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This release by cellist Mikayel Hakhnazaryan and pianist Lia Hakhnazaryan comes with a note about leaving one's homeland and thus discovering new music and new inner paths. It seems fairly innocuous, yet the players make something powerful and distinctive out of it. The nostalgia part is unusually strong, and some of it is unique to this album; the players include two pieces by the single-named Armenian composer-ethnomusicologist Komitas (Soghomon Soghomonian) that are arranged for the utterly haunting combination of cello and the Armenian double-reed duduk. Try to come up with the most evocative possible image of remembering sounds and places of home, and these two lovely pieces will match it. There are also several other Armenian pieces, including the rarely heard Dream for cello and piano of Aram Khachaturian, whose neglect in the face of the general shortage of solo cello material is inexplicable. As Hakhnazaryan's note suggests, there are also several Western pieces, including Ernest Bloch's From Jewish Life, which fits the general mood and works by Schumann (the Fantasiestücke, Op. 73, transcribed for cello) and Debussy, which breaks it somewhat but receive lively interpretations. The thorny Debussy Cello Sonata is the most distant from the album's core, but the performance is strong enough to stand on its own. There is even a piece for cello and electronics by Carl Vine at the end, emphasizing the poles of nostalgia and new discovery. This is wholly unlike other cello recitals, and it will introduce general listeners to some wonderful music.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Aram Khachaturian, Composer - Mikayel Hakhnazaryan, Cello, MainArtist - Lia Hakhnazaryan, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Mikayel Hakhnazaryan
Sonata for Cello and Piano, CD 144 (Claude Debussy)
Claude Debussy, Composer - Mikayel Hakhnazaryan, Cello, MainArtist - Lia Hakhnazaryan, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Mikayel Hakhnazaryan
Claude Debussy, Composer - Mikayel Hakhnazaryan, Cello, MainArtist - Lia Hakhnazaryan, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Mikayel Hakhnazaryan
Claude Debussy, Composer - Mikayel Hakhnazaryan, Cello, MainArtist - Lia Hakhnazaryan, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Mikayel Hakhnazaryan
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Mikayel Hakhnazaryan, Cello, MainArtist - Lia Hakhnazaryan, Piano, MainArtist - Alexander Shtrimer, Arranger
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Mikayel Hakhnazaryan
Soghomon Soghomonian Komitas, Composer - Mikayel Hakhnazaryan, Cello, MainArtist - Artyom Minasyan, MainArtist - Lia Hakhnazaryan, MainArtist - Vache Shafaryan, Arranger
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Mikayel Hakhnazaryan
Adam Khudoyan, Composer - Mikayel Hakhnazaryan, Cello, MainArtist - Lia Hakhnazaryan, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Mikayel Hakhnazaryan
Fantasiestück, Op. 73 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Mikayel Hakhnazaryan, Cello, MainArtist - Lia Hakhnazaryan, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Mikayel Hakhnazaryan
Robert Schumann, Composer - Mikayel Hakhnazaryan, Cello, MainArtist - Lia Hakhnazaryan, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Mikayel Hakhnazaryan
Robert Schumann, Composer - Mikayel Hakhnazaryan, Cello, MainArtist - Lia Hakhnazaryan, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Mikayel Hakhnazaryan
From Jewish Life, B. 54 (Ernst Bloch)
Ernst Bloch, Composer - Mikayel Hakhnazaryan, Cello, MainArtist - Lia Hakhnazaryan, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Mikayel Hakhnazaryan
Ernst Bloch, Composer - Mikayel Hakhnazaryan, Cello, MainArtist - Lia Hakhnazaryan, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Mikayel Hakhnazaryan
Ernst Bloch, Composer - Mikayel Hakhnazaryan, Cello, MainArtist - Lia Hakhnazaryan, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Mikayel Hakhnazaryan
Soghomon Soghomonian Komitas, Composer - Mikayel Hakhnazaryan, Arranger, Cello, MainArtist - Artyom Minasyan, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Mikayel Hakhnazaryan
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Alexander Krein, Arranger - Mikayel Hakhnazaryan, Cello, MainArtist - Lia Hakhnazaryan, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Mikayel Hakhnazaryan
Igor Loboda, Composer - Mikayel Hakhnazaryan, Cello, MainArtist - Lia Hakhnazaryan, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Mikayel Hakhnazaryan
Carl Vine, Composer - Mikayel Hakhnazaryan, Cello, MainArtist - Lia Hakhnazaryan, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Mikayel Hakhnazaryan
Album review
This release by cellist Mikayel Hakhnazaryan and pianist Lia Hakhnazaryan comes with a note about leaving one's homeland and thus discovering new music and new inner paths. It seems fairly innocuous, yet the players make something powerful and distinctive out of it. The nostalgia part is unusually strong, and some of it is unique to this album; the players include two pieces by the single-named Armenian composer-ethnomusicologist Komitas (Soghomon Soghomonian) that are arranged for the utterly haunting combination of cello and the Armenian double-reed duduk. Try to come up with the most evocative possible image of remembering sounds and places of home, and these two lovely pieces will match it. There are also several other Armenian pieces, including the rarely heard Dream for cello and piano of Aram Khachaturian, whose neglect in the face of the general shortage of solo cello material is inexplicable. As Hakhnazaryan's note suggests, there are also several Western pieces, including Ernest Bloch's From Jewish Life, which fits the general mood and works by Schumann (the Fantasiestücke, Op. 73, transcribed for cello) and Debussy, which breaks it somewhat but receive lively interpretations. The thorny Debussy Cello Sonata is the most distant from the album's core, but the performance is strong enough to stand on its own. There is even a piece for cello and electronics by Carl Vine at the end, emphasizing the poles of nostalgia and new discovery. This is wholly unlike other cello recitals, and it will introduce general listeners to some wonderful music.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:19:55
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Mikayel Hakhnazaryan Lia Hakhnazaryan Artyom Minasyan
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RUBICON
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Mikayel Hakhnazaryan
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