thanks a lot! you could ask here https://www.als.am/en/audio-2
Merry Holidays
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on piano music
https://www.facebook.com/armenianpiano/
Cool cover art!
They said here that Haro Stepanyan (1897-66) was the best pre-Khachaturian armenian composer ,i didn't know him,but this beautiful Piano Concerto impressed favorably
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU3Yv8j7b3I
Quote from: Roy Bland on April 08, 2022, 06:05:33 PM
They said here that Haro Stepanyan (1897-66) was the best pre-Khachaturian armenian composer ,i didn't know him,but this beautiful Piano Concerto impressed favorably
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU3Yv8j7b3I
Interesting, Roy. I will listen to the work this weekend.
I like the Arutiunian PC below. The pianist looks like (grand) son or daughter of AA.
The Armenian Rhapsody disc is too dark for me, but some people may like it.
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Interesting Roy. I will look for the recording!
I found puzzling armenian composers little discography
Quote from: Roy Bland on February 10, 2023, 08:56:54 PMI found puzzling armenian composers little discography
Great find, Roy! Excellent concerto. This Channel provides with a lot of nice performances in Armenian classical and folk music. This will make me busy for a month.
Mikael Ayrapetyan has issued several recordings of Armenian piano music. I find the albums below very likable.
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Likable album!
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Aprikian composer of "David Sassunsky oratorio" died this year
Aron Babajanian (1921-1983): Violin Concerto in A minor (1949)
It is well known that musical culture in Armenia has played and continues to play an important role in the identity of this small state in the Caucasus. A population that suffered a traumatic genocide now lives squeezed between the great powers of Russia and Turkey and is threatened by war from Azerbaijan. Unfortunately, apart from the music of Katchaturian, for example, little is known about what Armenia's diverse compositional output produced even during the Soviet era. At the same time, many Armenian composers had the best relations with the Soviet musical greats Oistrakh, Rostopovitch or Shostakovitch. Arno Babajanian (his name is also translated from Armenian as Babadschanian or Babajanyan) should definitely be mentioned in this context. The virtuoso pianist and composer of everything from pop songs and jazz pieces to classical works and musicals remains a national hero in his home country. His Violin Concerto in A minor is obviously in the tradition of Aram Khachaturian's Violin Concerto in D minor, which was composed in 1940. However, it has not yet achieved the same fame, although the melodies and the colourful orchestral accompaniment also exude great fascination. Personally, the main melody of the first movement has lingered in my ears for a long time, and every time I look forward to the vastness of this melody, which personally makes me think of the magnificent area around Lake Sevan...
Here you find a listening guide of this violin concerto:
https://unbekannte-violinkonzerte.jimdofree.com/e-4/babajanian/
Quote from: Toni Bernet on December 17, 2024, 08:07:50 AMAron Babajanian (1921-1983): Violin Concerto in A minor (1949)
It is well known that musical culture in Armenia has played and continues to play an important role in the identity of this small state in the Caucasus. A population that suffered a traumatic genocide now lives squeezed between the great powers of Russia and Turkey and is threatened by war from Azerbaijan.
[..]
Not true. It was not Azerbaijan that threatened Armenia, but quite the opposite. In the early 1990s, Armenians, together with Russian secret agents, organized a mass massacre in Azerbaijan. Subsequently, as a result of military aggression supported by Moscow and the inaction of the West, Armenia occupied a significant part of Azerbaijani territory. Over a million Azerbaijanis were forced to flee their homes and became refugees. Only recently, after three decades, has Azerbaijan finally managed to liberate its territory and throw the Armenians back beyond its borders.
The small state of Armenia has some pretty big ambitions, fueled by an influential diaspora in places like France or California. Today, this small state of Armenia is doing everything it can to help the Kremlin regime circumvent sanctions, thereby facilitating the murder of Ukrainians.
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I bought the recording last year. Love it!
I love this recording too.
