Aram Khachaturyan : Gayaneh (Complete Ballet) (2 CD) - 1999
EAC Rip | APE tracks (No Cue+No Log) from the Original Waves files | 20th Century Music | Ballet Music | Orchestral Music | 765 MB | Complete Booklet Scans in English, German, French| Front Cover | 145 minutes | Back Cover b/w | FileServe.com
USSR RTV Large Symphony Orchestra, Djansug Kakhidze, conductor.
Aram Khachaturyan : Artistic Supervisor
Original publication: Melodiya, 1978; this edition: BMG Classics, 1999.
APE tracks (No Cue+No Log) - 765 MB in 4 parts - FileServe ; full booklet in English, German, French
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Composed originally with the actual title of "Gayaneh" in 1942, but the ballet is largely based on the previous 1939 ballet "Happiness". This recording is based on the 1957 revised version.
The Full Orchestral Score of the 1957 revision is available on the
Aram Khachaturyan Collected Works in 24 volumes, vol.7-8-9, State Publishers "Muzyka", Moscow 1988
The recording was published on Melodiya in 1978 and later re-issued by BMG Entertainment in 1999. It features a stirring performance by the USSR RTV Large Symphony Orchestra, Djansug Kakhidze conducting. The Act I "Lezhginka" here receives an extraordinary performance, with rhythmic complexity totally absent from all other recordings, even the Lazarov.
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Track List:
Cd 1 (27 tracks; 75'31"):
[1] Prelude (Tempo di marcia)
Prologue (Friendship)
[2]1.Chase (Allegro)
[3] 2.Dance of the Friends [Armen and Georgi] (Allegro)
[4] 3.Approaching Storm (Allegro)
[5] 4.Storm (Allegro con calore - Allegro vivace - Maestoso sostenuto)
Act I - Scene 1 (Spring)
[6] 5. Scene of Embroidering of a Rug [Gayaneh and Maidens] (Allegro)
[7] 6.Lezghinka [Dance of the Boys] (Allegro vivace)
[8] 7.Uzundara [Dance of Nuneh and the Maidens] (Allegretto)
[9] 8.Gayaneh's Dance (Moderato)
[10] 9.Awaiting the Hunters (Allegro - Andante)
[11] 10.Duet Gayaneh-Armen (Andante)
Scene 2 (Recovery)
[12] 11.Musical Entr'acte (Allegro)
[13] 12.Ayesha's Recovery [Dance of Gayaneh, Nuneh and Ayesha] (Andante - Allegro)
[14] 13.Scene and Duet Ayesha-Georgi (Andante - Appassionato - Andante)
[15] 14.Ayesha's Dance (Allegro molto)
[16] 15.Scene Ayesha-Armen (Allegro giocoso - Lento - Allegretto giocoso - Andante)
Act II - Scene 3 (Jealousy)
[17] 16.Karen's Trail (Tempo di marcia)
[18] 17.Maiden's Dance (Allegro)
[19] 18.Dance of Armen and Georgi (Moderato)
[20] 19.Dance of Nuneh and Karen (Allegro ma non troppo)
[21] 20.Scene and Common Dance (Moderato - Andantino)
[22] 21.Quarrel of Georgi and Armen (Allegretto - Allegro)
[23] 22.March (Allegro)
[24] 23.Scene Ayesha-Gayaneh (Andante)
Scene 4 (Crime)
[25] 24.Scene in the Mountains (Andante sostenuto - Moderato)
[26] 25.Armen's Song (Tempo di marcia)
[27] 26.Armen's Accident (Allegro agitato - Andante - Moderato - Allegro - Andante)
Cd 2 (24 tracks, 67'19"):
Scene 5 (Love)
[1] 27.Gayaneh's Scene [Awaiting Armen] (Moderato)
[2] 28.Gayaneh's Dance (Allegro sostenuto)
[3] 29.Blind Armen (Andante)
[4] 30.Scene Gayaneh-Armen (Poco più mosso)
[5] 31.Love Duet Gayaneh-Armen (Andantino - Andante)
[6] 32.Scene Georgi-Armen (Allegro moderato)
[7] 33.Georgi's Monologue (Andante - Moderato - Andante)
Act III - Scene 6
[8] 34.Village in the Mountains (Andante sostenuto)
[9] 35.Ayesha's Monologue [Memory of Georgi) (Allegro)
[10] 36.Highlanders' Dance (Allegro)
[11] 37.Young Highlanders' Dance (Andante - Allegretto - Allegro vivace)
[12] 38.Ayesha's Solitude (Allegro)
[13] 39.Georgi's Scene. Duet Ayesha-Georgi (Molto espressivo - Andantino - Appassionato)
[14] 40.Georgi's Departure (Allegro)
Scene 7 (Expiation)
[15] 41.Harvest Festival (Allegro)
[16] 42.Shalokho [Men's Dance] (Allegro)
[17] 43.Nuneh's Dance (Allegro vivo)
[18] 44.Maidens' Dance with Tambourines (Allegretto)
[19] 45.Hunters' Arrival and Scene with Karen (Allegro)
[20] 46.Armen Recovers his Sight (Moderato)
[21] 47.Duet Gayaneh-Armen (Andante)
[22] 48.Sabre Dance (Presto)
[23] 49.Common Dance [Waltz] (Allegro)
[24] 50.Finale [Georgi's Confession] (Allegro - Presto - Meno Mosso - Andante)
Total Duration: 144' 50"
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