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Sweet Spring: Armenian Sopranos, 1920s​-​40s

by Canary Records

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released March 29, 2020

Composers:
Tracks 1 & 12 by Daniel Ghazarian
Track 3 by Romanos Melikian
Track 4 by Vagharshag Servantsdiantz
Track 5 collected and arranged by Komitas Vardapet
Track 6 by Sayat-Nova
Track 7 by Armen Tigranian
Tracks 9-10 by Kourken Alemshah
Track 11 by Ashoug Sheram
Tracks 13 & 14 music by Aram Khachaturian; lyrics by Ashod Krashi

Tracks 1 & 2 recorded in Tehran ca. 1927.
Tracks 3-6 recorded in Paris accompanied by Agnelle Bundervoet (piano) and Francois-Julien Brun (flute).
Tracks 9-12 recorded in Paris in the second half of the 1930s under the supervision of Kourken Alemshah.
Tracks 13-14 accompanied by Miss Marienka (piano)

Transfers and restoration by Ian Nagoski.
Thanks to Harry Kezelian and Harout Arakelian.
Thanks to Haig Avakian for identifying the accompanists on tracks 3-6.

Photo is Haiganouche Torossian.

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