Ara Dinkjian and Night Ark - Treasures “Night Ark is perhaps the only ensemble to accord pop music and ethnic flavor without sounding superficial or silly, and without relinquishing either authenticity or success at the box office!” - International Herald Tribune The music of Ara Dinkjian and Night Ark has served as somewhat of a revelation on the international music scene. Before record companies coined the terms “world music” and “new age,” Dinkjian was combining musical idioms from his own Armenian heritage with Western musical forms. Formed in 1985, Night Ark was introduced to a broad audience through its recordings on the RCA Novus series, from which this compilation was made. Reviewers were ecstatic and the group performed at sold out shows throughout Europe and the Middle East, opening the door for Dinkjian to appear at the Montreux Jazz Festival, and for Night Ark performances at the Istanbul Jazz Festival, Yerevan International Jazz Festival and Israel Festival in Jerusalem.	Armenians on 8th Avenue New York's 8th Avenue became a new home for many of the Armenian musicians who immigrated to America in the early 1900s. By 1950, dozens of nightclubs lined 8th Avenue from 23rd to 42nd street. More than an ethnic hangout, it became a trendy scene for chic New Yorkers and celebrities as well as a hub for jazz musicians intrigued by the middle eastern rhythms and quarter-tone scales. Some, such as Dave Brubeck, Lenny Tristano, Tony Scott, Herbie Mann and Leonard Bernstein even tried their hand at writing in this vein, inviting some of the 8th Avenue musicians to record with them. This collection includes recordings from the cabarets of the 1940's of Eighth Avenue's legends - Kanuni Garbis, Marko Melkon, "Sugar Mary" Vartanian and many more, digitally remastered from the original discs. Includes a 28 page booklet and rare photographs from Eighth Avenue.
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Arshile Gorky Working in conjunction with the Arshile Gorky Foundation and curators of the Gorky Retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Tate Gallery and the Los Angeles Museum of Modern Art, Traditional Crossroads has produced a CD companion presenting music from Gorky’s Armenian homeland. This historic region, especially Gorky’s birth village of Khorkum, near the great Lake Van, was often colorfully described by Gorky as rich in agriculture, much of which he depicted in images of the Armenian plow, orchards, gardens and wheat fields. The same symbols were frequently reflected in folk songs of the region. Hear these songs, including one often danced by Gorky himself, played on authentic period instruments dating back to the 16th century, masterfully performed by the most renowned Armenian musicians including duduk virtuoso Djivan Gasparyan, udist, Richard A. Hagopian, The Shoghaken Ensemble and others. The 12-page booklet includes extensive notes about the music with English translations of the songs, Gorky’s biography and photos of Gorky at work.	Djivan Gasparyan - Apricots from Eden Billboard "Honors on this instrument go to master duduk player Djivan Gasparyan." The duduk is one of the oldest wind instruments in the world, dating back to Armenia's pre-Christian times. Djivan Gasparyan is the foremost living duduk virtuoso, having received four Gold Medals in UNESCO's world wide competitions. The mellow and haunting sound of the duduk gained international popularity after it was featured on Peter Gabriel's soundtrack to The Last Temptation of Christ. Gasparyan is featured here performing Armenian folk songs and melodies from Armenia's Pagan and Christian traditions. The ultimate in meditative music. CD/Cass TC4268. Fans of Gasparyan's solo recordings will be astonished to hear Apricots from Eden (4276), his first recording of rhythmic folk dances from Armenia accompanied by other duduks and the Armenian folk drum (d'hol). This recording highlights Gasparyan's virtuosity in a surprisingly different and exciting way. Digital Audiophile Series.
