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| SPOILER (Biography) |
Djivan Gasparyan is unquestionably one of Armenia’s greatest musicians, a living legend. He is the foremost virtuoso of the duduk, an ancient oboe-like instrument that is made of apricot wood and capable of sustaining drone notes for long periods of time. It is said that no other instrument is able to convey the emotions of the Armenian people as well as the duduk. In the hands of the master musician the duduk becomes the vehicle for haunting and meditative music that eloquently evokes the Armenian landscape and its people. Armenia’s most famous folk musician was born in 1928 in Solag, a village near the Armenian capital Yerevan. He began to play the duduk at the age of 6 gaining much of his knowledge by listening to the great masters. He won Gold Medals in four world-wide competitions organised by UNESCO in which he competed (1959, 1962, 1973 and 1980). He has the unique distinction of being the only musician to be given the honorary title of People’s Artist of Armenia in 1973. A professor at the Yerevan Conservatory, he has prepared over 70 duduk musicians for professional performance. He greatly enjoys teaching and it brings him joy to know that, through his efforts, the tradition of duduk playing will not be lost. |
| SPOILER (Release info) |
Djivan Gasparyan is both the best-known musician in Armenia and the greatest exponent of the duduk, the haunting and atmospheric apricot-wood oboe that was the preserve of local shepherds until he brought it to international concert halls. His music has been used in films from Gladiator to Dead Man Walking. Now, as Gasparyan prepares to celebrate his 80th birthday, comes a well-packaged two-CD retrospective covering his career since 1989, when Brian Eno and Peter Gabriel helped promote him in the west. What is most remarkable about this set is the sheer variety - Gasparyan plays with a flamenco guitarist, string orchestras, and a large Armenian ensemble. There's even an intriguing, drifting track in which he accompanies both the piano work of Michael Brook, and the extraordinary improvised singing of Pakistan's greatest Sufi Qawwali star, the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. But the finest tracks, some recorded only last year, feature him with minimal accompaniment and demonstrating the duduk's gently mournful charm. |
Disc: 1
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| 1. Machkal Es [The Ploughman] - Djivan Gasparyan Duo 2. Improvisation & Antsa Gnatsi [I'm Gone] - Djivan Gasparyan Duo 3. Hush My Heart - Djivan Gasparian, Andreas Vollenweider 4. Gisherva Pesh [Like a Dark Night] - Djivan Gasparian, Gogo Jangulian 5. Tama Askharh Ptut Eka [I Have Been All Over the World] - Djivan Gasparyan Quartet 6. Red - Jessie Cook, Djivan Gasparian 7. Naked Spirit - Djivan Gasparian, Sainkho Namtchylak 8. Ashkharums Akh Chim Kashi [I Will Not Be Sad] - Djivan Gasparyan Duo 9. Lamentum - Avedis String Orchestra, Djivan Gasparian 10. Komitas Suite: Tsirani Tsar [The Apricot Tree] - Duduk Quartet, , L.A. Classic Ensemble 11. Komitas Suite: Dle Yaman - Duduk Quartet, , L.A. Classic Ensemble 12. Komitas Suite: Yerkinkn Ampela [The Sky Is Cloudy] - Duduk Quartet, , L.A. Classic Ensemble 13. Elephant Pond - Michael Brook, Djivan Gasparian, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan |
Disc: 2
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| 1. Surb im Sasani [My Holy Sasani] - Djivan Gasparian 2. Kapuit Manushak [Blue Violet] - Julia Conigham, Djivan Gasparian 3. Sari Gallin/Sari Aghchick [The Blond Bride] - Hossein Alizâdeh, Djivan Gasparian 4. Holy of Holies - Avedis String Orchestra, Djivan Gasparian 5. Nazani [Don't Be So Coy] - Djivan Gasparyan Trio 6. Take My Heart - Michael Brook, Djivan Gasparian 7. Menak Champord Em [The Lonely Wanderer] - Djivan Gasparyan Trio 8. Dönüs Yolu [The Way Back] - Djivan Gasparian, Erkan Ogur 9. Shepherd's Song - Djivan Gasparian, Hovvakan Trio 10. Armenian Suite: Kucha-Kucha Man Yeka/Eshkemet/Sari Lala/Siretsi Yars Ta - Armenian All Star Ensemble, Djivan Gasparian 11. Amen Hair Surb [All Fathers Are Holy] - Duduk Quartet, , Djivan Gasparian |
| SPOILER (logs) |
Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009 EAC extraction logfile from 29. 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