(CD) KOMITAS

Παρουσίαση

The Armenian Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble was founded by Levon Eskenian to play 'ethnographically authentic' arrangements of the G.I. Gurdjieff/Thomas de Hartmann piano music. Their debut album on ECM, Music of G.I. Gurdjieff, was widely acclaimed, and won an Edison Award as Album of the Year in 2012. Now Eskenian and his musicians turn their attention to the music of Komitas Vardapet (1869-1935). Composer, ethnomusicologist, arranger, singer and priest, Komitas is popularly held to be the founder of contemporary music in Armenia, and in his work as a collector he explored the connections that uniquely bind together Armenian sacred and secular music. With their special focus on folk instrumentation and inspired arrangements the Ensemble illuminates the deep roots of Komitas's compositions in this programme recorded in Lugano in February 2015.

Περιεχόμενα

Zulo
Mani Asem, Tsaghik Asem
Msho Shoror
Havun
Mankakan Nvag XII
Lorva Gutanerg
Manushaki of Vagharshapat
Shushiki of Vagharshapat
Unabi of Shushi
Marali of Shushi
Yerangui of Yerevan
Het u Araj of Karin
Karno Shoror
Hov Arek
Gutane Hats em Berum
Gutane Hats em Berum
Havik
Akna Oror

Levon Eskenian: director
Emmanuel Hovhannisyan: duduk, pku, zurna
Armen Ayvazyan: kamancha
Avag Margaryan: pogh, zurna
Aram Nikoghosyan: oud
Davit Avagyan: tar
Mesrop Khalatyan: dap, dhol
Vladimir Papikyan: santur, voice
Meri Vardanyan: kanon
Norayr Gapoyan: duduk, bass duduk
Eduard Harutyunyan: tmbuk, cymbal, kshots, burvar, bell