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Djivan Gasparyan - Ask Me No Questions Billboard "Honors on this instrument go to master duduk player Djivan Gasparyan." The duduk is one of the oldest wind instruments in the world, dating back to Armenia's pre-Christian times. Djivan Gasparyan is the foremost living duduk virtuoso, having received four Gold Medals in UNESCO's world wide competitions. The mellow and haunting sound of the duduk gained international popularity after it was featured on Peter Gabriel's soundtrack to The Last Temptation of Christ. Gasparyan is featured here performing Armenian folk songs and melodies from Armenia's Pagan and Christian traditions. The ultimate in meditative music. CD/Cass TC4268. Fans of Gasparyan's solo recordings will be astonished to hear Apricots from Eden (4276), his first recording of rhythmic folk dances from Armenia accompanied by other duduks and the Armenian folk drum (d'hol). This recording highlights Gasparyan's virtuosity in a surprisingly different and exciting way. Digital Audiophile Series.	Gevorg Dabaghyan - Lost Songs from Eden “There may be no instrument that can sound as richly inconsolable as the duduk,,,exuberance tempered by tearful memories… Dabaghyan plays right up to the brink of melodrama without ever slipping into it.” New York Times 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. The vibrancy and richness of his collection held up an extraordinary mirror to Armenians on the cusp of modernity. Many of the melodies, and the cultures that produced them, were lost in the ensuing decades. Presented here are 14 folk melodies and a sacred hymn that survived in Komitas’s notebooks but are rarely performed in public today. Several are recorded here for the first time ever! These arrangements for duduk (Armenia’s most beloved folk instrument) and string quartet by composer Vache Sharafyan were specially commissioned for Dabaghyan and the Komitas String Quartet.
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Gevorg Dabaghyan - Miniatures - Masterworks for Armenian Duduk The earthy, haunted voice of the ancient Armenian wind instrument known as the duduk has dominated Armenian folk music for over a thousand years and transfixed modern listeners far beyond the Caucasus. Gevorg Dabaghyan, one of Armenia’s greatest duduk players, brings a rich delicacy and power to his interpretations of both folk and liturgical music, performing most recently on the movie soundtrack of Atom Egoyan’s Ararat, and in concerts in Europe and the USA with the world with cellist Yo-Yo Ma as part of the Silk Road Concerts.	Hasmik Harutyunyan with The Shoghaken Ensemble - Armenian Lullabies Singer Hasmik Harutyunyan is renowned for her mellifluous renditions of the Armenian lullaby, one of the oldest and richest genres in Armenian music. Here she sings acapella and accompanied by instrumentalists from Armenia's Shoghaken Ensemble. Their quiet, haunting interpretations of lullabies from historical villages across the Armenian plateau offer a mesmerizing glimpse at a lost world. Harutyunyan consciously preserves the differences in regional dialect, style and musical modes that make the Armenian lullaby such a rich genre. Well known in Armenia for her lullaby performances (her renditions of Kessabi Oror, track 9, and Nani Bala, track 11, are often broadcast on Armenian National Radio), she learned the lullabies on this recording from old women who had emigrated from Anatolia to eastern Armenia before or during the Armenian massacres of 1915, as well as from their descendants and old song collections. Includes extensive notes on the cultural history of the Armenian lullaby, lullaby translations and historical photos.
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Karine Hovhannisyan - 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.” Doug’s Musings Karine Hovhannisyan is regarded as the foremost kanun (72-string Middle Eastern lap harp) player of her generation. She studied with the legendary composer and kanunist Khachatur Avetisyan, whose most important works for the kanun are recorded here, including the virtuosic concerto for kanun and orchestra recorded with the Armenian Opera Orchestra. Also included rare gems by Sayat Nova, Komitas and others with members of the Shoghakn Ensemble. Booklet includes and introduction essay by Sahan Arzruni and a chapter about the history and origins of the kanun.	Komitas Vardapet - Voice of Komitas Vartapet Album Profile: THE ORIGINAL CHANT ALBUM! Komitas Vardapet (1869-1935), the Armenian priest, ethno-musicologist and composer is regarded as the Father of Armenian music. As Bartok did in Hungary, Komitas established a National polyphonic style of composition based on traditional Armenian chant and folk music. In addition to his arrangement of the Divine Liturgy, he collected and organized more than 4000 folk tunes. This compilation presents rare French recordings made in 1912 by Komitas himself performing his arrangements of both secular and religious songs. Armenians world wide will celebrate his 125th anniversary this coming year. These discs were made available for the first time from the government archives in Armenia.
