Anyone into Komitas?
He was an Armenian priest, composer, and pianist, nearly killed by the Turks. Much of his music is based on Armenian folk tunes. Some people today associate his music with Gurdjieff. His background included classical training in Germany.
Recordings I have are
Komitas Piano Works (Armen Babakhanian) 2006 (2 cds)
Komitas - Piano and Chamber Music 2017
KOMITAS (KOMITAS VARDAPET) (1869-1935)
PIANO AND CHAMBER MUSIC
SEVEN FOLK DANCES • SEVEN SONGS
TWELVE CHILDREN’S PIECES BASED ON FOLK-THEMES
MSHO-SHOROR • SEVEN PIECES FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO
MIKAEL AYRAPETYAN, piano
VLADIMIR SERGEEV, violin
Catalogue No.: GP720
Recording date: 15 December 2013
Recording Venue: Great Hall, Moscow State University of Culture and Arts, Russia
Komitas - Levon Eskenian, The Gurdjieff Ensemble
2015 ECM Records GmbH, Munchen
on original Armenian instruments
Zemphira Barseghian, recorded at Harvard, 1993, MEG Recordings
(piano, also other composers)
Komitas, many compositions of all sorts
Diocesan Records, NY 1970, DR-631, Distributed by Garni
He was an Armenian priest, composer, and pianist, nearly killed by the Turks. Much of his music is based on Armenian folk tunes. Some people today associate his music with Gurdjieff. His background included classical training in Germany.
Recordings I have are
Komitas Piano Works (Armen Babakhanian) 2006 (2 cds)
Komitas - Piano and Chamber Music 2017
KOMITAS (KOMITAS VARDAPET) (1869-1935)
PIANO AND CHAMBER MUSIC
SEVEN FOLK DANCES • SEVEN SONGS
TWELVE CHILDREN’S PIECES BASED ON FOLK-THEMES
MSHO-SHOROR • SEVEN PIECES FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO
MIKAEL AYRAPETYAN, piano
VLADIMIR SERGEEV, violin
Catalogue No.: GP720
Recording date: 15 December 2013
Recording Venue: Great Hall, Moscow State University of Culture and Arts, Russia
Komitas - Levon Eskenian, The Gurdjieff Ensemble
2015 ECM Records GmbH, Munchen
on original Armenian instruments
Zemphira Barseghian, recorded at Harvard, 1993, MEG Recordings
(piano, also other composers)
Komitas, many compositions of all sorts
Diocesan Records, NY 1970, DR-631, Distributed by Garni