Djivan Gasparyan - Portrait, The Soul Of Armenia [2007] (2 x CD's)

SOUL OF ARMENIA

Djivan Gasparyan - Portrait, The Soul Of Armenia [2007] (2 x CD's)

Djivan Gasparyan is both the best-known musician in Armenia and the greatest exponent of the duduk, the haunting and atmospheric apricot-wood oboe that was the preserve of local shepherds until he brought it to international concert halls. His music has been used in films from Gladiator to Dead Man Walking. Now, as Gasparyan prepares to celebrate his 80th birthday, comes a well-packaged retrospective covering his career since 1989, when Brian Eno and Peter Gabriel helped promote him in the west.

What is most remarkable about this set is the sheer variety - Gasparyan plays with a flamenco guitarist, string orchestras, and a large Armenian ensemble. There's even an intriguing, drifting track in which he accompanies both the piano work of Michael Brook, and the extraordinary, improvised singing of Pakistan's greatest Sufi Qawwali star, the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. But the finest tracks, some recorded only last year, feature him with minimal accompaniment and demonstrating the duduk's gently mournful charm. (Amazon)

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Track list.

CD1

  01. Machkal Es (the Ploughman)
  02. Improvisation & Antsa (I'm Gone)
  03. Hush My Heart
  04. Gisherva Pesh (Like a Dark Night)
  05. Tamam Askharh Ptut (I Have Been All Over the World)
  06. Red
  07. Naked Spirit
  08. Ashkharums Akh Chim Kashi (I Will Not Be Sad)
  09. Lamentum
  10. Tsirani Tsar (the Apricot Tree)
  11. Dle Yaman
  12. Yerkinkn Ampela ( the Sky is Cloudy)
  13. Elephant Pond

CD2

  01. Surb Im Sasani (My Holy Sasani)
  02. Kapuit Manushak (Blue Violet)
  03. Sari Gallin/Sari Aghchick (the Blond Bride)
  04. Holy of Holies
  05. Nazani (Don't Be So Coy)
  06. Take My Heart
  07. Menak Champord Em (the Lonely Wanderer)
  08. Donus Yolu (the Way Back)
  09. Hovvakan Trio: (Shepherd's Song)
  10. Armenian Suite
  11. Amen Hair Surb (All Fathers Are Holy)
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