Tigran Hamasyan - Luys i Luso (ECM 2015)

Tigran Hamasyan, Yerevan State Chamber Choir, Harutyun Topikyan

Pianist Tigran Hamasyan’s ECM debut is an extraordinary exploration of Armenian sacred music. Hamasyan has selected hymns and sharakans (Armenia’s liturgical songs) as well as chants by Grigor Narekatsi, Nerses Shnorhali, Mesrop Mashtots, Mkhitar Ayrivanetsi, Grigor Pahlavuni, Komitas, and Makar Yekmalyan and arranged this selection for voices and piano..

This is music of the 5th to 20th centuries, finding new and dramatic expression through Hamasyan’s improvisational imagination and the committed performances of Armenia’s leading choir. Luys i Luso (Light from the Light) was recorded in Yerevan in October 2014, and produced by Manfred Eicher..

In March 2015, Tigran Hamasyan and the Yerevan State Chamber Choir began an extensive tour of churches in Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, Lebanon, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Luxembourg, Russia and USA, celebrating Armenia’s rich musical heritage around the world..

Tigran Hamasyan : Piano, Prepared Piano
with : Yerevan State Choir
Conductor : Harutyun Topikyan

Tigran Hamasyan - Luys i Luso (ECM 2447) tracklist

1 Ov Zarmanali
2 Ankanim Araji Qo
3 Ov Zarmanali (Var. 1)
4 Hayrapetakan Maghterg
5 Bazum En Qo Gtutyunqd
6 Nor Tsaghik
7 Hayrapetakan Maghterg (Var. 1)
8 Hayrapetakan Maghterg (Var. 2)
9 Havoun Havoun
10 Voghormea Indz Astvats
11 Sirt Im Sasani
12 Surb Astvats
13 Sirt Im Sasani (Var. 1)
14 Orhnyal E Astvats

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