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Sunday, February 8, 2026

Stéphan Elmas - Piano Concerto No. 3 (Armen Babakhanian)


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Composer: Stéphan Elmas
  1. Piano Concerto No. 3: I. Allegro moderato
  2. Piano Concerto No. 3: II. Adagio non troppo
  3. Piano Concerto No. 3: III. Vivace
  4. Barcarolle
  5. Mazurka No. 1
  6. Mazurka No. 2
  7. Mazurka No. 3

Armen Babakhanian, piano
Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra
Alexandre Siranossian, piano

Date: 2000
Label: Stephan Elmas Foundation

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Stéphan Elmas - Piano Concerto No. 2 (Armen Babakhanian)


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Composer: Stéphan Elmas
  1. Piano Concerto No. 2: I. Allegro appasionato
  2. Piano Concerto No. 2: II. Andante
  3. Piano Concerto No. 2: III. Allegro
  4. Mazurka No. 17 in D flat major
  5. Mazurka No. 15 in G minor
  6. Mazurka No. 23 in A major
  7. Mazurka No. 14 in A minor

Armen Babakhanian, piano
Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra
Alexandre Siranossian, conductor

Date: 2004
Label: Stephan Elmas Foundation

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Stéphan Elmas - Piano Concerto No. 1 (Armen Babakhanian)


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Composer: Stéphan Elmas
  1. Piano Concerto No. 1: I. Allegro maestoso
  2. Piano Concerto No. 1: II. Largetto
  3. Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Allegro animato
  4. Valse No. 1
  5. Valse No. 4
  6. Grande Valse No. 5
  7. Mazuka No. 4
  8. Scherzo No. 1
  9. Polonaise No. 4

Armen Babakhanian, piano
Yerevan International Festival Symphony Orchestra
Alexandre Siranossian, conductor
Lusine Hakobyan, piano

Date: 2005
Label: Stephan Elmas Foundation

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Saturday, February 7, 2026

Various Composers - Echoes (Tine Thing Helseth)


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  • Alexander Arutiunian - Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra
  • Krzysztof Penderecki - Concertino per tromba e orchestra
  • Alexander Arutiunian - Theme and Variations
  • Mieczysław Weinberg - Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra, Op. 94

Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Petr Popelka, conductor

Date: 2025
Label: LAWO Classics

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Various Composers - Seraph (Alison Balsom)


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  • James MacMillan - Seraph for trumpet & string orchestra
  • Toru Takemitsu - Paths for solo trumpet
  • Alexander Arutiunian - Trumpet Concerto in A flat
  • Nobody knows (Negro spiritual, arr. Tom Poster & Alison Balsom)
  • Bernd Alois Zimmermann - Trumpet Concerto 'Nobody knows de trouble I see'

Alison Balsom, trumpet
Scottish Ensemble
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Lawrence Renes, conductor

Date: 2012
Label: EMI / Warner Classics

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Friday, February 6, 2026

Alexander Arutiunian - Complete Piano Works (Hayk Melikyan)


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Composer: Alexander Arutiunian
  • Armenian Dance
  • Pastoral 
  • Theme and Variations
  • 3 Preludes
  • Prelude-Poem
  • Polyphonic Sonata
  • Humoresque
  • 3 Musical Pictures
  • Sonatina
  • 6 Moods
  • Album for Children

Hayk Melikyan, piano
Date: 2017
Label: Grand Piano

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Alexander Arutiunian - Chamber Compositions (Various Artists)


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Composer: Alexander Arutiunian
  1. Poem-Sonata for violin & piano
  2. Retro Sonata for viola & piano
  3. Poem for cello & piano
  4. Suite for violin, clarinet & piano

Edgar Oganesyan, violin
Alexander Kosemian, viola
Medeya Abramyan, cello
Alexander Arutiunian, piano
Verdehr Trio

Date: 2002
Label: Alexander Arutiunian

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Alexander Arutiunian - Orchestral Compositions (Various Artists)


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Composer: Alexander Arutiunian
  • Symphony for big orchestra
  • Festive Overture for orchestra
  • Concerto for violin & string orchestra 'Armenia-88'

All-Union Radio Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev & Rafael Mangasarian, conductor

