Perfect Moods: Contemplative, Contemporary Piano Miniatures

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Label: Grand Piano
Release Date: September 9, 2022

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Featuring ⌄

COMPOSER

Various
PERFORMER

Mikael Ayrapetyan, Tanya Ekanayaka, Elisaveta Blumina, Nicolas Horvath

Product Details ⌄

RELEASE DATE

September 09, 2022
UPC

747313989829
CATALOG NUMBER

GP898X
LABEL

Grand Piano
NUMBER OF DISCS

6
GENRE

Classical

Works ⌄

Krivu li (Draw Close to Me) (arr. M. Ayrapetyan for piano)

Composer: Baal HaSulam

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
Ki Chilattzta Nafshi (You Saved My Soul) (arr. M. Ayrapetyan for piano)

Composer: Baal HaSulam

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
Hamol Al Masecha (Have Pity on Your Deeds) (arr. M. Ayrapetyan for piano)

Composer: Baal HaSulam

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
Nigun (Melody) (arr. M. Ayrapetyan for piano)

Composer: Baal HaSulam

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
Part I

Composer: Baal HaSulam

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
Part II

Composer: Baal HaSulam

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
Chasal Seder Pesach (Passover Meal) (arr. M. Ayrapetyan for piano)

Composer: Baal HaSulam

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
Kel Mistater (The Creator Hides in Secrecy) (arr. M. Ayrapetyan for piano)

Composer: Baal HaSulam

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
March (arr. M. Ayrapetyan for piano)

Composer: Baal HaSulam

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
Ia'ale Tachanuneinu (Accept Our Prayers) (arr. M. Ayrapetyan for piano)

Composer: Baal HaSulam

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
Hiney ke Homer (Like Matter in His Hands) (arr. M. Ayrapetyan for piano)

Composer: Baal HaSulam

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
Misod Chachamim (The Assembly of Sages) (arr. M. Ayrapetyan for piano)

Composer: Baal HaSulam

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
Mizmor Le David (David's Song) (arr. M. Ayrapetyan for piano)

Composer: Baal HaSulam

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
Leagid Baboker (To Proclaim in the Morning about Your Mercy) (arr. M. Ayrapetyan for piano)

Composer: Baal HaSulam

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
Kadish (Сonsecration) (arr. M. Ayrapetyan for piano)

Composer: Baal HaSulam

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
Tzadik (Saint) (arr. M. Ayrapetyan for piano)

Composer: Baal HaSulam

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
Iadid Nefesh (Beloved of the Soul) (arr. M. Ayrapetyan for piano)

Composer: Baal HaSulam

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
No. 1 in G Minor

Composer: Haro Stepanian

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
No. 2 in A Major

Composer: Haro Stepanian

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
No. 3 in F Minor

Composer: Haro Stepanian

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
No. 4 in F-Sharp Minor

Composer: Haro Stepanian

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
No. 5 in G Major

Composer: Haro Stepanian

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
No. 6 in F Minor

Composer: Haro Stepanian

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
No. 7 in C Minor

Composer: Haro Stepanian

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor

Composer: Haro Stepanian

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
No. 1 in E Minor

Composer: Haro Stepanian

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
No. 2 in C Minor

Composer: Haro Stepanian

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
No. 3 in A Major

Composer: Haro Stepanian

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
No. 4 in A Minor

Composer: Haro Stepanian

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
No. 5 in F Minor

Composer: Haro Stepanian

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
No. 6 in F-Sharp Minor

Composer: Haro Stepanian

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
No. 7 in G Minor

Composer: Haro Stepanian

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
No. 8 in F Major

Composer: Haro Stepanian

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
No. 1 in E Minor

Composer: Haro Stepanian

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
No. 2 in G Minor

Composer: Haro Stepanian

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
No. 3 in F-Sharp Major

Composer: Haro Stepanian

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
No. 4 in A Minor

Composer: Haro Stepanian

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
No. 5 in B Minor

Composer: Haro Stepanian

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
No. 6 in B Minor

Composer: Haro Stepanian

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
No. 7 in B Major

Composer: Haro Stepanian

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
No. 8 in G Minor

Composer: Haro Stepanian

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
Prelude in A Major (1964)

