Description
Armenian Music – Songs of Komitas & Ancient Melodies
UPC: СТЕРЕО 33 C 01777-78
Product Details:
- Label: Armenian Music – Stereo 33 C 01777-78
- Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo
- Country: Armenian SSR, USSR
- Released: Circa 1960s
- Genre: Folk / Traditional Armenian
Product Features
- Vocal interpretations of Komitas Vardapet’s songs and ancient Armenian melodies.
- Performed by acclaimed soprano Lusiné Zakaryan, with piano and ensemble arrangements by R. Atayan, R. Altunyan, A. Babadzhanyan, and M. Ekmalyan.
- Includes both Komitas’s art-song settings and folk–church chant melodies: “Krunk,” “Dle Yaman,” “Cirani tsar,” and six historic chorales.
- Issued in high-fidelity stereo, preserving Zakaryan’s pure tone and the modal colors of Armenian traditional modes.
Overview
Lusiné Zakaryan (b. 1937) rose to prominence after dedicating her artistry to the preservation and popularization of Armenian sacred and folk music. This LP brings together Komitas’s compositions—arranged for voice and piano—and a selection of centuries-old Armenian chants and songs, each reimagined by leading Soviet-Armenian arrangers. Zakaryan’s contemplative, heartfelt delivery—hailed by Sovetskaya Kultura for its “astonishing honesty and spiritual depth”—makes this album an essential document of Armenian vocal tradition.
Track Listing
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Songs of Komitas
- Krunk (“The Crane”)
- Dle Yaman
- Cirani tsar (Rise, O Sun)
- Es es arun (Here Comes the Dawn)
- Kujn ara
- Yerkinkampel a garun a
- Kele, kele
- Kakavi erg
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Ancient Armenian Melodies
- Tiramayr (arr. R. Atayan; text: Grigor Narekatsi)
- Aravot Luso (music & text: N. Shnorhali; arr. R. Altunyan)
- Orzham (music: M. Ekmalyan; arr. A. Babadzhanyan)
- Avun-Avun (music & text: Grigor Narekatsi; arr. R. Atayan)
- Starye pesnopeniya (Ancient Chant) (music: M. Ekmalyan; arr. A. Babadzhanyan)
Key Credits
Voice: Lusiné Zakaryan (soprano) Arrangements & Piano: R. Atayan, R. Altunyan, A. Babadzhanyan, M. Ekmalyan Label & Production: Armenian Music (Stereo 33 C 01777-78) Sound Engineering: [Uncredited Soviet studio team]
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