NIKOGHAYOS TIGRANIAN (1856–1951)

ARMENIAN FOLK DANCES
MUGAM ARRANGEMENTS, OPP. 2, 3, 5, 6 AND 10

MIKAEL AYRAPETYAN

‘Tigranian's music for me is a detailed image of Armenia, her colour and breath. Composing music of folk dances and mughams for piano was among the highest achievements of Tigranian, which echoes the music of Komitas. When you perform and listen to this music, you are amazed at the richness of culture and landscape of Armenia. This image remains forever within you. I am very glad and grateful to God that I have discovered this music, and I can live in such interesting times and share it with you!’ – Mikael Ayrapetyan

Listen to an excerpt from Bayati-Shiraz, Op. 3
TIGRANIAN, N.: Armenian Folkdances / Mugam arrangements, Opp. 2, 3, 5, 6 and 10
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Nikoghayos Tigranian

About this Recording

Nikoghayos Tigranian (1856–1951) belongs to the first generation of composers and folk song collectors who laid the foundation of an Armenian national style. Tigranian’s piano transcriptions of folk dances is perhaps his most important legacy, emulating folk instruments and capturing and preserving colourful depictions of Armenian folk life that are simple in texture and rich with harmonic and melodic detail. His interest also extended to Persian improvisational vocal-instrumental poems or mugams; expressive pieces that influenced contemporaries and subsequent generations of composers.

TIGRANIAN, N.: Armenian Folkdances / Mugam arrangements, Opp. 2, 3, 5, 6 and 10
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
ARMYANSKIYE NARODNÏYE TANTSÏ
(‘ARMENIAN FOLK DANCES’) (1935) (26:17)
1
No. 1. Findjan (01:48)
2
No. 2. Faten Kitam (01:40)
3
No. 3. Rangi (01:59)
4
No. 4. Three Round Dances: Kyandrbaz – Vard Koshikes – Shavali (04:01)
5
No. 5. Dyuz Par (02:17)
6
No. 6. Round Dance of Gyumri (03:35)
7
No. 7. Round Dance of the Erzrumi (02:28)
8
No. 8. Dance, ‘Daghstani’ (01:09)
9
No. 9. Back and Forth (02:48)
10
No. 10. Ver-ver (02:41)
11
No. 11. Zourni Trngi (01:32)
12
BAYATI-KURD, OP. 2 (1894) (10:17)
13
BAYATI-SHIRAZ, OP. 3 (1896) (08:24)
14
HEYDARI, OP. 5 (VERSION FOR PIANO) (1897) (03:30)
15
SHAKHNAZ, OP. 6 (VERSION FOR PIANO) (1899) (07:27)
16
NOURUZ ARABI, OP. 10 (1907) (05:07)

TOTAL TIME: 61:18

Mikael Ayrapetyan

MIKAEL AYRAPETYAN

Mikael Ayrapetyan is a pianist, composer and producer. He is also the founder and artistic director of the music project Secrets of Armenia, which aims to increase international awareness of Armenian classical music, and actively organises concerts featuring Armenian music in venues around the world, for which he is producer, artistic director and pianist. Born in 1984 in Yerevan, Armenia, he studied at the Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory, and continues to uphold the performing traditions of the Russian piano school, of which Konstantin Igumnov, Samuel Feinberg and Lev Oborin are luminaries. His repertoire ranges from the Baroque to the contemporary and includes rarely performed works by Armenian composers.

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