Karamanuk: Choral and Orchestral Music
Vahan Makvetsyan (bass), Gegham Manukyan (tenor), Irina Zakian (soprano), Ruben Nurijanian (tenor), Nelli Enokyan (soprano), Hrachuhi Khumaryan (alto), Komitas Chamber Choir, Komitas State Conservatory Opera Studio Symphony Orchestra, Hovannes Mirzoyan (conductor)
Armenian composer Sirvart Kalpakian Karamanuk was born in Istanbul in 1912. She studied at the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory, graduating in 1939. Her first compositions, written in the 1940s, were for the piano. She gradually broadened her musical interests, composing numerous art songs, choral works, large-scale compositions for chorus and orchestra as well as chamber works and arrangements of liturgical chants. Like many composers of the Armenian diaspora, Karamanuk's creative concerns focus on maintaining a link with Armenian church music and folk song and absorbing the classical traditions of Armenian culture. In molding her own musical language, Karamanuk borrows from Armenian oral tradition. This recording of her songs includes a cantata and was the first large-scale setting of poems by Armenian poet Bedros Turian.
Track Listing
| Title | Composer | Performer |
|---|---|---|
| For the Girl in Love | Sirvart Karamanuk | Komitas Chamber Choir, Hovhannes Mirzoyan, conductor |
| Ani | Sirvart Karamanuk | Komitas Chamber Choir, Hovhannes Mirzoyan, conductor |
| You Don't Complain about the Tears | Sirvart Karamanuk | Komitas Chamber Choir, Hovhannes Mirzoyan, conductor |
| The Hard Year | Sirvart Karamanuk | Komitas Chamber Choir, Hovhannes Mirzoyan, conductor |
| The Song of Bedros Turian | Sirvart Karamanuk | Komitas Chamber Choir with the Opera Studio Symphony Orchestra, Hovhannes Mirzoyan, conductor |
| Love | Sirvart Karamanuk | Komitas Chamber Choir, Hovhannes Mirzoyan, conductor |
| Do Not Fear, Little Flock | Sirvart Karamanuk | Komitas Chamber Choir, Hovhannes Mirzoyan, conductor |
| Holy Keghart | Sirvart Karamanuk | Komitas Chamber Choir, Hovhannes Mirzoyan, conductor |
| My Heart Wide as the Sky | Sirvart Karamanuk | Komitas Chamber Choir, Hovhannes Mirzoyan, conductor |
| Harvesting | Sirvart Karamanuk | Komitas Chamber Choir, Hovhannes Mirzoyan, conductor |
| Achtamar | Sirvart Karamanuk | Komitas Chamber Choir with the Opera Studio Symphony Orchestra, Hovhannes Mirzoyan, conductor |
Reviews
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"Sirvart Karamanuk may have been born in Istambul...but her music wears her Armenian ancestry on its sleeve. ...her countreymen have been singing her melodies with pride for well over half a century. ...This is a program that goes beyond melody, harmony and choral technique. As you listen to Sirvart Karamanuk's music, a national souli s bared in the bargain."
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