Komitas / Aghabab / Aprikian / Zaicik,Eva To Armenian Mothers CD

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 it's churches and it's stones which remained silent for many centuries', the violinist David Haroutunian tells us. Along with the mezzo-soprano Eva Za?cik, who is passionate about these songs, and the pianist X?nia 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.

1. Aprikian: Lamento (Arr. for Mezzo-Soprano, Violin and Piano By Nicolas Worms) 2. Komitas: Qeler Tsoler 3. Komitas: Shogher Jan 4. Komitas: Dances: No. 4, Shushiki 5. Ganatchian: Lullaby (Arr. for Mezzo-Soprano, Violin and Piano By Nicolas Worms) 6. Komitas: Tsirani Tsar (Arr. for Violin and Piano By Avet Gabrielian) 7. Komitas: Hoy Nazan 8. Komitas: Lullaby 9. Komitas: Krunk (Arr. for Violin and Piano By Sergey Aslamazian) 10. Komitas: Antuni 11. Hakob Aghabab: Jan, Ay Loosin! (Loosin Yelav) (Arr. for Mezzo-Soprano, Violin and Piano By Nicolas Worms) 12. Komitas: Dances: No. 1, Yerangi 13. Aprikian: Lullaby (Arr. for Violin and Piano By David Haroutunian) 14. Komitas: Akh, Maral Jan ; Ervum Em 15. Komitas: Garun a 16. Komitas: Chinar Es (Arr. for Mezzo-Soprano, Violin and Piano By Nicolas Worms) 17. Komitas: Kaqavik (Arr. for Violin and Piano By Avet Gabrielian) 18. Komitas: Yerkinqn Ampel E 19. Komitas: Qele, Qele 20. Komitas: Dances: No. 5, Het-Araj 21. Aprikian: Petite Suite Nuptiale (Arr. for Violin and Piano By David Haroutunian) 22. I. Romance Sans Paroles. Barcarolla 23. II. Kovk. Louange Et V£ux 24. III. Hymne. B?n?diction 25. Aprikian: Petite Suite Nuptiale (Arr. for Violon and Piano By David Haroutunian) 26. IV. Scherzo. R?jouissances