Khachaturian: The Dancing Violin

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Label
Fuga Libera
Release Date
March 14, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Aram Khachaturian
    • PERFORMER
      David Haroutunian, Xenia Maliarevitch
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 14, 2025
    • UPC
      5400439008403
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FUG840
    • LABEL
      Fuga Libera
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Song-Poem, "In Honour of an Ashugh"

      Composer: Aram Khachaturian

      Performer: David Haroutunian, Xénia Maliarevitch

    2. Dance No. 1

      Composer: Aram Khachaturian

      Performer: David Haroutunian, Xénia Maliarevitch

    3. I. Lent: Rubato ed espressivo

      Composer: Aram Khachaturian

      Performer: David Haroutunian, Xénia Maliarevitch

    4. II. Allegro ma non troppo - Lento - Tempo I - Cadenza - In tempo - Presto

      Composer: Aram Khachaturian

      Performer: David Haroutunian, Xénia Maliarevitch

    5. Gayane Suite No. 3: IV. Gayane's Adagio (arr. D. Haroutunian and A. Yampolsky for violin)

      Composer: Aram Khachaturian

      Performer: David Haroutunian

    6. Gayane, Act II: Aisha's Dance (arr. J. Heifetz for violin and piano)

      Composer: Aram Khachaturian

      Performer: David Haroutunian, Xénia Maliarevitch

    7. Dance in B-Flat Major, Op. 1

      Composer: Aram Khachaturian

      Performer: David Haroutunian, Xénia Maliarevitch

    8. I. Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Aram Khachaturian

      Performer: David Haroutunian

    9. II. Allegro agitato

      Composer: Aram Khachaturian

      Performer: David Haroutunian

    10. III. Allegro mosso

      Composer: Aram Khachaturian

      Performer: David Haroutunian

    11. Gayane, Act III: Sabre Dance (arr. J. Heifetz for violin and piano)

      Composer: Aram Khachaturian

      Performer: David Haroutunian, Xénia Maliarevitch

    12. Masquerade Suite: II. Nocturne (version for violin and piano)

      Composer: Aram Khachaturian

      Performer: David Haroutunian, Xénia Maliarevitch


A meeting between violinist David Haroutunian and Karen Khachaturian, son of the legendary composer Aram Khachaturian, inspired this new recording. Following their encounter in Paris at a concert marking the 40th anniversary of Aram Khachaturian's passing, Karen entrusted David with the score of an unpublished sonata for violin and piano, written by his father in the early 1930s. Avant-garde in style and structured in two unique movements, the sonata stands as a remarkable masterpiece, both profound and accessible to a wide audience. "My discovery of this sonata sparked an intense desire to record all of Khachaturian's works for violin, as no such comprehensive recording, to my knowledge, exists," David explains. Together with pianist Xenia Maliarevitch, he set out to capture not only Khachaturian's original compositions for solo violin and violin-piano duo but also selected arrangements of his most iconic works, including excerpts from Gayaneh and the Sabre Dance arranged by Jascha Heifetz. This album also features a previously unrecorded Dance from 1925, adding to the rich legacy of Khachaturian's music.