Arno Babadjanyan: Composer And Pianist

Arno Babadjanyan: Composer And Pianist

On this CD:

1. Nocturne
Composed by Arno Babadjanyan
Performed by All-Union Radio Symphony Orchestra with Arno Babadjanyan
Conducted by Yu Silantiev

2. Danse Vagarchabad
Composed by Arno Babadjanyan
Performed by Arno Babadjanyan
Conducted by Yu Silantiev

3. Capriccio
Composed by Arno Babadjanyan
Performed by Arno Babadjanyan
Conducted by Yu Silantiev

4. Polyphonic sonata
Composed by Arno Babadjanyan
Performed by Arno Babadjanyan
Conducted by Yu Silantiev

5. Exprompt
Composed by Arno Babadjanyan
Performed by Arno Babadjanyan
Conducted by Yu Silantiev

6. Armenian Rhapsody, for 2 pianos
Composed by Alexander / Babadjanian, Arno Arutiunian
Performed by Arno Babadjanyan, Alexander Arutiunian
Conducted by Yu Silantiev

7. Élégie
Composed by Arno Babadjanyan
Performed by Arno Babadjanyan
Conducted by Yu Silantiev

8. Bilder, for piano
Composed by Arno Babadjanyan
Performed by Arno Babadjanyan
Conducted by Yu Silantiev

9. Melody and Humoresque
Composed by Arno Babadjanyan
Performed by Arno Babadjanyan
Conducted by Yu Silantiev

10. Fantasy on "Give Me My Music Back"
Composed by Arno Babadjanyan
Performed by Arno Babadjanyan, B. Chekmenyov, A. Nikolayev, A. Tarasov
Conducted by Yu Silantiev

11. Fantasy on "Dum Spiro Spero"
Composed by Arno Babadjanyan
Performed by Arno Babadjanyan, B. Chekmenyov, A. Nikolayev, A. Tarasov
Conducted by Yu Silantiev

12. Fantasy on "Winter Love"
Composed by Arno Babadjanyan
Performed by Arno Babadjanyan, B. Chekmenyov, A. Nikolayev, A. Tarasov
Conducted by Yu Silantiev

13. Fantasy on "Call Me"
Composed by Arno Babadjanyan
Performed by Arno Babadjanyan, B. Chekmenyov, A. Nikolayev, A. Tarasov
Conducted by Yu Silantiev

14. Piece for the piano & orchestra "Dreams"
Composed by Arno Babadjanyan
Performed by Armenian Radio Orchestra with Arno Babadjanyan
Conducted by A. Mavisakhalyan

Editorial Reviews
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Arno Babadjanyan (1921-1983), an Armenian, won the 1951 Stalin Prize for an atrocious Heroic Ballad. Some of the piano pieces on this disc, especially the Polyphonic Sonata, show him as a substantial composer and an excellent pianist. Elsewhere on the disc Babadjanyan plays some incredibly awful schlock cocktail jazz pieces with two guitars and percussion. Go figure. The program notes are translated into a bizarre pseudo-English and will tell you little. You get about half an hour of worthwhile material on this disc and must program carefully around the rest of it. Few will find the effort worthwhile. --Leslie Gerber

Arno Babadjanyan: Composer And Pianist, Music, Alexander / Babadjanian, Arno Arutiunian, Arno Babadjanyan, A. Mavisakhalyan, Yu Silantiev, A. Tarasov, B. Chekmenyov, All-Union Radio Symphony Orchestra, Armenian Radio Orchestra, A. Nikolayev, Alexander Arutiunian, Alexander Arutyunyan, Arno Babadjanyan, Classical, Concerto, Keyboard, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Music for Keyboard, Music for Two Keyboards, Piano Concerto, Unknown Genre/Unspecified Instrumentation

Arno Babadjanyan: Composer And Pianist

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