Catalog
Chilingirian Quartet: Komitas-Aslamazian
(45 Minutes; Catalog: meg-006)
In 1961, all seventeen of Aslamazian's string quartet settings of Komitas folk
songs were published in Yerevan, in a single volume. Aside from an LP recording
on the Melodiya label by the senior Komitas Quartet, the
present release by the Chilingirian Quartet of the complete settings
is the only recording of the Komitas-Aslamazian transcriptions by a major
European quartet.
Sample 1(644K)
Sample 2(637K)
Sample 3(910K)
VÂN: Armenian Folk Songs
(52 Minutes; Catalog: meg-005)
Over the centuries, the regions around Lake Vân have been a rich
repository of diverse musical cultures. The mountainous terrain has led to the
development of distinct village populations with identifiable dialects and
vocal conventions. These populations have borrowed from each other, as
melodies have traveled across the rugged landscape from village to village,
each village adapting the melody to its own linguistic dialect. This album is
a varied and colorful spectrum of Armenian dialects and of the ways in which
dialect and melody work together in the songs of Moush, Kars, Iktir, city of
Vân, and Sassoon. With Mannik Grigorian
Sample 1 (579K)
Sample 2 (709K)
Komitas – Armenian Music for Piano
(52 Minutes; Catalog: meg-004)
The solo piano makes its appearance in Komitas' mature work in 1902 in the form
of Six Dances for Piano which he composed over a four-year period. The cycle
was performed in Paris by the composer in 1906 and published in Leipzig by
Breitkopf and Härtel in 1916.
Perhaps one of the reasons for Komitas' extraordinary scholarly and artistic
success in Europe during the first decade of our century was due to the
experimental, compositional possibilities which his work suggested. These
possibilities are further explored in the piano works of modern Armenian
composers, such as Saradjian, Andriasian, Khachaturian, and Baghtasarian.
Featuring pianist Zemphira Barseghian. Recorded in 1993.
Sample 1 (254K)
Sample 2 (455K)
The Art of the Armenian Târ
(70 Minutes; Catalog: meg-003)
The târ is one of the principal instruments in the folk music of
the Caucasus. Features Hovannes Darbinian, who follows a long line of
Armenian performers who have played an important role in the folk music of the
region.
Sample 1 (832K)
Sample 2 (377K)
Yerevan Women's Choir of Armenia
(69 Minutes; Catalog: meg-002)
The choir is a 30-member musical chamber group with a distinctive sound and
inclusive repertoire that ranges from Armenian music of the fifth century, to
works of the Western choral tradition, to contemporary music from Scandinavia
and Russia.
Sample 1 (416K)
Sample 2 (520K)
Komitas Divine Liturgy
(62 Minutes; Catalog: meg-001)
Komitas' Divine Liturgy featuring the St. Gayane Male Choir.
Recorded in Yerevan, Armenia in 1989.
Sample 1 (715K)
Sample 2 (598K)