Composer: Haro Stepanian

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
Prelude in F Minor (1965)

Composer: Haro Stepanian

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
No. 1. Waltz

Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

Performer: Elisaveta Blumina
No. 2. Nocturne

Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

Performer: Elisaveta Blumina
No. 3. Fairy Tale

Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

Performer: Elisaveta Blumina
No. 4. Idyll

Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

Performer: Elisaveta Blumina
No. 5. Nocturne

Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

Performer: Elisaveta Blumina
No. 6. Prelude

Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

Performer: Elisaveta Blumina
No. 7. Waltz

Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

Performer: Elisaveta Blumina
The Messenger - 1996 (Der Bote - 1996) (version for piano)

Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

Performer: Elisaveta Blumina
No. 1. Allegro assai

Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

Performer: Elisaveta Blumina
No. 2. Allegretto

Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

Performer: Elisaveta Blumina
No. 1. Lullaby: Moderato

Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

Performer: Elisaveta Blumina
No. 2. Pastorale: Vivace

Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

Performer: Elisaveta Blumina
No. 3. Bagatelle: Moderato

Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

Performer: Elisaveta Blumina
No. 4. Postludium: Moderato

Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

Performer: Elisaveta Blumina
No. 1. Moderato

Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

Performer: Elisaveta Blumina
No. 2. Andantino

Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

Performer: Elisaveta Blumina
I. Allegro vivace

Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

Performer: Elisaveta Blumina
II. Moderato

Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

Performer: Elisaveta Blumina
III. Allegretto

Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

Performer: Elisaveta Blumina
IV. Moderato

Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

Performer: Elisaveta Blumina
V. Allegretto

Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

Performer: Elisaveta Blumina
The Poet Acts

Composer: Philip Glass

Performer: Nicolas Horvath
Morning Passages

Composer: Philip Glass

Performer: Nicolas Horvath
Something She Has to Do

Composer: Philip Glass

Performer: Nicolas Horvath
For Your Own Benefit

Composer: Philip Glass

Performer: Nicolas Horvath
Vanessa and the Changelings

Composer: Philip Glass

Performer: Nicolas Horvath
I'm Going to Make a Cake

Composer: Philip Glass

Performer: Nicolas Horvath
An Unwelcome Friend

Composer: Philip Glass

Performer: Nicolas Horvath
Dead Things

Composer: Philip Glass

Performer: Nicolas Horvath
The Kiss

Composer: Philip Glass

Performer: Nicolas Horvath
Why Does Someone Have to Die?

Composer: Philip Glass

Performer: Nicolas Horvath
Tearing Herself Away

Composer: Philip Glass

Performer: Nicolas Horvath
Escape!

Composer: Philip Glass

Performer: Nicolas Horvath
Choosing Life

Composer: Philip Glass

Performer: Nicolas Horvath
The Hours

Composer: Philip Glass

Performer: Nicolas Horvath
Modern Love Waltz

Composer: Philip Glass

Performer: Nicolas Horvath
Notes on a Scandal: The Harts - I Knew Her (version for piano)

Composer: Philip Glass

Performer: Nicolas Horvath
Music in Fifths

Composer: Philip Glass

Performer: Nicolas Horvath
Piano Prism No. 1. E Flat - July 2016/17

Composer: Tanya Ekanayaka

Performer: Tanya Ekanayaka
Piano Prism No. 2. B Flat - Armenia to a Pearl

Composer: Tanya Ekanayaka

Performer: Tanya Ekanayaka
Piano Prism No. 3. C - Emerald Lapwing Karpet

Composer: Tanya Ekanayaka

Performer: Tanya Ekanayaka
Piano Prism No. 4. D Flat - Intuition, Auld Lang Syne & An Asian Sacred