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Kudsi Erguner Ensemble - Works of Tatyos Efendi, Vol. I - Instrumental Works Kudsi Erguner is recognized as one of the modern masters of Ottoman Art Music. Born in Istanbul, he learned both the Sufi and Classical Turkish music traditions from his father Ulvi Erguner, the legendary scholar and ney master. The Kudsi Erguner Ensemble is presented here performing the works of Kemani Tatyos Efendi, an Armenian composer considered a musical legend from the last decades of the Ottoman Empire. Presented in two volumes, Volume One (TC4277) contains the complete instrumental works, saz semais and pexrevs, of Tatyos Efendi. Volume two (TC4278) contains a selection of Tatyos' most renowned xarkis or art songs. Detailed liner notes about the music and life of Tatyos contain analysis of his work and rare photographs of the master. His compositions, considered cornerstones of the classical literature, are interpreted here in the authentic performance style utilizing traditional period instruments. Eight piece ensemble featuring the Erguner brothers, keman, klarnet, ud, kanun, tanbur and def.	Kudsi Erguner Ensemble - Works of Tatyos Efendi, Vol. II - Vocal Masterpieces of Kemani Tatyos Kudsi Erguner is recognized as one of the modern masters of Ottoman Art Music. Born in Istanbul, he learned both the Sufi and Classical Turkish music traditions from his father Ulvi Erguner, the legendary scholar and ney master. The Kudsi Erguner Ensemble is presented here performing the works of Kemani Tatyos Efendi, an Armenian composer considered a musical legend from the last decades of the Ottoman Empire. Presented in two volumes, Volume One (TC4277) contains the complete instrumental works, saz semais and pexrevs, of Tatyos Efendi. Volume two (TC4278) contains a selection of Tatyos' most renowned xarkis or art songs. Detailed liner notes about the music and life of Tatyos contain analysis of his work and rare photographs of the master. His compositions, considered cornerstones of the classical literature, are interpreted here in the authentic performance style utilizing traditional period instruments. Eight piece ensemble featuring the Erguner brothers, keman, klarnet, ud, kanun, tanbur and def.
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Marko Melkon Marko Melkon is one of the most beloved cabaret musicians of New York's 8th Avenue middle eastern club scene of the 1950's. He performed at virtually all of the Middle Eastern clubs throughout the country including Club Khyam, the Britania, Port Said and Egyptian Gardens. His recordings on Kaliphon and Me-Re Records became household items for every Armenian and Greek family. This collection includes over 60 minutes of his most famous songs with Kanuni Garbis Bakirgian, Nick Doneff and Nishan Sedefjian, digitally remastered from the original discs including a previously unreleased unique Mid-Eastern-jazz recording found in his private collection. Detailed liner notes written by his daughter include little known facts about his life with rare photos never before published. Sure to be a landmark recording for all aficionados of ud playing and Middle Eastern music!	National Duduk Ensemble of Armenia Usually performed as a solo instrument, the duduk has been described as the instrument most resembling the cry of the human voice. Considered that national instrument of Armenia, the duduk is a double-reeded cylinder, dating back over 2000 years. It first became popular in the West through Peter Gabriel’s extensive use of duduk melodies in the movie soundtrack, The Last Temptation of Christ. Since then it has been used by Yanni, Paul McCartney, Lionel Richie, The Kronos Quartet, Yo-Yo Ma, Rabih Abou-Khalil and numerous others. The National Duduk Ensemble of Armenia was founded by Armen Stepanyan, a student of the internationally renowned master Djivan Gasparyan. Here, in their debut recording, they reinterpret classic folk melodies with a choir of duduks, including an innovative bass, alto and soprano duduk. Musical America "an instrument so pure and soulful that it must have been one of the first sounds to enter the musical universe."
