Armenian Archive
Atmospheres – Tigran Hamasyan & others- ECM (2 CDs)
Atmospheres (TrackList Follows] – Tigran Hamasyan/ Arve Henriksen/ Eivind Aarset/ Jan Bang – ECM (2 CDs) 2097442724 (9/9/16) ****: (Tigran Hamasyan – piano/ Arve Henriksen – trumpet/ Eivind Aarset – guitar/ Jan Bang – live sampling) An airy journey with ECM. The cover photos and titles of ECM records are chosen with deliberation. They are […]
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 2; KHACHATURIAN: Piano Concerto – Xiayin Wang, p. – Royal Scottish Nat. Orch./Peter Oundjian – Chandos
Two little known Romantic Russian piano concertos thrill in expansive SACD sound. TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 2; KHACHATURIAN: Piano Concerto – Xiayin Wang, p. – Royal Scottish Nat. Orch./Peter Oundjian – Chandos multichannel SACD CHSA 5167, 75:54 ****: The pairing of these two Russian Romantic warhorses brings together two works that deserve to be performed […]
“Trios from Our Homelands” = REBECCA CLARKE: Piano Trio; ARNO BABAJANIAN: Piano Trio; MARTIN: Trio sur des mélodies populaires irlandaises – Lincoln Trio – Cedille
A lovely disc of neglected and highly worthy trios. “Trios from our Homelands” = REBECCA CLARKE: Piano Trio; ARNO BABAJANIAN: Piano Trio in f-sharp; FRANK MARTIN: Trio sur des mélodies populaires irlandaises – Lincoln Trio – Cedille 90000 165, 1:04:08 (8/12/16) [Distr. by Naxos] *****: The three members of the Lincoln Trio are using their […]
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HOVHANESS: Piano Works [TrackList follows] – Alessandra Pompili (piano) – Dynamic
Some first-ever Hovhaness tracks and some fine transcriptions.
KHACHATURIAN: Violin Concerto in D Minor; SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 7; String Quartet No. 8 – James Ehnes, v./ Melbourne Sym. Orch./ Mark Wigglesworth/ Ehnes Quartet – Onyx
James Ehnes indulges both his virtuosic temperament and his passion for soulful chamber music in this rare fusion of Khachaturian and Shostakovich.
KHACHATURIAN: Concerto-Rhapsody in B-flat minor; Sonata-Monologue; LYAPUNOV: Violin Concerto in D minor – Hideko Udagawa, v./ Royal Philharmonic Orch./ Alan Buribayev – Signum Classics
Violinist Hideko Udagawa has built an enviable reputation, with some specialization in the Russian romantics.
LISZT: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Totentanz; Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Tunes – Nareh Arghamanyan, p./ Radio Sym. Orch. Berlin/ Alain Altinoglu – Pentatone
A young prodigy with all the right stuff displays hers in this album of warhorses.
“Russian Trumpet Concertos from the 20th Century” = Works of SHAKHOV, ARUTIUNIAN, BOHME, VASILENKO, & GOEDICKE – Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet/ Göttinger Sym. Orch./ Christoph-Mathias Mueller – MDG Scene
Friedrich sails thru all the trumpet parts with excellence and MDG’s surround sonics support him well.
“Diamonds in a Haystack” = ARNO BABAJANIAN: Piano Trio in F-sharp Minor; JEAN FRANCAIX: Trio; PAUL SCHOENFIELD: Café Music –Trio Solis – MSR Classics
All in the same century! A disparate program of piano trios from the 1950s to the 1980s.
ALAN HOVHANESS Works: Armenian Rhapsodies 1-3; Song of the Sea; Sop. Sax Concerto; Exile Sym. – BMOP/sound
Not Hovhaness at his best, but it’s interesting to hear earlier works by this incredibly prolific composer.
Khachaturian (2003)
A fascinating first-rate documentary on the Armenian-Russian composer.
ARAM KHACHATURIAN: Highlights from ‘Gayane’, Highlights from ‘Spartacus’, Highlights from ‘Masquerade’– Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/ Yuri Simonov – Royal Philharmonic Masterworks audiophile collection
Excellent performances of works you know you’ve heard somewhere!
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
