Ekmalian: Piano Works Mikael Ayrapetyan

• Makar Ekmalian (1856 - 1905):
• 1 Ekmalian: Nocturne for Piano 03:51
• 2 Ekmalian: Song Without Words 02:12
• 10 Armenian Folk Songs:
• 3 Ekmalian: 10 Armenian Folk Songs: No. 1, Heriq Ordeakq 02:11
• 4 Ekmalian: 10 Armenian Folk Songs: No. 2, Chem krna khaha 01:39
• 5 Ekmalian: 10 Armenian Folk Songs: No. 3, Pzti tha 03:38
• 6 Ekmalian: 10 Armenian Folk Songs: No. 4, Baher, duq kanancheceq 03:00
• 7 Ekmalian: 10 Armenian Folk Songs: No. 5, Berdice dur ela, Alagyaz tesa 01:40
• 8 Ekmalian: 10 Armenian Folk Songs: No. 6, Hov areq, Sarer jan 02:53
• 9 Ekmalian: 10 Armenian Folk Songs: No. 7, Chakharyaq - No. 8, Zhohovrdakan 02:33
• 10 Ekmalian: 10 Armenian Folk Songs: No. 9, Araz e heshtacel a 02:10
• 11 Ekmalian: 10 Armenian Folk Songs: No. 10, Tsamtel 02:11
• 3 Armenian Folk Esquisses:
• 12 Ekmalian: 3 Armenian Folk Esquisses: No. 1, — 02:12
• 13 Ekmalian: 3 Armenian Folk Esquisses: No. 2, — 03:42
• 14 Ekmalian: 3 Armenian Folk Esquisses: No. 3, — 01:34
• Patarag (Excerpts Arr. M. Ayrapetyan for Piano):
• 15 Ekmalian: Patarag (Excerpts Arr. M. Ayrapetyan for Piano): No. 1, Horurd horin anhasanrskihbn 04:14
• 16 Ekmalian: Patarag (Excerpts Arr. M. Ayrapetyan for Piano): No. 19, Surb, Surb 04:27
• 17 Ekmalian: Patarag (Excerpts Arr. M. Ayrapetyan for Piano): No. 23a, Amen, Hayr erknavor 02:53
• 18 Ekmalian: Patarag (Excerpts Arr. M. Ayrapetyan for Piano): No. 23b, Hoki Astuco 03:38
• 19 Ekmalian: Patarag (Excerpts Arr. M. Ayrapetyan for Piano): No. 9, Marmin Terunakan 02:10
• 20 Ekmalian: Patarag (Excerpts Arr. M. Ayrapetyan for Piano): No. 27, Hayr mer 03:58
• 21 Ekmalian: Patarag (Excerpts Arr. M. Ayrapetyan for Piano): No. 28, Ev end hogvo qu 01:07
• 22 Ekmalian: Patarag (Excerpts Arr. M. Ayrapetyan for Piano): No. 29, Miayn surb - No. 30a, Miayn surb 03:28
• 23 Ekmalian: Patarag (Excerpts Arr. M. Ayrapetyan for Piano): No. 31a, Ter vohormya 02:41
• 24 Ekmalian: Patarag (Excerpts Arr. M. Ayrapetyan for Piano): No. 30c, Amen Hayr Surb 04:42
• 25 Ekmalian: Patarag (Excerpts Arr. M. Ayrapetyan for Piano): No. 31c, Ter vohormya 02:05
• 26 Ekmalian: Patarag (Excerpts Arr. M. Ayrapetyan for Piano): No. 32, Orhnyal e Astuac 04:10
• Total Runtime 01:14:59

Info for Ekmalian: Piano Works

Makar Grigori Ekmalian, a student of Rimsky-Korsakov, played a significant role in the development of Armenian music in the 19th and 20th centuries, expanding its genre boundaries and contributing to the formation of a new national musical language. The folk-song arrangements represent Ekmalian’s skill in blending Armenian lyrical expressiveness with European stylistic colours. His magnum opus, the Patarag (Divine Liturgy) was canonised in 1895, and is still in use by the Armenian Church today. This album of world première recordings by the acclaimed Armenian pianist Mikael Ayrapetyan are performed from the composer’s unpublished manuscripts.

In my research into Armenian classical music, I have concluded that it developed from a foundation of two branches: the native folk music and spiritual music. As the first country to adopt Christianity as the state religion, Armenia has an ancient and rich heritage of sacred music. Ekmalian's work is an example of music officially canonised by the Armenian Church, which lives in the heart of every Armenian on this planet. I am happy that be able to express and share with the world the masterpieces of Patarag and folk music treatments by the genius Ekmalian!” — Mikael Ayrapetyan

Mikael Ayrapetyan, Steinway & Sons, Model Model D. 274

Mikael Ayrapetyan
was born in 1984 in Yerevan, Armenia, where he had his early schooling. His repertoire ranges from the baroque to the contemporary and includes rarely performed works of Armenian composers whose music had not until then been performed. He is actively engaged in the popularisation of Armenian classical music, organising concerts in major concert-halls of the world, and acting as producer, artistic director and pianist for these performances.

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