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Gomidas Songs | 
 enlarge | Artist: Isabel Bayrakdarian
Creators: Karen Kocharyan, Vyacheslav Manucharyan, Gomidas Vartabed, Eduard Topchjan, Karen Khachaturian, Armenian State Chamber Orchestra, Serouj Kradjian, Gevorg Gharabekyan
Label: Nonesuch
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 3140
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.5
MPN: 511487
UPC: 075597991055
EAN: 0075597991055
ASIN: B001C0NMYI
Release Date: September 23, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Verginkn ambel e (The Cloudy Sky) / Antsrevn yegav (It' Raining) | | • | Alakyaz (Mount Alakyaz) / Khngi dzar (Incense Tree) | | • | Hoy Nazan (Oh Nazan) / Shakhgr shookhgr (Jingle-Jangle) | | • | Ervoom em (I'm Burning With Love) / Shogher jan (Dear Shogher) |
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Product Description
Although the pieces performed here by the internationally acclaimed, Canadian-based soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian
are sung entirely in Armenian, these songs cast a powerful spell long before their literal meaning has been gleaned.
Bayrakdarian born in Lebanon, the daughter of Armenian parents explores the extraordinary legacy of Gomidas
Vardabet, a well-traveled, turn-of-the-nineteenth-century composer who made it his life' s work to seek out, transcribe
and re-interpret the ancient liturgy, songs, lullabies, hymns and folk dances of his homeland. His work would have
been remarkable under any circumstances, but it has become all the more significant in light of the Armenian genocide
of 1915, which left him emotionally devastated and put an end to his life as a composer.
Bayrakdarian performed Gomidas' s music as part of the score to Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan s 2002 Ararat,
a multi-layered drama about contemporary filmmakers attempting to dramatize and come to terms with the events
of 1915. However, mainstream moviegoers will more readily recognize her voice from The Lord of the Rings: The
Two Towers. Composer Howard Shore invited Bayrakdarian to sing on the Grammy Award-winning soundtrack after
hearing one of her recordings. She s even more renowned among opera fans the world over, especially for her performances,
on stage and on record, as Cleopatra in Handel s Giulio Cesare and in such Mozart works as Don Giovanni
and The Magic Flute. Her voice, says Time, combines lyricism with remarkable dramatic instincts. Bayrakdarian
made her Metropolitan Opera debut in William Bolcom s A View from the Bridge.
Sings Gomidas contains love songs, devotional songs, evocations of nature, children s songs, and lamentations, and
comic songs. It was recorded at the Aram Khachaturian Philharmonic Hall in Yerevan, Armenia with the Chamber
Players of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra. All the songs were arranged and orchestrated by scholar and pianist
Serouj Kradjian, her concert partner and husband. Egoyan contributes eloquent liner notes to the album package,
illustrating the importance of Bayrakdarian s undertaking to music lovers everywhere: The strength of any culture
resides in its ability to preserve, cherish, reinvent and grow.
Album Description
Although the pieces performed here by the internationally acclaimed, Canadian-based soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian are sung entirely in Armenian, these songs cast a powerful spell long before their literal meaning has been gleaned. Bayrakdarian - born in Lebanon, the daughter of Armenian parents - explores the extraordinary legacy of Gomidas Vardabet, a well-travelled, turn-of-the-nineteenth-century composer who made it his life's work to seek out, transcribe and re-interpret the ancient liturgy, songs, lullabies, hymns and folk dances of his homeland. His work would have been remarkable under any circumstances, but it has become all the more significant in light of the Armenian genocide of 1915, which left him emotionally devastated and put an end to his life as a composer. Bayrakdarian performed Gomidas's music as part of the score to Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan's 2002 Ararat, a multi-layered drama about contemporary filmmakers attempting to dramatize and come to terms with the events of 1915. However, mainstream moviegoers will more readily recognize her voice from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Composer Howard Shore invited Bayrakdarian to sing on the Grammy Award-winning soundtrack after hearing one of her recordings. She's even more renowned among opera fans the world over, especially for her performances, on stage and on record, as Cleopatra in Handel's Giulio Cesare and in such Mozart works as Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute. Her voice, says Time, 'Combines lyricism with remarkable dramatic instincts.' Bayrakdarian made her Metropolitan Opera debut in William Bolcom's A View from the Bridge. Gomidas Songs contains love songs, devotional songs, evocations of nature, children's songs, and lamentations, and comic songs. It was recorded at the Aram Khachaturian Philharmonic Hall in Yerevan, Armenia with the Chamber Players of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra. All the songs were arranged and orchestrated by scholar and pianist Serouj Kradjian, her concert partner and husband. Egoyan contributes eloquent liner notes to the album package, illustrating the importance of Bayrakdarian's undertaking to music lovers everywhere: 'The strength of any culture resides in its ability to preserve, cherish, reinvent and grow. This was the gift that Gomidas gave to his people, and this is the gift which Isabel has revealed and brought to the world.'
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| Customer Reviews:
Utterly spellbinding! October 23, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This recording is a delight from start to finish--Isabel Bayrakdarian's heart and soul are linked to every moment of this music, and the result is a haunting collection of songs in a variety of moods. The arrangements and piano solos by Isabel's husband Serouj Kradjian are masterful. I recently attended a live concert in which these artists performed about half of the material on the cd--it was a magical evening!
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