KHACHATURIAN : Masquerade Suite • KABALEVSKY : The Comedians (Kirill Kondrashin) (2003) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
1-5    Masquerade Suite    (18:02)

Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
6-15    The Comedians, Op. 26    (14:54)

Conductor – Kiril Kondrashin
Orchestra – RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

ARAM KHACHATURIAN : Solo Piano Works (Armen Bhabakanian) (2007) 4CD / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)

CD1
1-9    Symphonic Pictures For Piano Solo
(Arr. Armen Babakhanian)
10-13     Little Suite From Spartacus
(Arr. Armen Babakhanian)

CD2
1    Valse-Caprice In C-Sharp Minor (1926)    2:43
2    Toccata In E-Flat Minor (1932)    4:59
3-9    Seven Recitatives And Fugues (1966)

CD3    
1        Dance In G Minor For Piano (1926)    1:48
2        Poem In C-Sharp Minor For Piano (1927)    9:26
3-6        Sonata In E-Flat Major (1961)    

CD4
1-10    Children's Album, Book I, For Piano (1947)
11-19    Children's Album, Book II, For Piano (1964-65)
20-22    Sonatina In C Major (1958)

Piano – Armen Babakhanian

KHACHATURIAN • PENDERECKI : Cello Concertos (Astrig Siranossian) (2018) 24bits-96hz / FLAC (tracks), lossless

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
1-3    Cello Concerto In E Minor (1946)
Arranged By [For Flute] – Jean-Pierre Rampal

Krzysztof Penderecki
4-9    Cello Conceto No. 2 (1982)

Cello, Soloist – Astrig Siranossian
Conductor – Adam Klocek
Orchestra – Sinfonia Varsovia

KABALEVSKY • KHACHATURIAN • GLAZUNOV : Violin Concertos (David Oistrakh) (2003) MONO / FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
1-3    Violin Concerto In D Minor

Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)
4-6    Violin Concerto In A Minor, Op.8*

Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904-1987)    
7-9    Violin Concerto In C, Op.48**

Conductor – Gauk, Kondrashi*, Kabalevsky**
Orchestra – Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Violin – David Oistrach

IBERT • KHACHATURIAN : Flute Concertos (Emmanuel Pahud, David Zinman) (2003) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
1-3    Flute Concerto
Arranged By [For Flute] – Jean-Pierre Rampal

Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)
4 Pièces Pour Flûte Seule

Conductor – David Zinman
Flute – Emmanuel Pahud

KHACHATURIAN • ZAKARIAN • SHARAFYAN : Armenian Rhapsody (Chaushian, Topchjan) (2011) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Cellist Alexander Chaushian is a wonderful artist with excellent technique and musicianship, conveying a wide range of emotions and styles of music. The Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Eduard Topchjan is an excellent accompaniment to the cellist, equally capable of evoking many emotions through their technically solid and artistically superior musicianship. Arguably the most enjoyable work on the album is Khachaturian's Concerto-Rhapsody, with its lush orchestral beginning that gives way to a cello solo which is rather like, unusually, a cadenza at the beginning of the work. One hears a distinctly non-European tonality (somewhat like Indian classical music) with haunting melodies and a repeated, pleading motif throughout the work. It is emotionally stirring, and both the orchestra and soloist bring out strong dynamic and stylistic contrasts. The orchestra manages to play precisely, and yet the sound is still lyrical and smooth. Chaushian is as agile as a violinist, for he makes the cello seem effortless. Suren Zakarian's piece for cello and chamber orchestra is quite a contrast to Khachaturian's. From the beginning, with its long, tense, highly vibrated notes, the listener is unclear about the tonality. It's almost disconcerting, even after the orchestra enters. The orchestra plays a drone tone behind the cello, and sometimes this is quite a trial to hear. Zakarian is working with tone colors and moods, alternating passages where the cello is allowed to sing out (this is quite nice to hear), and low, murky, dark passages. This is no reflection on the musicians, but rather a comment on the accessibility of the piece. The same could be said for moments in Vache Sharafyan's Suite for cello and orchestra, where sometimes the cello line is so entwined with the orchestra in the first movement that it is hard to hear, and it can sound rather cacophonous. However, the second movement features light, ethereal strings and a liquid, singing cello, and the third movement, a Sarabande, allows the cello to become impassioned and then dramatically drops into silence. The final piece on the album, Krunk (Crane), is fascinating; it introduces the woodwind instrument called the duduk. The entrancing, mysterious beginning creates a sense of melancholy that pervades the work, and the three voices intertwine so smoothly, shimmering. So while some of the music may not be to everyone's taste, it is still a wonderful album with unquestionably excellent musicians showcasing the best of their culture. by V. Vasan  

