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The Shoghaken Ensemble
Armenia Anthology
Album US 2002 on Traditional Crossroads label
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Many collections that feature the differing musics from a particular tradition fall far short of the mark inasmuch as they try to cram so many different styles into a package, it loses its focus. Not so here with the Shoghaken Ensemble, Armenia's premier interpreters of its heritage music. There are 19 selections here, each of which represents a significant body of Armenian folk music. The various songs here are part of a collection of over 30,000 songs gathered together and sought out since the 1880s beginning with the great cleric and musicologist Komitas. The nearly characteristic aspect of Armenian folk music is its striking amalgam of elements, from ancient Far Eastern chant-like phrasing to sometimes dizzying klezmer-like intricacies to haunting minor-key melodies and open, whole-toned modalism. The songs here range from lullabies for both babies and lovers, funeral songs, harvest melodies, ritual songs, courting love songs, poetic tales of immigration and exile -- virtually all stripes. This collection marks the signature of a people who know where their home is, no matter where they happen to live. These are the sounds of a people with great sorrow to be sure, given the massacres they have endured through even recent history, but they are also the sounds of a people determined that their history not be eradicated or disappear. Haunting, elegant, deeply spiritual, and moving.
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Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karabakhi Harsanekan Bar | The Shoghaken Ensemble | ||
| 2 | Janoy | The Shoghaken Ensemble | ||
| 3 | Im Khorodik Yar | The Shoghaken Ensemble | ||
| 4 | Shorora (Sheram) | The Shoghaken Ensemble | ||
| 5 | Karabakhi Horovel | The Shoghaken Ensemble | ||
| 6 | Kani Voor Jan Im (Sayat Nova) | The Shoghaken Ensemble | ||
| 7 | Khooti Gorani | The Shoghaken Ensemble | ||
| 8 | Ishkhanabar | The Shoghaken Ensemble | ||
| 9 | Sev Moot Amber | The Shoghaken Ensemble | ||
| 10 | Shiraki Harsanekan Bar | The Shoghaken Ensemble | ||
| 11 | Nazani (Sayat Nova) | The Shoghaken Ensemble | ||
| 12 | Mokats Mirza | The Shoghaken Ensemble | ||
| 13 | Khnotsu Yerk | The Shoghaken Ensemble | ||
| 14 | Mur Tan Itev | The Shoghaken Ensemble | ||
| 15 | Tamir Agha Bar | The Shoghaken Ensemble | ||
| 16 | Pootanya Ororotsayin | The Shoghaken Ensemble | ||
| 17 | Saren Gookayi (Sheram) | The Shoghaken Ensemble | ||
| 18 | Armenak Ghazariani Yerk | The Shoghaken Ensemble | ||
| 19 | Kicheri Bar | The Shoghaken Ensemble |
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