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Quote from: Toni Bernet on December 17, 2024, 08:07:50 AMAron Babajanian (1921-1983): Violin Concerto in A minor (1949)
It is well known that musical culture in Armenia has played and continues to play an important role in the identity of this small state in the Caucasus. A population that suffered a traumatic genocide now lives squeezed between the great powers of Russia and Turkey and is threatened by war from Azerbaijan. Unfortunately, apart from the music of Katchaturian, for example, little is known about what Armenia's diverse compositional output produced even during the Soviet era. At the same time, many Armenian composers had the best relations with the Soviet musical greats Oistrakh, Rostopovitch or Shostakovitch. Arno Babajanian (his name is also translated from Armenian as Babadschanian or Babajanyan) should definitely be mentioned in this context. The virtuoso pianist and composer of everything from pop songs and jazz pieces to classical works and musicals remains a national hero in his home country. His Violin Concerto in A minor is obviously in the tradition of Aram Khachaturian's Violin Concerto in D minor, which was composed in 1940. However, it has not yet achieved the same fame, although the melodies and the colourful orchestral accompaniment also exude great fascination. Personally, the main melody of the first movement has lingered in my ears for a long time, and every time I look forward to the vastness of this melody, which personally makes me think of the magnificent area around Lake Sevan...
Here you find a listening guide of this violin concerto:
https://unbekannte-violinkonzerte.jimdofree.com/e-4/babajanian/
Thank you for the interesting post. It is very informative. Yes, the violin concerto sounds excellent!
Alexander Spendiarov (Spendiaryan) Symphonic Works.
Wonderful music.
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https://www.instagram.com/armenian_music_project/?hl=it
Thank you for starting this thread... I've always wondered about Lazar Saryan or Sarian. There was a release of some of his works by the Armenian Music Center of Los Angeles but the Symphonic works CD sold out. Anyone know if its on youtube?
Quote from: dhibbard on December 26, 2024, 09:40:25 AMThank you for starting this thread... I've always wondered about Lazar Saryan or Sarian. There was a release of some of his works by the Armenian Music Center of Los Angeles but the Symphonic works CD sold out. Anyone know if its on youtube?
https://www.classicalarchives.com/newca/#!/Work/24049
https://chitchyan.am/chitchyans-music/
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https://simonian.nl/music/
Armenian? organ music
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Avet Terterian (1929-1994) : String Quartet No. 2 (1991)
Moscow Ensemble of Contemporary Music, Alexei VinogradovAlfred Roubenovich "Avet" Terterian (also Terteryan) was an Armenian composer, awarded the Konrad Adenauer Prize. Terterian composed eight (completed) symphonies, several of which are recorded, an opera and several chamber works.
Terterian was a friend and colleague of Giya Kancheli, Konstantin Orbelyan, and Tigran Mansurian. Dmitri Shostakovich praised Terterian as "very talented" and "with great future" in one of his letters, published by his friend Isaak Glikman, having heard a recording of Terterian's works at Armenia's "House of Composers" summer resort in Dilijan, Armenia. (wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avet_Terterian))
WITNESS | Silent Cranes
Kronos Quartet and Mary KouyoumdjianDavid Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Paul Wiancko, cello
I. slave to your voice - 00:00
II. you did not answer - 09:18
III. [with blood-soaked feathers] - 15:01
IV. you flew away - 26:04
Silent Cranes is inspired by the Armenian folk song "Groung (Crane)" in which the singer calls out to the migratory bird, begging for word from their homeland, only to have the crane respond with silence and fly away. The first, second, and fourth movement titles quote directly from the folk song lyrics. Those who were lost during the genocide are cranes in their own way, unable to speak of the horrors that happened, and it is the responsibility of the living to give them a voice.
The prerecorded backing track includes testimonies by genocide survivors, recordings from the genocide era of Armenian folk songs, and a poem from investigative journalist David Barsamian in response to the question 'Why is it important to talk about the Armenian Genocide 100 years later?'
Silent Cranes is dedicated to those lost and to those living who can promote change.
A long while back I read Black Dog of Fate by Peter Balakian which is a personal memoir, a re-telling, of what was a quintessential American baby boom childhood, but at the center which lay the dark specter of a trauma his forebears had experienced -- the Ottoman Turkish government's extermination of more than a million Armenians in 1915. Very strongly moving book.
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