Varduhi Yeritsyan, Liana Gourdjia, Mariam Dam, Lussine Levoni, Araik Bartikian – Letters From Armenia: Music by Komitas & Khachaturian (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:04:38 minutes | 1,12 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Paraty Productions
“A composer’s mother tongue is the first music he hears; it therefore determines the “genetic inheritance” of the musician’s sound world. The founding father of Armenian art music was Komitas Vardapet. This recording is released in the centenary year of the 1915 genocide. The pieces in this recital may be animated, contemplative, tender, or solemn, but they are very rarely gloomy or woeful. A sort of trust in the future characterises the “Armenian spirit”. Music is synonymous with hope, it is a way of fighting against annihilation, a tool of resistance. As I contemplate my ancestors who vanished a century ago, I would like this recording to bear witness to the faith in justice that has never fled my native land.” –Varduhi Yeritsyan
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Alexander Scriabin – Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-10 – Varduhi Yeritsyan (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:08:24 minutes | 1,92 GB | Genre: Classical
Official Digital Download – Source: prestoclassical.co.uk | Digital booklet | © Paraty Productions
Recorded: March 2015 at Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne
A fellow student of Rachmaninov’s at the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied under Arensky and Taneyev, Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) occupies a unique sphere in Russian music. Rejecting the vocal and folkloristic music that occupied most of his contemporaries, he wrote exclusively for piano and for orchestra. His musical language constantly evolved over the length of his life, passing from the early influence of Chopin and Liszt, through a Wagnerian period, before reaching an atonal style that gazes far into the future of the 20th century’s sound world. Known for her interpretations of Scriabin’s music, which she plays often in recital, Franco-Armenian pianist Varduhi Yeritsyan studied with both Brigitte Engerer and Pierre-Laurent Aimard. She made her UK debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in February 2014 at the Barbican where she premiered a new concerto for two pianos, by Bruno Mantovani, written for her and François-Frédéric Guy.
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