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Richard Hagopian - Kef Time Detroit Richard Hagopian, Hachig Kazarian, Buddy Sarkissian and The Kef Time Band are now available on CD. America's favorite Armenian-American dance band for over a quarter century is presented here in 3 super-deluxe, digitally remastered CDs. These are the classic "Kef Time" albums - Kef Time Las Vegas and Kef Time Fresno (issued together on 1 CD - 4269), Kef Time Hartford and Kef Time Detroit. Integrating the exciting rhythms and modes of the Middle East with Big Band-style arrangements and jazz-inspired solo licks, The Kef Time Band reflects its members' unique experience as sons of Armenian immigrants growing up in America. BONUS!! Kef Time (CD 4269) includes an extra track of one lost tune never before released!	Richard Hagopian - Kef Time Richard Hagopian, Hachig Kazarian, Buddy Sarkissian and The Kef Time Band are now available on CD. America's favorite Armenian-American dance band for over a quarter century is presented here in 3 super-deluxe, digitally remastered CDs. These are the classic "Kef Time" albums - Kef Time Las Vegas and Kef Time Fresno (issued together on 1 CD - 4269), Kef Time Hartford and Kef Time Detroit. Integrating the exciting rhythms and modes of the Middle East with Big Band-style arrangements and jazz-inspired solo licks, The Kef Time Band reflects its members' unique experience as sons of Armenian immigrants growing up in America. BONUS!! Kef Time (CD 4269) includes an extra track of one lost tune never before released!
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Richard Hagopian - Kef Time Hartford Richard Hagopian, Hachig Kazarian, Buddy Sarkissian and The Kef Time Band are now available on CD. America's favorite Armenian-American dance band for over a quarter century is presented here in 3 super-deluxe, digitally remastered CDs. These are the classic "Kef Time" albums - Kef Time Las Vegas and Kef Time Fresno (issued together on 1 CD - 4269), Kef Time Hartford and Kef Time Detroit. Integrating the exciting rhythms and modes of the Middle East with Big Band-style arrangements and jazz-inspired solo licks, The Kef Time Band reflects its members' unique experience as sons of Armenian immigrants growing up in America. BONUS!! Kef Time (CD 4269) includes an extra track of one lost tune never before released!	Shoghaken Ensemble - Armenian Anthology "A better introduction to the fabulous world of Armenian music would be difficult to imagine." --Dirty Linen An exploration of the rich tradition of Armenian folk music forged in the long historical shadow of Mt. Ararat--from Anatolian wedding dance to Transcaucasian lullaby, pagan ritual melody to bardic love song. The Shoghaken Ensemble is Armenia's preeminent group performing this music today, playing on traditional instruments in a lyrical style that captures the haunting beauty of one of the world's oldest musical legacies. Musicians include Gevorg Dabaghyan, Armenia's greatest living duduk player, and the renowned folk singer Hasmik Harutyunyan. Deluxe packaging includes 20 pages of historical notes, pictures and song translations.
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Shoghaken Ensemble - Live in Concert "The Shoghaken Ensemble does more than preserve fading rural artifacts – the band gives them eternal life through interpretations that are stunning in their drive, beauty and mystery." The Boston Herald The Shoghaken Ensemble, Armenia’s preeminent folk ensemble, is captured for the first time, live in concert on DVD. Shoghaken has appeared throughout the world, presenting authentic Armenian music and dance in the most prestigious halls of Europe and the USA, including sold-out concerts at New York’s Carnegie Hall, Theatre de la Ville in Paris, Kennedy Center, Kimmel Center, Skirball Center, Cleveland Museum and the Rudoslstadt Festival in Germany, White Nights Festival in St. Petersberg, Russia and the Smithsonian Folk Festival in Washington D.C.	Shoghaken Ensemble - Music of Armenia “There isn’t a better introduction to traditional Armenian music.” The Chicago Reader “The Shoghaken Ensemble does more than preserve fading rural artifacts – the band gives them eternal life through interpretations that are stunning in their drive, beauty and mystery.” The Boston Herald A musical journey through historic Armenia showcasing traditional instruments such as duduk, kamancha, ud, kanun, kaval, d’hol and vocal styles of Armenian music. Armenia’s preeminent traditional folk group brings this music to life, performing troubadour love songs, urban ballads, shepherd’s tunes and traditional dances. Virtuosity not to be believed!
