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Tigran Hamasyan – Luys i Luso (2015)

Pianist Tigran Hamasyans ECM debut is an extraordinary exploration of Armenian sacred music. Hamasyan has selected hymns and sharakans (Armenias 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 19th centuries, finding new and dramatic expression through Hamasyans improvisational imagination and the committed performances of Armenias leading choir. Luys i Luso (Light from the Light) was recorded in Yerevan in October 2014, and produced by Manfred Eicher. Tigran Hamasyan, who lives in Yerevan following time in the US, has long been deeply interested in Armenian sacred music, increasingly drawn to its "incredibly beautiful melodies… Over the years the idea to do an entire album with Armenian sacred music had been building and growing in my mind…Even if it was not the anniversary [the centenary of the Armenian genocide], this project was going to happen. With the music we would like to bring life back to the places where it was born. I personally feel it is a matter of saying Thank you to those great authors, composers and saints who lived at that time, and I am glad that we are still able to perform their music today."
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 Armenias rich musical heritage around the world.

Tracklist:

01. Ov Zarmanali 1
02. Ankanim araji Qo
03. Ov Zarmanali 2
04. Hayrapetakan Maghterg 1
05. Bazum en Qo gtutyunqd
06. Nor Tsaghik
07. Hayrapetakan Maghterg 2
08. Hayrapetakan Maghterg 3
09. Havoun Havoun
10. Voghormea indz Astvats
11. Sirt im Sasani 1
12. Surb Astvats
13. Sirt im Sasani 2
14. Orhnyal e Astvats

Personnel:

Tigran Hamasyan (piano, prepared piano),
Yerevan State Chamber Choir,
Harutyun Topikyan (conductor).

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