Label: Oehms Classics
Genre: Instrumental
Period: 20th Century; Baroque; Classical; Renaissance
Catalogue No: OC1747
Barcode: 4260330917478
Release Date: 04/2026

Piano Recital: Khachikyan, Violetta - BYRD, W. / JACQUET DE LA GUERRE, É. / SCHEIDT, S. / RAVEL, M. (Wings of Renaissance)

With this recording, Violetta Khachikyan releases her third solo album, dedicating herself to rarely performed works from the Renaissance, early Baroque and Classical periods, which take on new timbres and vitality on the grand piano of the 21st century. Particular mention should be made of the three composers Marianne von Martinez, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre and Yekaterina Alexeyevna Vorontsova. Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin seems like a retrospective and at the same time an innovative creation from old dances and forms, complemented by new harmonies and technical inventions of the modern instrument.

Tracklist

Byrd, William
Khachikyan, Violetta (piano)
1 John come kiss me now (Musica Britannica, Vol. 28, p. 121, BK 81) 06:03
Khachikyan, Violetta (piano)
Jacquet de La Guerre, Élisabeth
Khachikyan, Violetta (piano)
2 Keyboard Suite No. 1 in D Minor: VIII. Chaconne L'Inconstante 03:12
Khachikyan, Violetta (piano)
Khachikyan, Violetta (piano)
3 V. Sarabande 02:02
Khachikyan, Violetta (piano)
4 VI. Gigue I 01:35
Khachikyan, Violetta (piano)
Khachikyan, Violetta (piano)
5 V. Sarabande 02:00
Khachikyan, Violetta (piano)
6 VIII. Gavotte 01:12
Khachikyan, Violetta (piano)
Scheidt, Samuel
Khachikyan, Violetta (piano)
7 9 Variationen über eine Gagliarde (after J. Dowland) 07:32
Khachikyan, Violetta (piano)
Martínez, Marianne
Khachikyan, Violetta (piano)
8 I. Allegro 03:50
Khachikyan, Violetta (piano)
9 II. Adagio 05:47
Khachikyan, Violetta (piano)
10 III. Tempo di minuetto 02:43
Khachikyan, Violetta (piano)
Ravel, Maurice
Khachikyan, Violetta (piano)
11 No. 1. Prélude 03:14
Khachikyan, Violetta (piano)
12 No. 2. Fugue 03:43
Khachikyan, Violetta (piano)
13 No. 3. Forlane 05:59
Khachikyan, Violetta (piano)
14 No. 4. Rigaudon 03:20
Khachikyan, Violetta (piano)
15 No. 5. Menuet 04:42
Khachikyan, Violetta (piano)
16 No. 6. Toccata 04:16
Khachikyan, Violetta (piano)
Sinyavina, Yekaterina Alexeyevna
Khachikyan, Violetta (piano)
17 Menuett in D Minor 03:38
Khachikyan, Violetta (piano)
Khachikyan, Violetta (piano)
18 Polonaise in C Major 02:37
Khachikyan, Violetta (piano)

Total Playing Time: 01:07:25