STEPHAN ELMAS (1862⁠–⁠1937)

COMPLETE PIANO WORKS • 2
MAZURKAS

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MIKAEL AYRAPETYAN

‘Elmas composed rapidly and with great ease. He was perhaps most successful in composing elegant and stylish salon pieces. These pieces seem to be written for an earlier time: Elmas’ compositions tend to hark back towards the style of earlier, Romantic composers, rather than forward to the challenging times that were shaping the musical world at the beginning of the new century. Elmas’ mazurkas are musical poems and paintings, in which depictions of everyday scenes are combined with soulful lyricism. Undoubtedly, Elmas’ mazurkas offer great value to the musical heritage of both Armenia and the wider world.’

– Mikael Ayrapetyan