Aram Khachaturian
1-3    Concerto-Rhapsody, For Cello And Orchestra (25:52)

Suren Zakarian
4    Monograph, For Cello And Chamber Orchestra (17:16)

Vache Sharafyan
5-8    Suite For Cello And Orchestra (22:24)

Komitas (Soghomon Gevorki Soghomonyan)
9    Krunk = Crane, For Duduk, Cello And Piano 5:25
Arranged By, Piano – Vache Sharafyan
Duduk – Emmanuel Hovhannisyan

KABALEVSKY : Cello Concerto Nr. 2 • KHACHATURIAN : Cello Concerto • RACHMANINOV : Vocalise (Ashkenazy, Lidström) (1996) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
1-5    Concerto No.2 for Cello and Orchestra, Op.7710:27

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
6-8    Concerto In E Minor For Cello And Orchestra (1946)

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
9    Vocalise, Op.34 No.14
(transcribed For Cello And Piano)

Cello – Mats Lidström
Conductor – Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra – Göteborgs Symfoniker

BORIS TCHAIKOVSKY : Symphony Nr. 2 • KHACHATURIAN : Ode To Lenin, Song-Poem, Sabre-Dance (1994) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Boris Tchaikovsky (1925–1996)
1-3    Symphony No. 2
Conductor – Kirill Kondrashin
Orchestra – Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
4    Ode In Memory Of Lenin
Orchestra – Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
5    Song-Poem For Violin And Piano
Piano – Naum Walter
Violin – Leonid Kogan
6    Sabre-Dance From Gayaneh
Piano – Mytnik
Violin – Leonid Kogan

KHACHATURIAN : Spartacus, Gayneh • GLAZUNOV : The Seasons Op. 67 (Khatchaturian, Ansermet) (2000) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
1-4    Spartacus - Excerpts
5-9    Gayaneh - Excerpts
Conductor – Aram Khatchaturian
Orchestra – Wiener Philharmoniker

Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)
10-13    The Seasons, Op.67
Conductor – Ernest Ansermet
Orchestra – L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romand

KHACHATURIAN : The Gayne Ballet (Loris Tjeknavorian) 2CD (1995) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist 1 :
The Gayaneh Ballet (Complete)*
1    Introduction And russian Dance    4:39
2    Dance Of The Young Kurds    3:50
3    Gathering Of The Cotton    4:51
4    Mountaineer's Dance    1:42
5    Dance Of Welcome    3:27
6    Gayaneh's Adagio    4:23
7    Noune's Variation    1:31
8    Dance Of THe Old Men An Carpet Weavers    3:50
9    Lullaby (Berceuse)    5:49
10    Ayshe's Awakening And Dance    6:48
11    The Embroidering Of The Carpets    4:24
12    Fire    5:09
13    Lezghinka 2:35
Percussion – Tristan Fry
14    Lyrical Duet 5:05
Cornet – John Wilbraham
15    Gayaneh And Ghiko    8:41
16    Armen's Variation    2:00
17    Scene 1:57
Bassoon – Martin Gratt
Violin – Sidney Sax
18    Gayaneh's Variation And Dance Finale 4:52
Harp – Marie Goossens
Tracklist 2 :
1    Introduction To Act IV 8:51*
Clarinet – Tom Kelly
Horn – James Brown
Oboe – David Theodore
2    Dance Of The Rose Maidens    2:09
3    Sabre Dance    2:22
4    Introduction And Dance Of the Elders    5:39
5    Gopak    3:03
6    Final Scene    1:47
Selections From "Spartacus"**   
7    Scene And Dance With Crotalums    4:24
8    Dance Of The Gaditanian Maidens And Victory Of Spartacus    6:26
9    Adagio Of Spartacus And Phrygia    9:53
10    Aegina's Variation And Bacchanale    3:15
11- 15 Masquerade Suite**   
16    Russian Fantasy   

