Stepanian: 26 Preludes for Piano / Ayrapetyan

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Label
Grand Piano
Release Date
June 9, 2017
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      STEPANIAN, HARO
    • PERFORMER
      Mikael Ayrapetyan
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 09, 2017
    • UPC
      747313976027
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      GP760
    • LABEL
      Grand Piano
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1 in G Minor

      Composer: Haro Stepanian

      Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    2. No. 2 in A Major

      Composer: Haro Stepanian

      Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    3. No. 3 in F Minor

      Composer: Haro Stepanian

      Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    4. No. 4 in F-Sharp Minor

      Composer: Haro Stepanian

      Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    5. No. 5 in G Major

      Composer: Haro Stepanian

      Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    6. No. 6 in F Minor

      Composer: Haro Stepanian

      Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    7. No. 7 in C Minor

      Composer: Haro Stepanian

      Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    8. No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor

      Composer: Haro Stepanian

      Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    9. No. 1 in E Minor

      Composer: Haro Stepanian

      Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    10. No. 2 in C Minor

      Composer: Haro Stepanian

      Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    11. No. 3 in A Major

      Composer: Haro Stepanian

      Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    12. No. 4 in A Minor

      Composer: Haro Stepanian

      Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    13. No. 5 in F Minor

      Composer: Haro Stepanian

      Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    14. No. 6 in F-Sharp Minor

      Composer: Haro Stepanian

      Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    15. No. 7 in G Minor

      Composer: Haro Stepanian

      Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    16. No. 8 in F Major

      Composer: Haro Stepanian

      Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    17. No. 1 in E Minor

      Composer: Haro Stepanian

      Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    18. No. 2 in G Minor

      Composer: Haro Stepanian

      Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    19. No. 3 in F-Sharp Major

      Composer: Haro Stepanian

      Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    20. No. 4 in A Minor

      Composer: Haro Stepanian

      Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    21. No. 5 in B Minor

      Composer: Haro Stepanian

      Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    22. No. 6 in B Minor

      Composer: Haro Stepanian

      Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    23. No. 7 in B Major

      Composer: Haro Stepanian

      Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    24. No. 8 in G Minor

      Composer: Haro Stepanian

      Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    25. Prelude in A Major (1964)

      Composer: Haro Stepanian

      Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    26. Prelude in F Minor (1965)

      Composer: Haro Stepanian

      Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan


Described by Aram Khachaturian as "the greatest Soviet Armenian composer", Haro Stepanian followed the pioneering efforts of composers such as Komitas in establishing a strong national voice for Armenian music. He composed three symphonies, operatic works, numerous songs, chamber pieces, and works for piano. Building on the models of Chopin, Rachmaninov and fellow Armenians such as Komitas and Tigranian, the 26 varied and sharply contrasting Preludes are exquisite folk-influenced miniatures suffused with sadness, poetic contemplation, the natural world and scenes of Armenian life.

REVIEWS:

The Grand Piano engineers conspire with happy results in rendering Ayrapetyan’s admirable way with chiming charms and epic rhetoric.

-- MusicWeb International

Building on the models of Chopin, Rachmaninov and fellow Armenians such as Komitas and Tigranian, these 26 varied and sharply contrasting Preludes from 1947, 1948, 1956 and single from 1964 and 1965 are exquisite folk-influenced miniatures suffused with sadness, poetic contemplation, the natural world and scenes of Armenian life.

-- Records International

…these are what might be termed strong examples of the Socialist Realist aesthetic. Mr Ayrapetyan plays them with a wide palette of tonal color, fine virtuosity, and consummate musicianship. The piano sound is a little boomy and reverberant, but that is better than claustrophobic.

-- American Record Guide