Hayk Melikyan - Arutiunian: Complete Piano Works (2017)

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Title: Arutiunian: Complete Piano Works
Year Of Release: 2017
Label: Grand Piano
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 63:25
Total Size: 197 MB
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Tracklist:

01. Armenian Dance (02:17)
02. Pastoral (01:59)
03. Theme and Variations (05:50)
04. No. 1. Andante (01:33)
05. No. 2. Moderato assai (01:51)
06. No. 3. Maestoso. Allegro (01:24)
07. Prelude - Poem (04:47)
08. I. Invention (01:55)
09. II. Chorale (06:21)
10. III. Fugue (04:12)
11. Humoresque (00:44)
12. No. 1. The Wind Blew in the Mountains (02:03)
13. No. 2. Ararat Valley Evening (03:25)
14. No. 3. Sassoun Dance (02:27)
Piano Sonatina.
15. I. Moderato (01:14)
16. II. Adagio (02:20)
17. III. Allegro moderato (01:18)
18. No. 1. Adagio (01:17)
19. No. 2. Allegro agitato (01:24)
20. No. 3. Moderato (01:59)
21. No. 4. Adagio (01:44)
22. No. 5. Moderato (02:35)
23. No. 6. Allegro energico (01:47)
24. I. A Joke (00:23)
25. II. Autumn Waltz (01:35)
26. III. Cheerful Promenade (00:33)
27. IV. A Sad Song (00:49)
28. V. Lyrical Waltz (01:13)
29. VI. Naughty Girl (00:31)
30. VII. A Story (01:35)
31. VIII. Spring Mood (00:37)

Alexander Arutiunian was one of the most prominent composers in the USSR, one of the representatives of the Armenian ‘Mighty Handful’ and much admired by Shostakovich. An accomplished pianist, Arutiunian created virtuoso piano works that are rooted in Armenian folk traditions while expressing, in the words of Hayk Melikyan, “a rich palette of emotions reflecting both his time and the history of his nation”. From the Armenian Dance of 1935, with its delicate, transparent texture and strong rhythmic drive, via the more dissonant, neo-classical Polyphonic Sonata, the descriptive Musical Pictures, and the almost Debussyan approach to tonality in the Six Moods, to the simple and beautifully crafted Album for Children of 2004, the works on this recording, the first complete edition, span Arutunian’s entire compositional career.