Gems from Armenia
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Label: Cedille Records
Cat No: CDR90000209
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 6th January 2023
Contents
Works
ImpromptuAria and Dance
Elegy
Mount Ararat
Ivan Sings (arr. Antti Hakkarainen)
Yerevan
Al Ailux
Chinar Es
Garoun a
Krunk (The Crane)
Tsirani tsar (Apricot Tree)
Sari Siroun Yar
Petrified Dance
Cello Sonata
Artists
Aznavoorian DuoAbout
Their panoramic survey of Armenian classical music opens with ancient folk songs arranged with haunting harmonies by early 20th-century Orthodox priest, composer, and musicologist Komitas Vardapet.
The Armenian musical renaissance of the Soviet era finds expression in Aram Khachaturian’s glorious ode to his hometown of Yerevan; Arno Babajanian’s impassioned tribute to his mentor Khachaturian; the early Sonata for Cello and Piano by Avet Terterian, whose admirers included Dmitri Shostakovich; and the Impromptu of Alexander Arutiunian, winner of many Soviet and Armenian musical honours and awards.
Contemporary voices include Serouj Kradjian, whose Sari Siroun Yar is an arrangement of an Armenian troubadour love song. Vache Sharafyan’s Petrified Dance is haunted by the memory of Armenian soldiers lost in recent battles. American Peter Boyer’s Mount Ararat, commissioned for this project and receiving its world-premiere recording, evokes the snow-capped twin peaks of biblical fame central to Armenian national and religious identity.
The Los Angeles Times calls cellist Ani Aznavoorian an artist “who shows great sensitivity and great virtuosity at all moments.” She made her Cedille Records debut with celebrated composer-pianist Lera Auerbach on Celloquy, featuring the world-premiere recording of Auerbach’s 24 Preludes for violoncello and piano. The Strad extolled the cellist’s “scorchingly committed performances that wring every last drop of emotion out of the music.” She performs on a cello made in Chicago by her father, Peter Aznavoorian.
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