Modulation Necklace: New Music from Armenia

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Label
New Focus Recordings
Release Date
January 17, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      AVANESOV KARTALYAN PETROSSIA
    • PERFORMER
      Various
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 17, 2020
    • UPC
      655646189451
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FCR244
    • LABEL
      New Focus Recordings
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Quasi harena maris

      Composer: Artur Avanesov

      Performer: Artur Avanesov, Movses Pogossian, Ji Eun Hwang, Morgan O’Shaughnessey, Niall Ferguson

    2. Novelette

      Composer: Ashot Zohrabyan

      Performer: Varty Manouelian, Scott St. John, Antonio Lysy, Artur Avanesov

    3. A Fiery Flame, a Flaming Fire

      Composer: Michel Petrossian

      Performer: Varty Manouelian, Charles Tyler, Artur Avanesov

    4. No. 1. Es siretsi (I Have Loved)

      Composer: Artashes Kartalyan

      Ensemble: UCLA VEM Ensemble

    5. No. 2. Papaq (A Wish)

      Composer: Artashes Kartalyan

      Ensemble: UCLA VEM Ensemble

    6. No. 3. Hashvehardar (A Summary)

      Composer: Artashes Kartalyan

      Ensemble: UCLA VEM Ensemble

    7. I. Vivace

      Composer: Ashot Kartalyan

      Performer: Katisse Buckingham, Dustin Donahue

    8. II. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Ashot Kartalyan

      Performer: Katisse Buckingham, Dustin Donahue

    9. III. Allegro animato

      Composer: Ashot Kartalyan

      Performer: Katisse Buckingham, Dustin Donahue

    10. IV. Andante moderato

      Composer: Ashot Kartalyan

      Performer: Katisse Buckingham, Dustin Donahue

    11. V. Presto

      Composer: Ashot Kartalyan

      Performer: Katisse Buckingham, Dustin Donahue

    12. I. Let It Be Forgotten

      Composer: Artur Avanesov

      Performer: Artur Avanesov

    13. II. Quand l’aubespine fleurit

      Composer: Artur Avanesov

      Performer: Artur Avanesov

    14. III. Modulation Necklace

      Composer: Artur Avanesov

      Performer: Artur Avanesov

    15. IV. Exercise in Necklace Mode

      Composer: Artur Avanesov

      Performer: Artur Avanesov

    16. V. Mon cœur reste brûlé

      Composer: Artur Avanesov

      Performer: Artur Avanesov

    17. VI. Gespenstertanz

      Composer: Artur Avanesov

      Performer: Artur Avanesov

    18. VII. Kinderstück IV (Ladybug)

      Composer: Artur Avanesov

      Performer: Artur Avanesov


Violinist Movses Pogossian has assembled this illuminating collection of contemporary music from Armenia, "Modulation Necklace," revealing a vibrant repertoire whose aesthetics are as outward looking as they are grounded in their reverence of a centuries old culture. In his liner notes, Pogossian acknowledges the long shadow that the Soviet Union cast on Armenian composers during it's reign - this recording celebrates this generation's liberation from those constraints. The composer Tigran Mansurian played a pivotal role in connecting the threads of this Armenian new music tradition, both by literally introducing Pogossian to musicians involved in the project, but also in his courage and leadership to explore Western and later older Armenian sources for inspiration during the Soviet era. The performers heard here are drawn from Pogossian's Dilijan Chamber Music Series, the Lark Musical Society, as well as the flagship group of UCLA's Armenian Music Program, the VEM Ensemble.