CD, стоящие на полке рядом : World Music (Armenia)      

CD1

Tracks 1-17 recorded in Los Angeles, 1991 Produced by Movses Panossian

Tracks 9-17 second doudouk by Vachagan Avakian; dhol Haroutyoun Garabedian

Recorded in Yerevan, Armenia

CD2

Produced and edited by Harold G. Hagopian. Recording Engineer Vrnce Caro. Assistant Engineer Jovan Djordjevic. Recorded at Kampo Studios

Frorn the soul of his homeland, Gasparian's magical sounds of the Doudouk find their way into hearts and souls of music lovers the world over. Often reffered to as the master of the Doudouk, Gasparian's music introduces 4000 years of Armenian culture and heritage to a new generation. His Arrangement and rhythms take the listener away to an imaginary realm, while instilling the ancient spirit of the Armenian people.

For Armenian throughout the world, Gasparian is the autority on Doudouk. His recent collobrations with artists like Peter Gabriel, Michael Brook and Boris Grebenstchikov, have earned him critical acclaim and praise, and through him, have brough the Armenian traditional Doudouk to the forefront of world music.

Djivan Gasparyan was born in Solag, a village just outside the capital city of Yerevan, Armenia. He began teaching himself the duduk at age six, gaining much of his knowledge by listening to the old masters. In 1948, he joined the Tatool Altounian National Song and Dance Ensemble and also had his first professional engagement as soloist with the Yerevan Philharmonic Orchestra. Gasparyan's duduk repertoire is primarily comprised or traditional Aramenian folk songs though he has composed original songs based on the poetry of Vahan Derian. Gasparyan's other accomplishments include four Gold Medals awarded to him in the world-wide competitions organized by UNESCO. He has toured extensively throughout Europe and Asia, the Middle East and the United States. In addition, Gasparyan is the only musician to he given the honorary title of People's Artist of Armenia which he received in 1973 from the Armenian Government. Gasparyan's exposure to western audiences escalated alter the film sound-track or Peter Gabriel's The Last Temptation of Christ incorporated the duduk with classical-rock musical idioms. Ssince then, Gasparyan has provided the duduk soundtrack for the movie, The Russian House, and for the cable television production, Storm and Sorrow. In addition, Gasparyan has performed with the Kronos quartet, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, and in concerts sponsored by the World Music Institute in New York City. He is presented here performing Armenian folk songs and melodies from Armenia's ancient Pagan and Christian traditions, the duduk is a cylindrical wooden flute or Armenia. Western scholars trace its existence back 1500 years though Soviet Armenian musicologists have round evidence dating the instrument as far back as 1200 BC. It's range is only one octave, however, it requires considerable skill to play, its dynamics controlled by constantly adjusting me lips and fingers. It has eight ringer holes and one thumb hole. In Armenia, me duduk is always made of apricot root and is built in three sizes. The smallest is 28 cm long with, a reed 9 cm long: me medium sized model is about 33 cm with a 12 cm. reed: and me largest measures 40 cm with a 14 cm reed. The tuning is basically untempered and diatonic, though chromatic notes may be obtained by partially covering the linger boles. The instrument requires a specific type of double reed categorized as a split or slit-tube reed. In Armenian, the cane used to make the duduk reed is referred to as "ramish" or "yegheg".