Khachaturian, Arutiunian, et al.: Gems from Armenia / Aznavoorian Duo

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Label
Cedille
Release Date
April 8, 2022
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Various
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Anznavoorian Duo
    • PERFORMER
      Anznavoorian Duo
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 08, 2022
    • UPC
      735131920926
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CDR 209
    • LABEL
      Cedille
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Chinar es, keranal mi [You are Tall like a plane tree, do not Bow Down]

      Composer: Gomidas Vartabed

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Marta Aznavoorian

    2. Tsirani Tsar (version for cello and piano)

      Composer: Komitas Vardapet

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Marta Aznavoorian

    3. Garoun A

      Composer: Komitas Vardapet

      Performer: Marta Aznavoorian

    4. Al Ailux

      Composer: Komitas Vardapet

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Marta Aznavoorian

    5. Krunk (The Crane) (arr. for cello and piano)

      Composer: Komitas Vardapet

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Marta Aznavoorian

    6. Ivan Sings (arr. A. Hakkarainen for cello and piano)

      Composer: Aram Khachaturian

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Marta Aznavoorian

    7. Yerevan (arr. for cello and piano)

      Composer: Aram Khachaturian

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Marta Aznavoorian

    8. Elegy

      Composer: Arno Harutyuni Babadjanian

      Performer: Marta Aznavoorian

    9. Aria

      Composer: Arno Harutyuni Babadjanian

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Marta Aznavoorian

    10. Dance

      Composer: Arno Harutyuni Babadjanian

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Marta Aznavoorian

    11. I. Andante

      Composer: Avet Terterian

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Marta Aznavoorian

    12. II. Adagio

      Composer: Avet Terterian

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Marta Aznavoorian

    13. III. Presto

      Composer: Avet Terterian

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Marta Aznavoorian

    14. Sari Siroun Yar (arr. S. Kradjian for cello and piano)

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Marta Aznavoorian

    15. Impromptu

      Composer: Alexander Arutiunian

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Marta Aznavoorian

    16. Petrified Dance

      Composer: Vache Sharafyan

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Marta Aznavoorian

    17. Mount Ararat

      Composer: Peter Boyer

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Marta Aznavoorian


Cellist Ani Aznavoorian and pianist Marta Aznavoorian, each a renowned soloist and chamber musician in her own right, together celebrate the sounds of their ancestral homeland on Gems from Armenia. The album marks the Chicago-raised sisters’ recording debut as the Aznavoorian Duo. Their panoramic survey of Armenian classical music opens with ancient folk songs arranged with haunting harmonies by early 20th-century Orthodox priest, composer, and musicologist Komitas Vardapet. The Armenian musical renaissance of the Soviet era finds expression in Aram Khachaturian’s glorious ode to his hometown of Yerevan; Arno Babajanian’s impassioned tribute to his mentor Kachaturian; the early Sonata for Cello and Piano by Avet Terterian, whose admirers included Dmitri Shostakovich; and the Impromptu of Alexander Arutiunian, winner of many Soviet and Armenian musical honors and awards. Contemporary voices include Serouj Kradjian, whose “Sari Siroun Yar” is an arrangement of an Armenian troubadour love song. Vache Sharafyan’s Petrified Dance is haunted by the memory of Armenian soldiers lost in recent battles. American Peter Boyer’s Mount Ararat, commissioned for this project and receiving its world-premiere recording, evokes the snow-capped twin peaks of Biblical fame central to Armenian national and religious identity.