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Music of Armenia “There isn’t a better introduction to traditional Armenian music.” The Chicago Reader
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Lost Songs from Eden Duduk virtuoso Gevorg Dabaghyan and the world-renowned Komitas String Quartet together perform folk tunes collected by legendary priest, composer and ethnomusicologist Komitas Vartabet. At the turn of the 20th century, Komitas traveled through the Armenian homeland, an area stretching from Anatolia to the Caucasus Mountains in which many believe the Garden of Eden may have existed, gathering thousands of folk songs.
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Classical Music for the Armenian Kanun “from the first notes, I was enthralled, my jaw on the floor, at such a display of virtuosity on such a beautiful-sounding instrument.”
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Kálmán Balogh Gypsy Cimbalom Band |
The infectious music of Kálmán Balogh and the Gypsy Cimbalom Band has never been more energetic than on this recording which captures the true excitement of their live concerts. Kálmán Balogh, considered one of the greatest virtuosos of the Cimbalom (a 36-stringed, 16th. Century European version of the hammered dulcimer) collaborates here with classical, jazz and folk musicians in this program of traditional tunes, transformed into artful, exciting renditions of modern dance music which he calls Gypsy Jazz.
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Joel Rubin Ensemble Rubin has long been considered by many to be one of the leading performers of Jewish instrumental klezmer music in the world today, earning accolades from sources as diverse as klezmer giants Dave Tarras and Max Epstein, international clarinet soloist Richard Stoltzman, avant garde composer John Zorn, and Nobel Prize Laureate and poet Roald Hoffmann.
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Mustafa Kandirali “It is only a matter of time before his status as one of the 20th century’s essential musical geniuses is universally acknowledged.”
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The Fox & The Lion The dense and powerful polyphonic vocal music of Georgia, a tiny but storied nation in the Caucasus Mountains, runs like a bolt of electricity through the listener who has only heard traditional Western choral music. A Georgian song’s three voice parts relate to each other like a Möbius strip, with unexpected chords, beating dissonances and ringing unison tones creating a rich texture that doesn’t follow Western rules of harmony or melody.
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Sitar virtuoso Kartik Seshadri is recognized worldwide as one of India’s outstanding musicians and the foremost disciple of Pandit Ravi Shankar. Critics hailed Seshadri as a child prodigy and prominent musician when he began performing full-length solo recitals at the age of six. Seshadri had already embarked on an illustrious performing career when in 1965 he met the world-renowned maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, who was already a profound musical influence in his life. Includes liner notes by Ravi Shankar
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