Elmas: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2 Mikael Ayrapetyan

• Stephan Elmas (1862 - 1937): 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan):
• 1 Elmas: 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan): No. 1 in F-Sharp Major 01:53
• 2 Elmas: 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan): No. 2 in E-Flat Major 03:25
• 3 Elmas: 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan): No. 3 in B-Flat Major 02:56
• 4 Elmas: 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan): No. 4 in E Major 02:45
• 5 Elmas: 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan): No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor 02:12
• 6 Elmas: 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan): No. 6 in D Minor 03:18
• 7 Elmas: 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan): No. 7 in E Minor 01:57
• 8 Elmas: 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan): No. 8 in D Major 03:20
• 9 Elmas: 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan): No. 9 in D Minor 02:57
• 10 Elmas: 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan): No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor 01:55
• 11 Elmas: 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan): No. 11 in B-Flat Minor 02:46
• 12 Elmas: 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan): No. 12 in A-Flat Major 01:35
• 13 Elmas: 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan): No. 13 in B-Flat Minor 01:47
• 14 Elmas: 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan): No. 14 in A Minor 02:06
• 15 Elmas: 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan): No. 15 in G Minor 01:37
• 16 Elmas: 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan): No. 16 in C Minor 01:57
• 17 Elmas: 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan): No. 17 in D-Flat Major 04:17
• 18 Elmas: 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan): No. 18 in D Minor 03:15
• 19 Elmas: 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan): No. 19 in B Minor 03:15
• 20 Elmas: 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan): No. 20 in E Minor 03:43
• 21 Elmas: 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan): No. 21 in F Major 03:24
• 22 Elmas: 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan): No. 22 in B-Flat Major 03:24
• 23 Elmas: 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan): No. 23 in A Major 02:09
• 24 Elmas: 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan): No. 24 in B-Flat Major 03:45
• 25 Elmas: 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan): No. 25 in A Major 03:16
• 26 Elmas: 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan): No. 26 in F Major 02:48
• 27 Elmas: 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan): No. 27 in B Major 02:36
• Total Runtime 01:14:18

Info for Elmas: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2

A child prodigy, Stephan Elmas met Franz Liszt and made his acclaimed Viennese performing debut in 1885. Like Chopin, Elmas combined the character of folk-music dance forms to create sophisticated and deeply personal statements, and his Mazurkas are musical poems and paintings in which depictions of everyday scenes are combined with soulful lyricism. This world premiere recording by Armenian music specialist Mikael Ayrapetyan provides ample evidence of the great contribution Elmas’s Mazurkas make to the piano repertoire and to the musical heritage of Armenia and beyond.

Mikael Ayrapetyan, piano

Mikael Ayrapetyan
was born in 1984 in Yerevan, Armenia, where he had his early schooling. His repertoire ranges from the baroque to the contemporary and includes rarely performed works of Armenian composers whose music had not until then been performed. He is actively engaged in the popularisation of Armenian classical music, organising concerts in major concert-halls of the world, and acting as producer, artistic director and pianist for these performances.

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