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Shoghaken Ensemble - Traditional Dances of Armenia One of Armenia's great cultural treasures, Armenian dance has a rich history: the beloved circle-dance rooted in ancient Zoroastrian ritual, line-dances steeped in mountain battles and lore, gestures and jumps traceable to medieval mysteries and 19th-century feasts and fairs. Here the renowned Shoghaken Ensemble from Armenia performs traditional dances in all their rhythmic and melodic variety, ranging from the primitive wail of the zurna and driving beat of the large drum (dhol) performed at village weddings to virtuosic turns on the duduk, kamancha, kanon and shvi only possible in the hands of Armenia's master instrumentalists. Includes 36-page booklet on the history of Armenian dance with archival photos.	Soundscapes - The Secret Trio - Ara Dinkjian - oud, Tamer Pinabasi - kanun, Ismail Lumanovski - clarinet Ara Dinkjian - oud Tamer Pinabasi - kanun Ismail Lumanovski - clarinet The Secret Trio is made up of three astounding musicians who came together to create a new type of chamber music, combining the elements of sound, texture and rhythm with new and interesting approaches to their instruments. Not bound to a single tradition, they perform a collection of original pieces and traditional melodies that fuses the microtonal modes and improvisation of the Middle East, dance beats of the Balkans, and elements of jazz, Rock, classical and world music. The delicate harmonies, rapid-fire synchrony and intricate counterpoint developed by a trio of musicians with separate roots in Turkish, Armenian and Macedonian Roma music is extraordinary. By inventing new ways to play percussively on fundamentally melodic instruments, the ensemble, full of rhythm and drive, harmony and counterpoint, never sounds like only three instruments. In that the energy of live music is essential to the ensemble’s ideology, this recording was made without the use of any overdubs in order to capture the excitement of their live concerts.
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Udi Hrant For anyone who has picked up an ud, the name Hrant Kenkulian remains alone, a legend akin to that of Segovia or Horowitz. As an innovator of modern ud technique and interpreter of the eastern modal system, his contribution has influenced virtually every living udist. Born in the last stages of the Ottoman Empire, the blind Armenian musician is considered one of the greatest masters of the 12-stringed, fretless lute. Previously unissued, these tapes were recently discovered, having been recorded in New York during his tour to the United States in 1950. Available on CD or cassette.	Udi Hrant: the Early Recordings, Vol. I Album Profile: Udi Hrant Kenkulian, the blind master of the Ud, the twelve-stringed, fretless lute is regarded as the grandfather of modern ud playing and one of the most unique singers of what some refer to as the Middle-Eastern Blues. In Turkey, he is known as Hrant Emre, meaning "of the soul." Following the success of the first Udi Hrant album (TCROS 4265) we have compiled the complete early recordings transferred from the original discs, including many of his original compositions, rare recordings of Hrant playing the violin, and ud solos. Also included are his most famous taksims (improvisations) recorded when Hrant was only nineteen. Digitally remastered, each volume contains over an hour of music, detailed liner notes and rare photographs.
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Udi Hrant: the Early Recordings, Vol. II Album Profile: Udi Hrant Kenkulian, the blind master of the Ud, the twelve-stringed, fretless lute is regarded as the grandfather of modern ud playing and one of the most unique singers of what some refer to as the Middle-Eastern Blues. In Turkey, he is known as Hrant Emre, meaning "of the soul." Following the success of the first Udi Hrant album (TCROS 4265) we have compiled the complete early recordings transferred from the original discs, including many of his original compositions, rare recordings of Hrant playing the violin, and ud solos. Also included are his most famous taksims (improvisations) recorded when Hrant was only nineteen. Digitally remastered, each volume contains over an hour of music, detailed liner notes and rare photographs.	Vache Sharafyan - On the Fortieth Day Armenian chamber works by Vache Sharafyan As an official composer for Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project, Vache Sharafyan was commissioned to write music exploring Armenia’s connection to the ancient silk road, intertwining Western classical form and Eastern musical idioms. Presented here are Sharafyan’s three most acclaimed chamber works, performed by the Komitas String Quartet and Armenia’s most renowned folk musicians on duduk, tar and kamancha.
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