Special offer. Mayrig. To Armenian Mothers
David Haroutunian, Xénia Maliarevitch (piano), Eva Zaïcik (soloist)
This album was obviously a labour of love, which comes across in both the performances and the presentation...It should appeal to anyone curious to discover more about the roots of the Armenian...
Special offer. Mayrig. To Armenian Mothers
David Haroutunian, Xénia Maliarevitch (piano), Eva Zaïcik (soloist)
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This album was obviously a labour of love, which comes across in both the performances and the presentation...It should appeal to anyone curious to discover more about the roots of the Armenian...
About
In 1906, Komitas gave a concert and lecture in Paris. Debussy came on stage after the concert and knelt before the Armenian composer (who was also a priest, a singer and a pioneer of ethnomusicology), exclaiming: ‘I bow before your genius, Reverend Father.’ ‘Komitas is the voice of the land of Armenia, of its churches and its stones which remained silent for many centuries’, the violinist David Haroutunian tells us. Along with the mezzo-soprano Eva Zaïcik, who is passionate about these songs, and the pianist Xénia Maliarevitch, he pays tribute to this great musician and to the French-Armenian composer Garbis Aprikian, now ninety-six years old. This heir to Komitas, a student of Olivier Messiaen, has made a major contribution to the dissemination of Armenian music, both classical and popular, in France and beyond. The album opens with his Lamento, a beautiful evocation of and touching homage to Komitas.
Contents and tracklist
- Arr. for Mezzo-soprano, Violin and Piano by Nicolas Worms
- David Haroutunian, Xénia Maliarevitch, Eva Zaïcik (soloist)
- Arr. for Mezzo-soprano, Violin and Piano by Nicolas Worms
- David Haroutunian, Xénia Maliarevitch, Eva Zaïcik (soloist)
- Arr. for Violin and Piano by Avet Gabrielian
- David Haroutunian, Xénia Maliarevitch
- Arr. for Violin and Piano by Sergey Aslamazian
- David Haroutunian, Xénia Maliarevitch
- David Haroutunian, Xénia Maliarevitch, Eva Zaïcik (soloist)
- Arr. for Violin and Piano by David Haroutunian
- David Haroutunian, Xénia Maliarevitch, Eva Zaïcik (soloist)
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Eva Zaïcik and David Haroutunian on 'Mayrig: To Armenian Mothers'
19th Jun 2023
The mezzo-soprano and violinist explore some of the themes from their recent album, based around reflections on motherhood in the Armenian classical tradition and in particular the works of Komitas and Aprikian.
Awards and reviews
July 2023
This album was obviously a labour of love, which comes across in both the performances and the presentation...It should appeal to anyone curious to discover more about the roots of the Armenian musical tradition.
