Some might look at the names on this disc and -- other than that of Aram Khachaturian -- dismiss the whole as a collection of obscurities and set it back down in the bin. However, Atma Classique's Armenian Chamber Music, featuring the Amici Chamber Ensemble, contains some repertoire that is major, but merely little known in the West. In the city of Yerevan they've erected a statue of composer Arno Babadjanian and his Trio in F sharp minor (1952), included here, is his most revered work. Although some sections of it has a ...
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Some might look at the names on this disc and -- other than that of Aram Khachaturian -- dismiss the whole as a collection of obscurities and set it back down in the bin. However, Atma Classique's Armenian Chamber Music, featuring the Amici Chamber Ensemble, contains some repertoire that is major, but merely little known in the West. In the city of Yerevan they've erected a statue of composer Arno Babadjanian and his Trio in F sharp minor (1952), included here, is his most revered work. Although some sections of it has a slightly bitter tincture reminiscent of Bartók, the trio demonstrates a close kinship with Rachmaninov, particularly in its luscious second movement Andante. The Trio for clarinet, violin, and piano (1932) by the best-known of these composers, Aram Khachaturian, is an early work that stands, along with his String Quartet (1931), as the only major statement Khachaturian made in the extended chamber music idiom. It has a strong folk flavor and is relatively unsullied by populist, Soviet...
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