Yulia Ayrapetyan - Songs - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Secrets of Armenia presents a selection of delightful piano works reflecting the dances and folk songs from everyday Armenian life. Performed by pianist Yulia Ayrapetyan, a specialist in the music of Armenia. Album Tracks 1. Christophor Kara-Murza (1853-1902) 2. Pot-Pourri Sur Des Airs Arméniens, Op. 11 (1885) 3. Marche Funèbre (1890) 4. Genary Korganov (1858-1890) 5. Bayati (1887) 6. Rhapsodie Arménienne, Op. 15 (1892) 7. Romanos Melikian (1883-1935) 8. Zmrukhti ('Emeralds') (1918) 9. No. 1 Black Partridge 10. No. 2 the Night Has Come 11. No. 3 the Infand and the Brook 12. No. 4 Don't Cry 13. No. 5 You Shine 14. No. 6 I Am a Nightingale 15. No. 7 Sprout 16. No. 8 Lullaby 17. Vard ('The Heathrose') (1912) 18. Ashun ('Autumn Song') (1912) 19. Sare Gyalin ('Red-Haired Bride') (1913)

An undiscovered continent opens up before us when we listen to the new GENUIN CD by clarinetist Yulia Drukh Virtuoso, dreamy, sonorous music composed exclusively for the solo clarinet is compiled here, punctuated by the young musician and poet's own verses. Except for the finale, a composition by the great sound magician Isaac Albeniz, the CD features works from the 20th and 21st centuries, including three pieces dedicated to Yulia Drukh. The artist covers a wide range of cultures the recorded works are inspired by the folklore of different regions, thus reflecting the power of music as a unifying universal language.

The internationally renowned pianist Yulianna Avdeeva presents Metanoia, a profound exploration of the late piano works of Franz Liszt, tracing his radical transformation from virtuoso to visionary. Liszt's late works mark a decisive break with traditional musical language and form, opening the door to 20th-century modernism through bold harmonic experimentation, compressed structures, and strikingly dissonant sonorities. Stripped of conventional melodic development, these brief but intense works convey deep existential reflection, touching on themes of faith, mortality, and the human condition. Initially met with resistance, they would later become a major influence on composers such as Bartok, Scriabin, Debussy, and Ravel.The album unfolds in reverse chronology, culminating in Liszt's Sonata in B Minor and Legende No. 2. The Sonata in B Minor stands as one of the most important works in the piano repertoire a single-movement structure of extraordinary dramatic and philosophical scope, where contrasting themes emerge, collide, and transform into a journey from darkness to transcendence. For Avdeeva, Liszt's music is never purely virtuosic, but an existential inquiry into the deepest aspects of human experience - light and darkness, faith and doubt, life and death - revealing a composer who continually expanded the possibilities of musical thought and expression.Yulianna Avdeeva returns to PENTATONE after a string of critically acclaimed releases her tag debut Resilience (2023), followed by Chopin Voyage (2024) and Shostakovich 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87 (2025). Together, these recordings have garnered international awards and widespread acclaim across the globe.