Orchestra – National Philharmonic Orchestra*
The London Symphony Orchestra**
Conductor – Loris Tjeknavorian

KHACHATURIAN : Khachaturian Conducts Khachaturian 1 (2010) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)

1-4    Symphony No. 2 in E minor "The Bell Symphony"
5    Three fragments from the ballet Gayane,     
6    Adagio from the ballet Spartacus
7    Lezginka from the ballet Gayane      
Recorded live at the great Hall of Moscow
Conservatory on    02/15/1977

Orchestra - USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Condutor - Aram Khachaturian

KHACHATURIAN : Khachaturian Conducts Khachaturian 2 (2010) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)

1-3    Piano Concerto in D flat major*
4-6     Violin Concerto in D minor**

Orchestra - USSR State Symphony Orchestra*
Orchestra - Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra**
Condutor - Aram Khachaturian

PROKOFIEV : Scythian Suite; Lieutenant Kijé • KHACHATURIAN : Gayaneh (Hermann Scherchen) (2002) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953)

1-4    Scythian Suite, for orchestra, Op. 20 [21:10]
5-9    Lieutenant Kijé, film score and suite for orchestra, Op. 60 [21:29]
Orchestra – Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Condutor - Hermann Scherchen

Aram Khatchaturian (1859-1935)

10-15    Gayaneh [19:50]
Orchestra – Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Condutor - Hermann Scherchen

SIBELIUS, KHACHATURIAN : Violin Concertos (Krivine, Khachatryan) (2003) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)    
1-3    Violin Concerto In D Minor Opus 47

Aram Khatchaturian (1859-1935)
4-6    Violin Concerto In D Minor 1940

Orchestra – Sinfonia Varsovia
Conductor – Emmanuel Krivine
Violin – Sergey Khachatryan

NEMANJA RADULOVIC - Journey East (2014) FLAC (tracks), lossless

Serbian violinist Nemanja Radulovic, long flying hair and all, evokes the spirit and sound of the central European violinists of a hundred years ago. On this collection of pieces, mostly associated with Slavic lands (John Williams' Theme from Schindler's List makes a fascinating exception), he takes new chances, and they pay off big time. Radulovic has developed a vigorously rhythmic style that can build up a good deal of momentum in a piece like the opening Hungarian Dance No. 1 of Brahms, and he effectively alternates these with pieces that lay on the sentiment. What's new here is that Radulovic has reached out and gotten the music he needs from other genres, from unusual sources, and from a variety of ensembles. There are several arrangements by Yvan Cassar that make a wonderful effect. Sample the violin-and-small ensemble version of Khachaturian's Sabre Dance (track 4) for a bit of pure excitement that someone might have come up with in an old Viennese cafe in 1900, but probably not since then. Radulovic draws on some Serbian film soundtracks and on original compositions. He employs not only his usual backing group Les Trilles du Diable, but also a slightly larger string group called Double Sens and, on several tracks, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. The musicians back up Radulovic's fiery effects, and the result is perhaps the most colorful and exciting exotic violin recitals in many years. Bravo! by James Manheim
Tracklist :
Hungarian Dance
Composed By – Johannes Brahms
1    No. 1 in G minor    3:12
2    Songs My Mother Taught Me 3:17
Composed By – Antonín Dvořák
Swan Lake
Composed By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
3    Russian Dance    4:20
Gayaneh
Composed By – Aram Khatchaturian
4    Sabre Dance    2:56
5    Vatra Suze 3:16
Composed By – Sonia Kalajic
6    Pašona Kolo 2:42
Traditional
Masquerade
Composed By – Aram Khatchaturian
7    Nocturne    3:38
Gadfly Suite
Composed By – Dmitri Shostakovich
8    Romance    4:15
Love For Three Oranges Suite
Composed By – Sergei Prokofiev
9    March    1:34
10    Schindler's List: Theme 3:50
Composed By – John Williams
11    Niška Banja 2:20
Traditional
12    Petrijin Venac: Theme 4:18
Composed By – Zoran Simjanović
13    Ojo Je Muški Svet 4:19
Composed By – Dejan "Leopold" Sparavalo, Emir Kusturica
14    Csárdás 4:45
Composed By – Vittorio Monti
15    Zajdi, Zajdi, Jasno Sonce 5:37
Composed By – Aleksandar Sarijevski
Credits :
Cimbalom – Ludovit Kovac
Conductor – Michail Jurowski
Ensemble – Double Sens, Les Trilles Du Diable
Orchestra – Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Percussion – Nicolas Montazaud
Piano – Laure Favre-Kahn
Technician [Piano] – Vincent Guyon
Violin – Nemanja Radulović
Vocals – Ksenija Milošević

