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Luys I Luso
Tigran Hamasyan, Yerevan State Chamber Choir, Harutyun Topikyan
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF and FLAC high-resolution audio formats
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Ov Zarmanali (1) Tigran Hamasyan; Yerevan State Chamber Choir; Harutyun Topikyan |
1:26 | ||
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Ankanim Araji Qo Tigran Hamasyan; Yerevan State Chamber Choir; Harutyun Topikyan |
5:09 | ||
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Ov Zarmanali (2) Tigran Hamasyan; Yerevan State Chamber Choir; Harutyun Topikyan |
13:10 | ||
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Hayrapetakan Maghterg (1) Tigran Hamasyan; Yerevan State Chamber Choir; Harutyun Topikyan |
3:52 | ||
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Bazum En Qo Gtutyunqd Tigran Hamasyan; Yerevan State Chamber Choir; Harutyun Topikyan |
6:43 | ||
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Nor Tsaghik Tigran Hamasyan; Yerevan State Chamber Choir; Harutyun Topikyan |
7:38 | ||
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Hayrapetakan Maghterg (2) Tigran Hamasyan; Yerevan State Chamber Choir; Harutyun Topikyan |
1:45 | ||
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Hayrapetakan Maghterg (3) Tigran Hamasyan; Yerevan State Chamber Choir; Harutyun Topikyan |
4:25 | ||
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Havoun Havoun Tigran Hamasyan; Yerevan State Chamber Choir; Harutyun Topikyan |
4:35 | ||
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Voghormea Indz Astvats Tigran Hamasyan; Yerevan State Chamber Choir; Harutyun Topikyan |
9:33 | ||
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Sirt Im Sasani (1) Tigran Hamasyan; Yerevan State Chamber Choir; Harutyun Topikyan |
3:46 | ||
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Surb Astvats Tigran Hamasyan; Yerevan State Chamber Choir; Harutyun Topikyan |
5:46 | ||
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Sirt Im Sasani (2) Tigran Hamasyan; Yerevan State Chamber Choir; Harutyun Topikyan |
4:04 | ||
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Orhnyal E Astvats Tigran Hamasyan; Yerevan State Chamber Choir; Harutyun Topikyan |
4:10 | ||
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Pianist Tigran Hamasyan’s Luys I Luso ("Light from the Light") is an extraordinary exploration of Armenian sacred music, hymns and sharakans (Armenia’s liturgical songs) as well as chants, all arranged for voices and piano. This music of the 5th to 19th centuries is given new and dramatic expression through Hamasyan’s improvisational imagination and committed performances from Armenia’s leading choir, the Yerevan State Chamber Choir. Hamasayan has long been deeply interested in Armenian sacred music, increasingly drawn to its “incredibly beautiful melodies."
"Over the years the idea to do an entire album with Armenian sacred music had been building and growing in my mind. About two and a half years ago I began to work on the first arrangements. I decided that the album should be of mixed repertoire. So Mashtots is in there, along with Nerses Shnorhali, Grigor Narekatsi, Grigor Pahlavuni, Mkhitar Ayrivanetsi and Komitas."
- Tigran Hamasyan
"Over the years the idea to do an entire album with Armenian sacred music had been building and growing in my mind. About two and a half years ago I began to work on the first arrangements. I decided that the album should be of mixed repertoire. So Mashtots is in there, along with Nerses Shnorhali, Grigor Narekatsi, Grigor Pahlavuni, Mkhitar Ayrivanetsi and Komitas."
- Tigran Hamasyan
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – ECM Records Studio Masters
Recorded October 2014 at Argo Recording Studio, Yerevan
Tonmeister: Markus Heiland
Assistant engineer: Armen Paremuzyan
Mixed March 2015 at RSI Studio Lugano by Markus Heiland, Manfred Eicher, Tigran Hamasyan
Cover and liner photography: Vahan Stepanyan,
Elena Petrosyan (p. 17)
Design: Sascha Kleis
Produced by Manfred Eicher
Recorded October 2014 at Argo Recording Studio, Yerevan
Tonmeister: Markus Heiland
Assistant engineer: Armen Paremuzyan
Mixed March 2015 at RSI Studio Lugano by Markus Heiland, Manfred Eicher, Tigran Hamasyan
Cover and liner photography: Vahan Stepanyan,
Elena Petrosyan (p. 17)
Design: Sascha Kleis
Produced by Manfred Eicher