Edvard Pogossian & Erdem Mısırlıoğlu - Journey Through Armenia: Royal Academy of Music Bicentenary Series (2022) [Hi-Res

With Journey through Armenia, cellist Edvard Pogossian makes his mark on the Royal Academy of Music Bicentenary Series. As hinted in the title, this very personal album takes us on a musical tour through Edvards’s beloved country. The journey begins with Komitas, a priest and victim of the Armenian genocide who collected and transcribed thousands of Armenian folk songs. Aram Khachaturian’s Sonata-Fantasy weaves a wondrous story imbued with passion and imagination. Tigran Hamasyan’s music transcends genre and possesses a wonderful freshness unusual in today’s music. His cello sonata is given its world premiere here. Edvard Pogossian is one of the exceptional artists, including Liam Bonthrone, Junyan Chen, Aidan Mikdad and Charlie Lovell-Jones, who are the recipients of the Academy’s Bicentenary Scholarships scheme for 2021/22.