ZURICH ENSEMBLE - Scheherazade (2014) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Sergei Bortkiewicz    
Five Melodies From "A Thousand And One Nights" Op 37*

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov    
Scheherazade Op 35*

Aram Khachaturian
Trio For Clarinet, Violin And Piano (1932)

Cello – Pi-Chin Chien*
Clarinet – Fabio Di Càsola
Piano – Benjamin Engeli
Violin – Kamilla Schatz

MIKHAIL SIMONYAN - Two Soul (London Symphony Orchestra, Kristjan Järvi) (2011) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Two Souls. An ideal title for the debut recording album of a young violinist whose heritage draws from Armenian and American backgrounds. To highlight these two divergent cultural influences, violinist Mikhail Simonyan has chosen the violin concertos of Aram Khachaturian and Samuel Barber. The flamboyantly virtuosic Khachaturian concerto is punched out with authoritative bravura, gripping power of tone, and a musical excitement that keeps listeners rapt from start to finish. Making this particular recording even noteworthy is the new cadenza that Simonyan commissioned in an effort to highlight the distinctively Armenian musical idiom. Simonyan's heritage truly emerges throughout the hauntingly beautiful cadenza, contrasting marvelously with the concerto's many aggressive moments. Deutshe Grammophon's sound in this concerto appropriately highlights the edgy, gritty tone that Simonyan produces and is nicely balanced with the superb playing by the London Symphony Orchestra under Kristjan Järvi. This same close sound does not serve the Barber concerto quite as well. A bit more warmth and softness would have greatly helped the first and second movements. Simonyan makes the curious choice to tone down the frenetic nature of the Presto Finale, opting for a slower, more deliberate tempo that doesn't make for quite as exciting a finish as this talented young violinist is capable of. by Mike D. Brownell  

Aram Khatchaturian (1859-1935)

1-3    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

4-6     Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14
7    Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
 
Violin – Mikhail Simonyan
Conductor – Kristjan Järvi
Orchestra – London Symphony Orchestra

ARAM & KAREN KHACHATURIAN : Music for Violin and Piano (Kosemyan-Mnatsakanyan) (2018) FLAC (tracks), lossless

1-3    Violin Sonata In G Minor Op. 1
Karen Khachaturian
4    "Sabre Dance" From "Gayane" Ballet
Aram Khachaturian
Transcription By – J. Heifetx
5    "Dance"
Aram Khachaturian
6    "Lullaby" From "Gayane" Ballet
Aram Khachaturian
7    "Ayesha's Dance" From "Gayane" Ballet
Aram Khachaturian
Transcription By – J. Heifetz
8    "Song-Poem" (In Honor Of Ashugs)
Aram Khachaturian
Arranged By – R. Kosemyan
9    "Adagio" From "Spartacus" Ballet
Transcription By – H. Smbatyan
10    "Andante Sostenuto" From Violin Concerto
Aram Khachaturian

Piano – Natalya Mnatsakanyan
Violin – Ruben Kosemyan

JAMES GALWAY - James Galway plays Khachaturian (1985) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Aram Khatchaturian (1859-1935)

1-3    Concerto For Flute And Orchestra   
4    Spartacus: Adagio Of Spartacus And Phrygia*
5    Waltz From 'Masquerade'*   
6    Sabre Dance From 'Gayaneh'*   

Conductor – Myung-Whun Chung
Flute – James Galway
Orchestra – The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Transcription By [For Flute And Orchestra] – James Galway*

KHACHATURIAN : Film Music • Pepo, Undying Flame, Secret Mission, Admiral Ushakov, Prisoner No. 217 (Loris Tjeknavorian) (1997) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Aram Khatchaturian (1859-1935)

1-2    Pepo    
3-10    Undying Flame    
11-15    Secret Mission    
16-20    Admiral Ushakov    
21-24    Prisoner No. 217    

Conductor – Loris Tjeknavorian
Orchestra – Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra