Çuhacıyan: Piano Works Mikael Ayrapetyan

• Dikran Çuhacıyan (1837 - 1898):
• 1Çuhacıyan: Impromptu in B-Flat Minor "Cascade de Couz"04:17
• 2Çuhacıyan: Dance caractéristique in A Minor "L'orientale"05:52
• 3Çuhacıyan: Grande valse fantastique in A Minor "Illusions"06:56
• 4Çuhacıyan: Tarantelle in B-Flat Minor03:27
• 5Çuhacıyan: Caprice in E Minor "La lyre orientale"11:19
• 6Çuhacıyan: Mazurka de salon "Mignon"04:11
• 7Çuhacıyan: Une gavotte de plus in E-Flat Major03:54
• 8Çuhacıyan: Polka in F Major "La gaité"02:38
• 9Çuhacıyan: Proti Polka in G Major02:27
• 10Çuhacıyan: Funeral March in D Minor06:49
• 11Çuhacıyan: Fantaisie orientale No. 1 in A Minor "Sur des motifs turcs"07:27
• 12Çuhacıyan: Fantaisie orientale No. 2 in A Minor "Sur des motifs turcs"11:55
• Total Runtime01:11:12

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Tigran Chukhajian is highly significant in the history of Armenian music: he was the first composer to combine Western and Eastern cultures, and was referred to as the Armenian Verdi amongst his contemporaries. Persecution under the repressive Ottoman Turkish regime led to his music being suppressed, but these piano works are a sophisticated testament to Chukhajians Romantic inclinations, absorbing the influences of Chopin and Liszt, and enriching them with Oriental nuances and descriptive themes.

Mikael Ayrapetyan, piano

Mikael Ayrapetyan
was born in 1984 in Yerevan, Armenia, where he had his early schooling. His repertoire ranges from the baroque to the contemporary and includes rarely performed works of Armenian composers whose music had not until then been performed. He is actively engaged in the popularisation of Armenian classical music, organising concerts in major concert-halls of the world, and acting as producer, artistic director and pianist for these performances.

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