· Classical
NAXOS to introduce Makar Ekmalyan's music
NAXOS, the world’s leading classical music group released a CD of Makar Ekmalyan’s works for the first time performed by pianist Mikael Ayrapetyan. The CD is released within the Secrets of Armenia project which is dedicated to the discovery of classical music of Armenia. Totally within this project, more than 10 CDs with Armenian music were released by NAXOS Grand Piano (Komitas, Armen Tigranyan, Haro Stepanyan, Eduard Baghdasaryan etc.)
The CD with 75:50 minute total playing time presents Ekmalyan's secular and sacred music: the folk-song arrangements represent Ekmalian’s skill in blending Armenian lyrical expressiveness with European stylistic colors. His magnum opus, the Patarag (Divine Liturgy) was canonized in 1895 and is still in use by the Armenian Church today. This album of world première recordings by the acclaimed Armenian pianist Mikael Ayrapetyan are performed from the composer’s unpublished manuscripts.
The CD with 75:50 minute total playing time presents Ekmalyan's secular and sacred music: the folk-song arrangements represent Ekmalian’s skill in blending Armenian lyrical expressiveness with European stylistic colors. His magnum opus, the Patarag (Divine Liturgy) was canonized in 1895 and is still in use by the Armenian Church today. This album of world première recordings by the acclaimed Armenian pianist Mikael Ayrapetyan are performed from the composer’s unpublished manuscripts.
