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Piano Music (Armenian) - KOMITAS / SPENDIARIAN, A. / BABADJANIAN, A.H. / ABRAMIAN, E. / BAGDASARIAN, E. / AMIRKHANIAN, R. (Ayrapetyan)
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Piano Music (Armenian) - KOMITAS / SPENDIARIAN, A. / BABADJANIAN, A.H. / ABRAMIAN, E. / BAGDASARIAN, E. / AMIRKHANIAN, R. (Ayrapetyan)
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Music in Armenia has a long and rich history, stretching back to the Middle Ages and beyond, with its origins in popular folk-songs. Towards the end of the nineteenth century these played a major rôle in the development of a national music identity and in the twentieth century Armenian composers began to establish an international reputation. The hypnotic simplicity of line and texture in the Six Dances by Komitas lay the foundations of a clearly defined national sound alongside the Tatar melodies which appear in Spendiarian’s Crimean Sketches. Russian lyrical romanticism as well as Western influences colour the next generation’s music, as do elements of impressionism and soulful jazz in the recent works of Robert Amirkhanian.
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Vardapet, Komitas

Erangi
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Erangi
00:03:02
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Unabi
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Unabi
00:01:58
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Marali
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Marali
00:01:28
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Shushiki
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Shushiki
00:02:55
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Et-Arach
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Et - Arach
00:02:23
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Shoror
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Shoror
00:03:55
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Spendiaryan, Aleksandr

Crimean Sketches, Op. 9 (version for piano)
7.
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No. 1. Air de danse
00:01:59
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8.
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No. 2. Chanson elegaique
00:02:08
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9.
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No. 3. Chanson a boire
00:01:34
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10.
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No. 4. Air de danse: Kaitarma
00:04:19
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Babadjanian, Arno Harutyuni

Prelude
11.
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Prelude
00:01:43
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Melody and Humoresque
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Melody
00:02:09
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13.
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Humoresque
00:01:51
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Impromptu, "Exprompt"
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Impromptu, "Exprompt"
00:02:39
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Vagharshapat Dance
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Vagharshapat Dance
00:01:47
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Elegy
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Elegy
00:04:06
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Abramian, Edouard

24 Preludes (excerpts)
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No. 3 in E Minor
00:02:13
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No. 6 in C - Sharp Minor
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No. 13 in A Major
00:03:10
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No. 19 in G - Sharp Minor
00:02:52
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Bagdasarian, Eduard

24 Preludes (excerpts)
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No. 6 in B Minor
00:03:20
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No. 9 in E Major
00:01:13
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No. 24 in D Minor
00:03:38
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Amirkhanian, Robert

In Front of a Portrait
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In Front of a Portrait
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Children's Images
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Children's Images
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Spring Drops
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Spring Drops
00:05:15
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Total Playing Time:
01:15:50
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