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For his first recording on the ECM label, Tigran Hamasyan releases an album that is wholly unique, set apart from his previous work. With Luys i Luso (translated as Light of Light), the 27-year-old prodigy engages in an extraordinary exploration of Armenian religious music. Hamasyan selects both hymns and sharakans (Armenian liturgical songs), arranging them for voice and piano. Music written between the fifth and the nineteenth centuries finds new and dramatic expression in the hands of an artist possessing inordinate imaginative and improvisational talent. Hamasyan has been shaking the jazzosphere for several years now, and these interpretations tie in the talents of the Yerevan State Chamber Choir, Armenia’s most prominent choir, in collaboration. Produced by ECM’s Manfred Eicher, Luys i Luso was put to tape in Yerevan in October 2014, and released in 2015 in commemoration of the centenary of the Armenian genocide. This album is, most evidently, an important and singular piece in the burgeoning oeuvre of Tigran Hamasyan; a jazzman renowned for his ability to refashion artists as diverse as Thelonious Monk and Led Zeppelin! New listeners are urged to recognise the capacious memory that constitutes Luys i Luso. It is a fascinating and brilliantly thought out collection from a young pianist expanding his repertoire with great originality. A definite Qobuzism!
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Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Tigran Hamasyan, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Yerevan State Chamber Choir, MainArtist - Grigor G Pahlavuni, ComposerLyricist - Harutyun Topikyan, MainArtist
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Tigran Hamasyan, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Mesrop Mashtots, ComposerLyricist - Yerevan State Chamber Choir, MainArtist - Harutyun Topikyan, MainArtist
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Tigran Hamasyan, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Yerevan State Chamber Choir, MainArtist - Grigor G Pahlavuni, ComposerLyricist - Harutyun Topikyan, MainArtist
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Komitas, ComposerLyricist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Tigran Hamasyan, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Yerevan State Chamber Choir, MainArtist - Harutyun Topikyan, MainArtist
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Tigran Hamasyan, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Mesrop Mashtots, ComposerLyricist - Yerevan State Chamber Choir, MainArtist - Harutyun Topikyan, MainArtist
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Tigran Hamasyan, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Nerses Shnorhali, ComposerLyricist - Yerevan State Chamber Choir, MainArtist - Harutyun Topikyan, MainArtist
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Komitas, ComposerLyricist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Tigran Hamasyan, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Yerevan State Chamber Choir, MainArtist - Harutyun Topikyan, MainArtist
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Komitas, ComposerLyricist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Tigran Hamasyan, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Yerevan State Chamber Choir, MainArtist - Harutyun Topikyan, MainArtist
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Tigran Hamasyan, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Grigor Narekatsi, ComposerLyricist - Yerevan State Chamber Choir, MainArtist - Harutyun Topikyan, MainArtist
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Tigran Hamasyan, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Mesrop Mashtots, ComposerLyricist - Yerevan State Chamber Choir, MainArtist - Harutyun Topikyan, MainArtist
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Tigran Hamasyan, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Yerevan State Chamber Choir, MainArtist - Mkhitar Ayrivanetsi, ComposerLyricist - Harutyun Topikyan, MainArtist
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Komitas, ComposerLyricist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Tigran Hamasyan, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Yerevan State Chamber Choir, MainArtist - Harutyun Topikyan, MainArtist
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Tigran Hamasyan, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Yerevan State Chamber Choir, MainArtist - Mkhitar Ayrivanetsi, ComposerLyricist - Harutyun Topikyan, MainArtist
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Komitas, ComposerLyricist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Tigran Hamasyan, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Yerevan State Chamber Choir, MainArtist - Harutyun Topikyan, MainArtist
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Album review
For his first recording on the ECM label, Tigran Hamasyan releases an album that is wholly unique, set apart from his previous work. With Luys i Luso (translated as Light of Light), the 27-year-old prodigy engages in an extraordinary exploration of Armenian religious music. Hamasyan selects both hymns and sharakans (Armenian liturgical songs), arranging them for voice and piano. Music written between the fifth and the nineteenth centuries finds new and dramatic expression in the hands of an artist possessing inordinate imaginative and improvisational talent. Hamasyan has been shaking the jazzosphere for several years now, and these interpretations tie in the talents of the Yerevan State Chamber Choir, Armenia’s most prominent choir, in collaboration. Produced by ECM’s Manfred Eicher, Luys i Luso was put to tape in Yerevan in October 2014, and released in 2015 in commemoration of the centenary of the Armenian genocide. This album is, most evidently, an important and singular piece in the burgeoning oeuvre of Tigran Hamasyan; a jazzman renowned for his ability to refashion artists as diverse as Thelonious Monk and Led Zeppelin! New listeners are urged to recognise the capacious memory that constitutes Luys i Luso. It is a fascinating and brilliantly thought out collection from a young pianist expanding his repertoire with great originality. A definite Qobuzism!
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:58
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Tigran Hamasyan Yerevan State Chamber Choir Harutyun Topikyan
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: ECM Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 2015 ECM Records GmbH ℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
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