Komitas: Seven Songs Lusine Grigoryan

Cover Komitas: Seven Songs

Album info

Album-Release:
2017

HRA-Release:
22.09.2017

Label: ECM

Genre: Instrumental

Subgenre: Piano

Artist: Lusine Grigoryan

Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)

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  • Vertapet Komitas (1869-1935):
  • 1Seven Songs: 1. Semplice01:26
  • 2Seven Songs: 2. Dolente01:25
  • 3Seven Songs: 3. Allegro non troppo01:22
  • 4Seven Songs: 4. Allegretto semplice, non troppo00:58
  • 5Seven Songs: 5. Comodo01:34
  • 6Seven Songs: 6. Nobile01:21
  • 7Seven Songs: 7. Allegrezza energico00:35
  • 8Msho Shoror10:09
  • 9Seven Dances: 1. Manushaki02:55
  • 10Seven Dances: 2. Yerangi03:29
  • 11Seven Dances: 3. Unabi01:52
  • 12Seven Dances: 4. Marali01:32
  • 13Seven Dances: 5. Shushiki01:41
  • 14Seven Dances: 6. Het u Araj03:00
  • 15Seven Dances: 7. Shoror04:45
  • 16Pieces For Children: 1. Allegretto amabile00:26
  • 17Pieces For Children: 2. Allegretto amabile00:30
  • 18Pieces For Children: 3. Vivo00:27
  • 19Pieces For Children: 4. Allegro Moderato00:54
  • 20Pieces For Children: 5. Andantino01:09
  • 21Pieces For Children: 6. Lento01:08
  • 22Pieces For Children: 7. Vivace00:43
  • 23Pieces For Children: 8. Moderato con giubilo01:19
  • 24Pieces For Children: 9. Con Alterazza00:38
  • 25Pieces For Children: 10. Calmo00:39
  • 26Pieces For Children: 11. Moderato01:03
  • 27Pieces For Children: 12. Andantino con tenerezza01:35
  • 28Toghik00:49
  • Total Runtime49:24

Info for Komitas: Seven Songs



Complete in itself, this solo album by Armenian pianist Lusine Grigoryan, can also be considered a companion volume to the Gurdjieff Ensemble's critically-acclaimed album of Komitas's music.

It was recorded at the same 2015 session in Lugano, directed by Manfred Eicher, and has some overlapping of repertoire. Where Levon Eskenian's versions with the Gurdjieff Ensemble explored some of the composer's sonic inspirations with folk instruments, Lusine Grigoryan conveys some of the same colours with her wide palette of piano articulation and her exploration of timbral possibilities: in her playing one can catch the flavour of the duduk, the tar, the zurna et cetera, as Komitas intended. As Levon Eskenian has noted, Grigoryan "conveys the mysterious presence typical of rustic and ritual music."

Pieces heard on this recording, the ECM debut of Lusine Grigoryan, include Komitas's Seven Songs, Seven Dances, Pieces for Children, and Msho Shoror.

Lusine Grigoryan, piano



Lusine Grigoryan
One of Armenia's pre-eminent pianists, Lusine Grigoryan, born in Gyumri, studied at the Yerevan State Komitas Conservatory under the direction of Professor Robert Shugarov.

Grigoryan's solo concerts, performed on stages throughout Europe, America, the Middle East and Australia, have generated critical acclaim. As a soloist she has performed at many prestigious festivals and concert halls, such as the Holland Festival in Amsterdam, Bozar in Belgium, the Nostalgia Festival in Poland, the Canberra International Music Festival in Australia and others.

International media are repeatedly touched by her performances.

"Her subtle pedaling, sparkling trills, and delicate touch throughout the works held the audience in thrall."

"She has the ability to display the composer's musical language and bring the important lines to the foreground; her performances are expressed by a permanent peace without unnecessary colors and emotions."

Grigoryan's unique interpretations of classical music, conveyed through a repertoire ranging from early Baroque to Contemporary, are complemented by an equally vast awareness of folk music traditions, which grants her insights into the works of classical composers whose pieces were informed by folk traditions. Thoroughly researching the works of Komitas and Bela Bartók also from this perspective. Her interpretation of Komitas' works has been praised both for its originality and its faithfulness to the composer’s vision.

Booklet for Komitas: Seven Songs

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