Composer: Tanya Ekanayaka

Performer: Tanya Ekanayaka
Piano Prism No. 5. G - With Paaru Kavi

Composer: Tanya Ekanayaka

Performer: Tanya Ekanayaka
Piano Prism No. 6. F - Renewal & Goyam Kapuma

Composer: Tanya Ekanayaka

Performer: Tanya Ekanayaka
Piano Prism No. 7. E - Arrow-and

Composer: Tanya Ekanayaka

Performer: Tanya Ekanayaka
Piano Prism No. 8. A - Zuni Sea

Composer: Tanya Ekanayaka

Performer: Tanya Ekanayaka
Piano Prism No. 9. A Flat Scintilla: Komitas Unto Childhood

Composer: Tanya Ekanayaka

Performer: Tanya Ekanayaka
Piano Prism No. 10. B - Of Vannam & Zhuang Tai Qiu Si

Composer: Tanya Ekanayaka

Performer: Tanya Ekanayaka
Piano Prism No. 11. F Sharp - Kitty & Bambaru

Composer: Tanya Ekanayaka

Performer: Tanya Ekanayaka
Piano Prisms No. 12. D - Hana Hare

Composer: Tanya Ekanayaka

Performer: Tanya Ekanayaka
Autumnal

Composer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
The lady plays

Composer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
Longing

Composer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
Dilemma

Composer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
Arousal

Composer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
Prayer

Composer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
Clouds

Composer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
The First Snow

Composer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
Christmas Eve

Composer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
Totality

Composer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
Rain and rendezvous

Composer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan
Finality

Composer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

This six album boxed set comprises Tanya Ekanayaka’s Twelve Piano Prisms performed by the composer (GP785); works by Valentin Silvestrov performed by Elisaveta Blumina (GP639); Philip Glass’ piano music played by Nicholas Horvath (GP692); and Haro Stepanian’s Preludes (GP760) and Baal HaSulam’s Melodies of the Upper Worlds (GP808) performed by Mikael Ayrapetyan, alongside the pianist’s own A Whole in 12 (GP809). These contemplative contemporary piano miniatures have been expertly curated from the Grand Piano discography, and are sure to leave listeners and critics alike extremely satisfied.

Past praise for previously released volumes included in this set:

Stepanian: 26 Preludes for Piano / Ayrapetyan

Haro Stepanian was a fellow student of Aram Khachaturian. Stepanian himself was certainly a fine composer, based on this collection of preludes written between 1947 and 1965. There are three sets of eight here, completed in 1947, 1948, and 1956, plus two individual preludes written near the end of his life. His style is consistently folk derived, nothing one could call revelatory, but simply well-crafted work across a broad spectrum of emotional expression. The young Armenian pianist Mikael Ayrapetyan is a very fine advocate for this decidedly obscure music.

-- Fanfare

Ekanayaka: 12 Piano Prisms

Tanya Ekanayaka certainly hits her musical mark with these piano pieces. At times contemplative, sometimes raucous, these works have been injected generously with beauty and Rachmaninoff-like technique and drama. These works are certainly recommended to pianists to program for recitals: not only do they take the audience on a lovely, dark journey through the music of different cultures via the lens of a classically-trained pianist, but they sound enjoyable to play.

-- American Record Guide

Silvestrov: Piano Works / Blumina

Silvestrov seems well served by pianist Elisaveta Blumina. All is played and recorded with close and calmingly fervent engagement. Silvestrov’s surprising but pleasing commitment is to a vocabulary chronologically distant from the predominance of the twentieth century, let alone the twenty-first. If he occasionally sounds briefly like Einaudi it is only to remind us that once we listen for more than a couple of minutes Silvestrov is not a minimalist. In this context he is just a composer, one strand of whose creativity is inextricably in thrall to a style that, while familiar, serves his expressive needs better than any other. It is one dimension of the man.

-- MusicWeb International