The Music of Armenia, Vol. 4: Kanon/Traditional Zither Music by Khachatur Avetissian - Uhune

ALBUM

On this volume of Celestial Harmonies' series of Armenian music, Karineh Hovhanessian, one of the premier zither players in Armenia, performs a number of traditional works on the kanon. The kanon is the semi-classical zither of Armenia, similar to a psaltery. The works encompassed on this album lie somewhere between classical works and folk songs, though they are all solely instrumental. This is what the kanon is now used for: a mixture of traditions in a country left behind by much of the rest of the world. The playing is intricate by any measure, and generally well backed by the accompaniment. Hovhanessian is one of the contemporary masters from the country, and her speed and complexity of playing herein show why she is regarded as such. Pick up this album for a short peek into one aspect of the musical culture of Armenia.
© Adam Greenberg /TiVo

1. Nazani

Primary Artist: Karineh Hovhanessian; Main Performer
Composer: Sayat Nova; Composer
Composer: Sayat Nova; Composer
Unknown Contributor Role: Komitas; Other

2. Vardani mor voghp - Vardan's lament

Primary Artist: Karineh Hovhanessian; Main Performer
Composer: Sayat Nova
Mekhital Airivanetsi
Tsovak Hambartsumian
Khachatur Avetissian
Traditional; Composer
Composer: Khachatur Avetissian
Tsovak Hambartsumian
Mekhital Airivanetsi
Sayat Nova; Composer
Unknown Contributor Role: Komitas; Other

3. Horovel - Harvest song

Primary Artist: Karineh Hovhanessian; Main Performer
Composer: Sayat Nova
Mekhital Airivanetsi
Tsovak Hambartsumian
Khachatur Avetissian
Traditional; Composer
Composer: Khachatur Avetissian
Tsovak Hambartsumian
Mekhital Airivanetsi
Sayat Nova; Composer
Unknown Contributor Role: Komitas; Other

4. Shalakho

Primary Artist: Karineh Hovhanessian; Main Performer
Composer: Sayat Nova
Mekhital Airivanetsi
Tsovak Hambartsumian
Khachatur Avetissian
Traditional; Composer
Composer: Khachatur Avetissian
Tsovak Hambartsumian
Mekhital Airivanetsi
Sayat Nova; Composer
Unknown Contributor Role: Komitas; Other

5. Sonat-Taghashar - Sonnet-Row of tagher

by Khachatur Avetissian

Primary Artist: Karineh Hovhanessian; Main Performer
Composer: Sayat Nova
Mekhital Airivanetsi
Tsovak Hambartsumian
Khachatur Avetissian
Traditional; Composer
Composer: Khachatur Avetissian
Tsovak Hambartsumian
Mekhital Airivanetsi
Sayat Nova; Composer
Unknown Contributor Role: Khachatur Avetissian; Other

6. Chinar es - You are a plane tree

by Tsovak Hambartsumian

Primary Artist: Karineh Hovhanessian; Main Performer
Composer: Sayat Nova
Mekhital Airivanetsi
Tsovak Hambartsumian
Khachatur Avetissian
Traditional; Composer
Composer: Khachatur Avetissian
Tsovak Hambartsumian
Mekhital Airivanetsi
Sayat Nova; Composer
Unknown Contributor Role: Tsovak Hambartsumian; Other

7. Trapizontsinerti par - Armenian dance from Trapizon

by Karineh Hovhanessian

Primary Artist: Karineh Hovhanessian; Main Performer
Composer: Sayat Nova
Mekhital Airivanetsi
Tsovak Hambartsumian
Khachatur Avetissian
Traditional; Composer
Composer: Khachatur Avetissian
Tsovak Hambartsumian
Mekhital Airivanetsi
Sayat Nova; Composer
Unknown Contributor Role: Karineh Hovhanessian; Other

8. Unabi, Marali, Shushiki - Melody of dances

Primary Artist: Karineh Hovhanessian; Main Performer
Composer: Sayat Nova
Mekhital Airivanetsi
Tsovak Hambartsumian
Khachatur Avetissian
Traditional; Composer
Composer: Khachatur Avetissian
Tsovak Hambartsumian
Mekhital Airivanetsi
Sayat Nova; Composer
Unknown Contributor Role: Komitas; Other

