Armenian Rhapsody / Khachaturian, Zakarian, Sharafyan and Komitas

Armenian Rhapsody / Khachaturian, Zakarian, Sharafyan, and Komitas - BIS (Swede

Label: BIS (Sweden)
Catalog No: BIS 1948
Format: CD
Release Date: 2011-08-06
Number of Discs: 1
Running time: 1 hr. 12 min.
Mono/Stereo: Stereo
UPC Code: 675754034559

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Notes & Reviews:

Naturally Khachaturian is among the selected composers, with his impassioned and expansive Concerto-Rhapsody from 1963 as the disc's opening work. This is followed by Suren Zakarian's Monograph for cello and chamber orchestra.

A Suite for cello and chamber orchestra by Zakarian's younger colleague, Vache Sharafyan follows. The composer's aim has been 'to create a sense of the perpetual cycle of life and history'. Sharafyan has also arranged the disc's epilogue, an atmospheric arrangement of the song Krunk (Crane). In this version for trio the melody is "sung" by the cello and accompanied by a piano and a duduk, an Armenian double-reed woodwind instrument is often heard in film scores.

The UK-based Alexander Chaushian, cello soloist in all of these works, is Armenian by birth, and is supported by the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra under their principal conductor Eduard Topchjan.

This disc offers a rare opportunity to sample music by Armenian composers, here represented by three works for cello and orchestra.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall, Yerevan, Armenia (04/2010).



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Works Details

>Khachaturian, Aram : Concert-Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra
  • Performer: Alexander Chaushian (Cello)
  • Conductor: Eduard Topshjan
  • Ensemble: Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Running Time: 13 min. 25 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Written: 1963

>Zakarian, Suren : Monograph, for cello & chamber orchestra
  • Performer: Alexander Chaushian (Cello)
  • Conductor: Eduard Topshjan
  • Ensemble: Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Running Time: 17 min. 26 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 1994

>Sharafyan, Vache : Suite for cello & orchestra
  • Performer: Alexander Chaushian (Cello)
  • Conductor: Eduard Topshjan
  • Ensemble: Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Running Time: 22 min. 32 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 2009

>Vardapet, Komitas : The Crane
  • Performers: Alexander Chaushian (Cello); Vache Sharafyan (Piano); Emmanuel Hovhannisyan (Duduk)
  • Conductor: Eduard Topshjan
  • Ensemble: Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Running Time: 5 min. 55 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern