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Excerpt from the Opera Anush
This excerpt from Act I of the 1952 recording of the opera Anush features the chorus, “Ampi takitsۢ” (From Under the Cloud), sung by the village women. This standard recording of Armen Tigranyan’s operatic version of Hovhannes T‘umanyan‘s beloved poem Anush, published in 1892, was made in the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (S.S.R.), one of the fifteen federated republics of the Soviet Union, in 1952. It stars the legendary soprano Gohar Gasparyan as Anush and the chorus and orchestra of the Armenian State Theatre of Opera and Ballet of the Armenian S.S.R.
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Music of the Liturgy
This excerpt from the Armenian Apostolic Church liturgy is “Surb, Surb,” the Trisagion (“Holy, Holy, Holy”)’, an ancient hymn chanted as part of the liturgy at worship services. It comes from an album originally recorded in 1970 in commemoration of the centenary of the birth of composer Komitas Vardapet (1869–1935),whose version of the liturgy is one of two in use today. Komitas Vardapet is highly regarded for his musicological studies and his collection, transcription, and arrangement of Armenian folk music. This recording, under the artistic direction of the pianist Sahan Arzruni, includes performers Maro Ajemian, Lucine Amara, Cathy Berberian, Lili Chookasian, Alan Hovhaness, and the Camerata Singers.
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