9. Kez, ov peso - To you, groom

Primary Artist: Karineh Hovhanessian; Main Performer
Composer: Sayat Nova
Mekhital Airivanetsi
Tsovak Hambartsumian
Khachatur Avetissian
Traditional; Composer
Composer: Khachatur Avetissian
Tsovak Hambartsumian
Mekhital Airivanetsi
Sayat Nova; Composer
Unknown Contributor Role: Komitas; Other

10. Improvisation

Primary Artist: Karineh Hovhanessian; Main Performer
Composer: Khachatur Avetissian; Composer
Composer: Khachatur Avetissian; Composer
Unknown Contributor Role: Komitas; Other

11. Eshkhemed

Primary Artist: Karineh Hovhanessian; Main Performer
Composer: Sayat Nova; Composer
Composer: Sayat Nova; Composer
Unknown Contributor Role: Komitas; Other

12. Tsirani tsar - Apricot tree

Primary Artist: Karineh Hovhanessian; Main Performer
Composer: Komitas
Traditional; Composer
Composer: Komitas; Composer
Unknown Contributor Role: Komitas; Other

13. Dun es gikhen/Kamantcha - You always were/Kamantcha

Primary Artist: Sayat Nova
Karineh Hovhanessian; Main Performer
Composer: Sayat Nova
Mekhital Airivanetsi
Tsovak Hambartsumian
Khachatur Avetissian; Composer
Composer: Khachatur Avetissian
Tsovak Hambartsumian
Mekhital Airivanetsi
Sayat Nova; Composer
Unknown Contributor Role: Komitas; Other

14. Lorva shoror/Arag par - The swing of Lori/Fast dance

Primary Artist: Karineh Hovhanessian; Main Performer
Composer: Tsovak Hambartsumian; Composer
Composer: Tsovak Hambartsumian; Composer
Unknown Contributor Role: Komitas; Other

15. Tokat - Toccata

Primary Artist: Karineh Hovhanessian; Main Performer
Composer: Khachatur Avetissian
Mekhital Airivanetsi; Composer
Composer: Khachatur Avetissian; Composer
Unknown Contributor Role: Komitas; Other

16. Otar-amai champeki vra - On strange desert roads

Primary Artist: Karineh Hovhanessian; Main Performer
Composer: Sayat Nova
Mekhital Airivanetsi
Tsovak Hambartsumian
Khachatur Avetissian
Traditional; Composer
Composer: Khachatur Avetissian
Tsovak Hambartsumian
Mekhital Airivanetsi
Sayat Nova; Composer
Unknown Contributor Role: Komitas; Other

17. Tagh - Medieval song

Primary Artist: Karineh Hovhanessian; Main Performer
Composer: Mekhital Airivanetsi; Composer
Composer: Mekhital Airivanetsi; Composer
Unknown Contributor Role: Komitas; Other

18. Krunk - The crane

Primary Artist: Karineh Hovhanessian; Main Performer
Composer: Sayat Nova
Mekhital Airivanetsi
Tsovak Hambartsumian
Khachatur Avetissian
Traditional; Composer
Composer: Khachatur Avetissian
Tsovak Hambartsumian
Mekhital Airivanetsi
Sayat Nova; Composer
Unknown Contributor Role: Komitas; Other

19. Erzerumi shoror - Erzerum swing

by Tsovak Hambartsumian

Primary Artist: Karineh Hovhanessian; Main Performer
Composer: Sayat Nova
Mekhital Airivanetsi
Tsovak Hambartsumian
Khachatur Avetissian
Traditional; Composer
Composer: Khachatur Avetissian
Tsovak Hambartsumian
Mekhital Airivanetsi
Sayat Nova; Composer
Unknown Contributor Role: Tsovak Hambartsumian; Other

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Genres

World, Worldwide, Europe, Arabic, Tuva, Central Asia

Label

Celestial Harmonies

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Orchard Enterprises Inc

Country

Germany

Language

English (United States)

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Release Date

Dec 31, 1995

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13711311822