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Ian Krouse: Armenian Requiem, Op. 66

3/8/2019, 15 Tracks, 1:35:14

Featuring

  • Neal Stulberg
  • Shoushik Barsoumian
  • Garineh Avakian
  • Yeghishe Manucharyan
  • Vladimir Chernov
  • Ruben Harutyunyan
  • Christoph Bull
  • Lark Master Singers
  • Tziatzan Children's Choir
  • UCLA Philharmonia
  • Ian Krouse

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Compositional Technique

The Armenian Requiem is structured after Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, using a liturgical frame interpolated with poems.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The Armenian Requiem is considered the first truly Armenian requiem as a standalone, elaborate ceremony, akin to those of the Catholic tradition.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

The Armenian Requiem aims to express collective pain for the past and hope for the future, offering commemoration to future generations.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Unlike traditional Armenian music, the Armenian Requiem blends Western musical devices like ternary form, passacaglias, and fugues with an Armenian sensibility.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Ian Krouse's Armenian Requiem was created to commemorate the centennial of the Armenian Genocide.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

Ruben Harutyunyan, one of the world's most accomplished duduk players, performs on this album and has appeared on film soundtracks like Traffic and Kingdom of Heaven.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

The Armenian Requiem seeks to marry the religious, ritual, and spiritual components of a requiem with the story, spirit, and hope of the Armenian people.

Source: Booklet

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