Kim Kashkashian & Movses Pogossian
Release Date: 06 November 2020
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 028948195220
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
Conceived jointly by violinist Movses Pogossian and violist Kim Kashkashian to celebrate Tigran Mansurian’s 80th birthday, the Con anima project brings together a dedicated cast of players to perform the chamber music of Armenia’s great contemporary composer.
The emphasis is on newer pieces - only the Third String Quartet dates from the 20th century - but there is a timeless quality to Mansurian’s work, all of which resounds with the spirit of his homeland.
“Mansurian’s works are full of signifiers that come from Armenian ornaments, paintings or stones,” writes Elena Dubinets in the CD notes. “His music itself feels as if it was carved out of stone.” It can seem both ancient and modern at once, as it carefully explores and reveals relationships between contemporary Western composition and Armenia’s sacred and secular music traditions.
Mansurian’s compositional oeuvre includes orchestral works, concertos for string instruments and orchestra, string quartets, choral music, chamber music, and works for solo instruments. He cites Komitas and Claude Debussy among the composers who have most profoundly influenced his work.
Tracklisting
Vijay Iyer; Wadada Leo Smith
Anouar Brahem; Anja Lechner; Django Bates; Dave Holland
Patrick Demenga; Latvian State Academic Choir; Youth Choir Kamer; Riga Cathedral Boys Choir; Andres
Nicolas Masson; Colin Vallon; Patrice Moret; Lionel Friedli
Various artists
Yuval Cohen Quartet
Thomas Stronen; Craig Taborn; Chris Potter; Sinikka Langeland; Jorge Rossy
Stephan Micus
Takacs Quartet, Marc-Andre Hamelin
Cracow Golden Quintet
Galatea Quartet
Mathieu Lussier; Christophe Gauthier; Amanda Keesmaat
Roksana Kwasnikowska, Krzysztof Stanienda
Marcin Halat, Aleksandra Halat
David & Slava Guerchovitch
Saskia Coolen, Rainer Zipperling, Patrick Ayrton
