Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy / Komitas: Music in Time of War (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:21:00 minutes | 2,16 GB | Genre: Classical
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Music in Time of War, the new double-album from pianist Kirill Gerstein, places the music of Komitas, pioneer of ethnomusi- cology and founder of the Armenian national school of music, alongside that of Claude Debussy, a seminal composer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries who held a deep admiration of Komitas’s music. Both composers were profoundly affected by the implosion of their worlds – Komitas by the Armenian Genocide, Debussy by the First World War – and their music reflects a close emotional alignment. Music in Time of War grew from Gerstein’s fascination with music’s power to reflect a narrative. The project will be released as a double CD album and will be accompanied by a hardcover book containing a series of illustrations and detailed essays in three languages commissioned by the pianist.
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