Traditional, Armenian

Armenian Spirit / Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall

1 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2012-09-12

Works: T. Tchukhadjian: Menk kadj tohmi (Chant de lutte); O'h intsh anush (Chant e'exil); Anonymous, Armenian: Krunk (Aknay), song; Sayat Nova: Khani Vur Jan Im, for ensemble; Dun en glkhen (Supplique au ro...
Performers: Clos, Marc; Espasa, Dani; Estevan, Pedro; Mayoral, David; Minassyan, Georgi; Mouradian, Gaguik; Sarikouyoumdjian, Haig; Savall, Jordi
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: ; Hespèrion XXI

This album is a tribute to Armenia and to the Armenian musicians who have played alongside Jordi Savall and his wife Montserrat Figueras over the...continue...
Recording information: Collégiale de Cardona, Catalogne (2012-03-29_2012-03-30&2010-)....continue...

Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-07-12

Works: Sandeep Das / Indrajit Dey: Mohini (Enchantment); Silk Road Ensemble: Oasis, improvisation; Zhao Jiping / Zhao Lin: Distant Green Valley; Armenian Traditional: Akhalqalaqi Dance; Zhao Jiping: Echoes ...
Performers: Ma, Yo-Yo
Conductors:
Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble

Recording information: Right Track Studios, New York, NY (09/20/2004-09/26/2004).

Yo-Yo Ma doesn't mess around. In addition to being one of the most recognized classical musicians of the contem...continue...

Kalinka & Moscow Nights

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-10-26

Works: B. Terentiev: Regimental Polka for chorus & folk ensemble; Lev Konstantinovich Knipper: Polyushko Polye (Song of the Plains; Meadowlands; "O Field, My Fields"); Russian Traditional: Kalinka (Little S...
Performers: Belyaev, Evgeny; Deshko, Vladimir; Dzhemelinsky, Sergei; Grekhov, Evgeny; Nizinenko, Nikolai; Red Star Red Army Chorus; Yantchik, Vyacheslav; Zazhigin, Valery
Conductors: Bazhalkin, Anatoly N.

The Red Star Red Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble was created in 1978 in Moscow, mostly to raise the cultural level and maintain the battle-readiness...continue...
Recording information: Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, Russia (03/1992-04/1992)....continue...

Pavel Lisitsian in Concert

2 CD / Preiser / 2010-07-13

Works: Alexander Borodin: For the shores of thy far native land; The False Note (Fal'shivaya nota), song for voice & piano; Alexander Glazunov: Oriental Romance, for voice & piano, Op. 27/2; Mily Balakirev:...
Performers: Abramovitch, Boris; Lisitisian, Pavel; Pokrovskaya, N.; Reentovich, Boris; Sakharov, Matvei; Solodouiev, Igor
Conductors: Melik-Pashaev, Alexander

The career of Pavel Lisitsian, one of the most marvelous singers ever to hail from Russia, continued for three decades. His aristocratic, mellifluous baritone voice,...continue...

Ik! / Netherland Brass Ensemble [Bonus DVD]

1 CD / Netherlands Blazer Ensemble / 2010-06-08

Works: Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Michael Nyman: The Draughtsman's Contract; Italian Traditional: Gorizia, traditional melody; Coco Ngambali: Marguérite; Mwana; Hans van der Heide: En ben folle qu...
Performers: Attema, Brandt; De Bruin, Annemiek; Heuvelman, Andre; Kort, Irma; Kunstman, Baue; Linden, Johan van der; Martes, Chardonnay; Ngambali, Coco; Parabirsing, Gabriel; Vahdat, Marjan; Van Wolde, Guus; Win...
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Ensemble: Nederlands Blazers Ensemble; Staff Benda Bilili

NBE Live is the label of one of the most interesting formations in the world of classical music. The Netherlands Blazers Ensemble, formed by solo...continue...
Recording information: Concertgebouw Amsterdam (01/01/2010)....continue...

Schoeller: Hypnos linea; Hamon, Machaut, Lavista, etc / Hamon, Biffi, Grébel, et al

1 CD / Zig Zag Territoires / 2009-02-10

Works: Philippe Schoeller: Hypnos linea V, for tenor recorder; Hypnos linea II, for voice (or flute); Armenian Traditional: From Early Morning, ritual song; Pierre Hamon: Ritual 1, for gaita hembra (female ...
Performers: Biffi, Vivabiancaluna; Grebil, Michael; Hamon, Pierre; Wright, John

Pierre Hamon presents medieval repertoire (Brittany, Guillaume Machaut), a Sefarad song, an Armenian melody, traditional Colombian themes, and contemporary pieces of Philippe Schoeller and Mario...continue...