Performer: Narek Kazazyan, Shahe Keshishian, Helbert Asatryan, Astrig Siranossian, Yerevan Holy Cross Choir
Orchestra: Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal
Conductor: Stefan Plewniak
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Château de Versailles Spectacles
Catalogue: CVS109
Release: 2023
Size: 1.53 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Hovhannisyan: Improvisation sur une chanson de Sayat-Nova
02. Avetisyan: Toccata
03. Mashtots: Ankanim araji qo
04. Mashtots: Bazum en Qo gtoutyunqd
05. Komitas: Hognutyun mez jamanya
06. Afrikyan: Sur les rives de Mere Araqse
07. Sayat-Nova: Eshkhemede
08. Komitas: Aysor ton e
09. Komitas: Govea Yerusaghem
10. Komitas: Arore et Tatrake
11. Sayat-Nova: Lalane et Broyi Broyi
12. Komitas: Surb Surb
13. Komitas: Amen. Hayr Surb
14. Ekmalyan: Amen. Hayr Surb
15. Kazazyan: Hingala
16. Valesyan: Solitude
17. Valesyan: Impromptu
18. Komitas: Cristos Pataragyal
19. Komitas: Astvatz mer
20. Kazazyan: Thamzara
21. Kazazyan: Impromptu
22. Komitas: Ltsaq i barutyan Qo
23. Komitas: Gohanamq
24. Komitas: Yeghitsi anun Tyarn orhnyal
25. Hopyan: Fantaisie
Armenia, the first Christian kingdom, is nowadays a country fighting for its survival. This disc, recorded both at the Château de Versailles and the Geghard Holy Spear Monastery in Armenia, rekindles the fraternal sentiment between our two peoples and invokes past souls and present ones, such as the virtuoso qanun player Narek Kazazyan, and the beating heart of this programme, in duet with the great cellist Astrig Siranossian and the flautist Helbert Asatryan. By alternating the sacred hymns of the Yerevan Holy Cross Choir with orchestral pieces from the traditional repertoire, it pays the most dazzling tribute to the whole of Armenia, in defence of something that no weapon can ever suppress: its ancestral soul.