Richard A. Hagopian - Best of Armenian Folk Music
[EUCD1222]

CD Information • CD Title: Best of Armenian Folk Music • Artist(s): Richard A. Hagopian • CD Code: EUCD1222 • Tracks: 14 • Playing Time: 52:27 min • Booklet Info in: English, Spanish, French, German

Armenian scholars and priests wrote about instruments and music as early as 200 BC yet the descriptions of Armenian Music are ambiguous, mainly because of political and social changes which permeate Armenian history. The Armenians remained in their native land in eastern Anatolia but they became subjects of the Ottoman (Turkish), the Persian and the Russian empires, which greatly influenced their culture. The diversity of musical styles is significant and Richard Hagopian presents his own unique form of Armenian music.

Track Listing:

1. Bardezum - 3:40

2. Yarimo - 2:30

3. Sirdus Vura Kar Ma Ga - 3:46

4. Anush Yares Heratza - 2:29

5. Ghurgeet - Chant - - 4:14

6. Parov Yegar Siroon Yar - 4:15

7. Suzinak Saz-Semai - 4:37

8. Rast Taksim - 4:04

9. Rast Pesrev - 3:22

10. Naz Bar - 2:37

11. Candle Dance - 2:00

12. Agh Im Anush Yarus - 2:58

13. Huseyni Taksim - 6:52

14. Huseyni Saz-Semai - 5:03