Debussy/Komitas: Music in Time of War

Inspired by the music of Komitas, a pioneer of ethnomusicology and revered as the founder of the Armenian national school of music, Kirill Gerstein’s most recent initiative epitomizes his approach to music-making. Scheduled for release in the weeks between the anniversary of Debussy’s death and Armenian Genocide Memorial Day, Music in Time of War is a double album which places the music of Komitas alongside that of Claude Debussy, a seminal composer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who held a deep admiration of Komitas’s music. Both composers were profoundly affected by the implosion of their worlds – Komitas by the Armenian Genocide, Debussy by the First World War – and their musics reflect a close emotional alignment. For many Komitas is terra incognita, yet for those already familiar with his work, his memory burns more brightly than ever. The project is presented as an illustrated book with a series of in-depth essays commissioned by Kirill.

Disc 1
1: Pour Les Cinq Doigts, D'après Monsieur Czerny
2: Pour Les Tierces
3: Pour Les Quartes
4: Pour Les Sixtes
5: Pour Les Octaves
6: Pour Les Huit Doigts
7: Pour Les Degrés Chromatiques
8: Pour Les Agréments
9: Pour Les Notes Répétées
10: Pour Les Sonorités Opposées
11: Pour Les Arpèges Composés
12: Pour Les Accords
13: Manushaki of Vagharshapat
14: Yerangi of Yerevan
15: Unabi of Shushi
16: Shushiki of Vagharshapat
17: Marali of Shushi
18: Het U Aradj of Karin
19: Shoror of Karin

Disc 2
1: La Flûte De Pan
2: La Chevelure
3: Le Tombeau Des Naïades
4: Pour Invoquer Pan, Dieu Du Vent D'été
5: Pour Un Tombeau Sans Nom
6: Pour Que La Nuit Soit Propice
7: Pour La Danseuse Aux Crotales
8: Pour L'égyptienne
9: Pour Remercier La Pluie Au Matin
10: Tsirani Tsar
11: Chinar Es
12: Garoun A
13: Le Le Yaman
14: Qeler Tsoler
15: Antouni
16: Noël Des Enfants Qui N'ont Plus De Maisons
17: Page D'album Pour Piano Pour L'oeuvre Du 'Vêtement Du Blessé'
18: Berceuse Héroïque Pour Rendre Hommage À S.M. Le Roi Albert Ier De Belgique Et À Ses Soldats
19: Étude Retrouvée
20: Élégie from Pages Inédites Sur La Femme Et La Guerre
21: Les Soirs Illuminés Par L'ardeur Du Charbon
22: A Mon Ami A. Koussevitzky (Avec Emportement)
23: Au Lieutenant Jacques Charlot Tué À L'ennemi En 1915, Le 3 Mars (Lent. Sombre)
24: A Mon Ami Igor Stravinsky (Scherzando)

Composer: Claude Debussy, Komitas

Number of Discs: 2

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