Gazarossian: 24 Etudes / Karoyan
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Gazarossian: 24 Etudes / Karoyan

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Composer
Koharik Alis Gazarossian
Artist
Nare Karoyan
Format
CD
Discs
1
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Dec 09, 2022
Catalog #
PCL10263
UPC
5029365102636

About

Though she gave piano recitals throughout Europe during her career, the name of Koharik Gazarossian has largely been forgotten today. Born to Armenian parents in 1907, she grew up in Constantinople (modern Istanbul) and studied piano there with a Hungarian pupil of Liszt. Not yet 20, she was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire, where her teachers were Paul Dukas (composition) and Lazare Lévy (piano). Gazarossian proceeded to make a name and a career for herself as a pianist touring 24 ‘well-tempered’ recitals, arranged by tonality after the model of Bach’s keyboard manuals. But she also composed throughout this time, especially for her own instrument, in a tonal language influenced by her teachers and by Armenian folk melodies and harmonies. Many of these pieces have yet to be rediscovered, but this album of the 24 Etudes presents the most compelling case for her revival.

Gazarossian completed the Etudes in 1958, and they attracted the praise in particular of Armenia’s most renowned composer, Aram Khachaturian. Not only the pre-eminent exemplar of Chopin can be heard in the technique of the Etudes, but also the sound of Scriabin (No.1), Rachmaninov (No.3) and Prokofiev (No.10). Each of the Etudes is dedicated to a different friend, and the set thus testifies to a wide social circle of accomplished musicians from across Europe and Asia. Several of them are dedicated to the best of her pupils back in Istanbul, others to fellow female pianists such as Magdi Rufer and Idil Biret. It is all the more appropriate that they should be revived here by Nare Karoyan, who grew up in Yerevan, capital of Armenia, before studying in Cologne with Pierre-Laurent Aimard, among other distinguished teachers. Now based in Germany, she gives regular recitals in Berlin, Bonn and other major destinations.

Tracklist 24 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Allegretto 02:37
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Allegretto
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Koharik Gazarossian
    Performer
    Nare Karoyan
  2. 2 No. 2. Animé et grouillant 02:07
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Animé et grouillant
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Koharik Gazarossian
    Performer
    Nare Karoyan
  3. 3 No. 3. Andantino 02:27
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Andantino
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Koharik Gazarossian
    Performer
    Nare Karoyan
  4. 4 No. 4. Vivo - Meno mosso 01:55
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Vivo - Meno mosso
    Duration
    01:55
    Composer
    Koharik Gazarossian
    Performer
    Nare Karoyan
  5. 5 No. 5. Allegretto 02:06
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. Allegretto
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Koharik Gazarossian
    Performer
    Nare Karoyan
  6. 6 No. 6. Con spirito 01:44
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. Con spirito
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Koharik Gazarossian
    Performer
    Nare Karoyan
  7. 7 No. 7. Andantino cantabile 02:23
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 7. Andantino cantabile
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Koharik Gazarossian
    Performer
    Nare Karoyan
  8. 8 No. 8. Andante espressivo 02:22
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 8. Andante espressivo
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Koharik Gazarossian
    Performer
    Nare Karoyan
  9. 9 No. 9. Con moto e con anima 02:52
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 9. Con moto e con anima
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Koharik Gazarossian
    Performer
    Nare Karoyan
  10. 10 No. 10. A la marcia 03:05
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 10. A la marcia
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Koharik Gazarossian
    Performer
    Nare Karoyan
  11. 11 No. 11. Allegretto con spirito 01:03
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 11. Allegretto con spirito
    Duration
    01:03
    Composer
    Koharik Gazarossian
    Performer
    Nare Karoyan
  12. 12 No. 12. Allegro majestuoso 03:02
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 12. Allegro majestuoso
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Koharik Gazarossian
    Performer
    Nare Karoyan
  13. 13 No. 13. Comodo e tranquillo 01:57
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 13. Comodo e tranquillo
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Koharik Gazarossian
    Performer
    Nare Karoyan
  14. 14 No. 14. Con moto 03:00
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 14. Con moto
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Koharik Gazarossian
    Performer
    Nare Karoyan
  15. 15 No. 15. Allegretto grazioso 01:44
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 15. Allegretto grazioso
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Koharik Gazarossian
    Performer
    Nare Karoyan
  16. 16 No. 16. Allegretto 02:16
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 16. Allegretto
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Koharik Gazarossian
    Performer
    Nare Karoyan
  17. 17 No. 17. Lento 04:12
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 17. Lento
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Koharik Gazarossian
    Performer
    Nare Karoyan
  18. 18 No. 18. Moderato 02:15
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 18. Moderato
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Koharik Gazarossian
    Performer
    Nare Karoyan
  19. 19 No. 19. Vivo 03:35
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 19. Vivo
    Duration
    03:35
    Composer
    Koharik Gazarossian
    Performer
    Nare Karoyan
  20. 20 No. 20. Vif et rhythmé 01:30
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 20. Vif et rhythmé
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Koharik Gazarossian
    Performer
    Nare Karoyan
  21. 21 No. 21. Allegro 02:21
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 21. Allegro
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Koharik Gazarossian
    Performer
    Nare Karoyan
  22. 22 No. 22. Allegretto 02:39
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 22. Allegretto
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Koharik Gazarossian
    Performer
    Nare Karoyan
  23. 23 No. 23. Grazioso 02:15
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 23. Grazioso
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Koharik Gazarossian
    Performer
    Nare Karoyan
  24. 24 No. 24. Allegro furioso 02:44
    Track
    24
    Title
    No. 24. Allegro furioso
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Koharik Gazarossian
    Performer
    Nare Karoyan