This collection of music by Armenian Soviet composer Aram Khachaturian is even more specialized than its subtitle, "Composer-Conductor-Pianist," suggests. For one thing, all the material is Czech related; most of it was recorded in the former Czechoslovakia, and the remainder was sold there and came from the vaults of the Supraphon label. The CD booklet credits one Patrick Lambert, who also wrote the notes, "for his invaluable suggestions and for sharing with us his extensive knowledge of the Supraphon archives." It's not ...
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This collection of music by Armenian Soviet composer Aram Khachaturian is even more specialized than its subtitle, "Composer-Conductor-Pianist," suggests. For one thing, all the material is Czech related; most of it was recorded in the former Czechoslovakia, and the remainder was sold there and came from the vaults of the Supraphon label. The CD booklet credits one Patrick Lambert, who also wrote the notes, "for his invaluable suggestions and for sharing with us his extensive knowledge of the Supraphon archives." It's not clear how he came by that, but he's not the first outsider to know a company's history better than the employees themselves. Anyhow, this is a fascinating blast from the past. The music was recorded between 1950 and 1960, and sound quality is marginal, but there are some real oddities here. Chief among them has to be the presence of Khachaturian as vocalist in a couple of songs on CD 2 (tracks 2 and 3); one of them is entitled Springtime in Lovely Yerevan. Musically the major interest...
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