Ilya Grubert, violin
Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Constantine Orbelian, conductor

Date: 2000
Label: Alexander Arutiunian

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Alexander Arutiunian - Violin & Piano Concertos; Sinfonietta (Various Artists)


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Composer: Alexander Arutiunian
  • Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
  • Sinfonietta
  • Concertino for Piano and Orchestra

Ilya Grubert, violin
Narine Arutiunian, piano
Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Constantine Orbelian, conductor

Date: 1997
Label: Chandos

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Thursday, February 5, 2026

Arno Babajanian - Violin Sonata; Piano Trio (Ruhadze; Den Herder; Stahievitch)


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Composer: Arno Babajanian
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano in B-Flat Minor
  • Elegy for Piano Solo
  • Piano Trio in F-Sharp Minor

Igor Ruhadze, violin
Jeroen den Herder, cello
Vital Stahievitch, piano

Date: 2025
Label: Brilliant Classics

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Arno Babajanian - Complete Original Works for Piano Solo (Hayk Melikyan)


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Composer: Arno Babajanian
  • Polyphonic Sonata
  • Six Pictures
  • Melody and Humoresque
  • Elegy
  • Reflection
  • Prelude
  • Vagharshapat Dance
  • Impromptu, 'Exprompt'
  • Capriccio
  • Poem

Hayk Melikyan, piano
Date: 2014
Label: Grand Piano

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Loris Tjeknavorian; Arno Babajanian - Piano Concertos (Armen Babakhanian)


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Composer: Loris Tjeknavorian; Arno Babajanian
  • Tjeknavorian - Piano Concerto, Op. 4
  • Babajanian - Heroic Ballade
  • Babajanian - Nocturne

Armen Babakhanian, piano
Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra
Loris Tjeknavorian, conductor

Date: 1998
Label: ASV

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Loris Tjeknavorian; Jean Sibelius - Violin Concertos (Emmanuel Tjeknavorian)


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Composer: Loris Tjeknavorian; Jean Sibelius; Komitas Vardapet
  • Tjeknavorian - Violin Concerto, Op. 1
  • Sibelius - Violin Concerto, Op. 47
  • Komitas - Krunk (Encore)

Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, violin
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Pablo González, conductor

Date: 2020
Label: Berlin Classics

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Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Komitas Vardapet - Folk Songs (Hasmik Torosyan; Giulio Zappa)


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Composer: Komitas Vardapet

CD1
  1. The Sky is Cloudy
  2. Bring Coolness
  3. This Water Stream
  4. Apricot Tree
  5. Water Streams Down the Upper Hill
  6. Oh, Lovely Deer
  7. Zulo
  8. Dear Shogher
  9. I Am a Girl
  10. Walking, Shining
  11. Partridge Song
  12. I Took the Jug
  13. Maro is Standing
  14. Le Le Yaman
  15. Oror (Lullaby)
CD2
  1. The Quail
  2. Walk, Walk
  3. Antouni
  4. It's Spring
  5. I Was Coming from the Mountain
  6. I Can't Sing and Dance
  7. What, What?
  8. You Are a Plane Tree
  9. Hey Nazan
  10. The Crane
  11. Rest, My Baby
  12. Call, Crane
  13. Spring
  14. Alagyaz
  15. Incense Tree

Hasmik Torosyan, soprano
Giulio Zappa, piano

Date: 2025
Label: Prima Classic

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Komitas Vardapet - Songs arranged for piano by Villy Sargsyan (Yulia Ayrapetyan)


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Composer: Komitas Vardapet, arr. Villy Sargsyan
  1. Chinar es, keṙanal mi
  2. Kuzhn aṙa
  3. Akh, Maral djanfor Piano)
  4. Antuni
  5. Shogher djan
  6. Kak'avi erg
  7. Kanche, kṙunk
  8. Es saren kugayi
  9. Erkink'n ampel ē
  10. Dsirani dsaṙ
  11. Garun a
  12. Hov arek'
  13. K'ele, k'ele
  14. Hoy, Nazan
  15. Dsedseṙnak
  16. Le, le yaman
  17. Kṙunk
  18. Mani asem
  19. Dsaghik asem
  20. Matnik'e matovs chēr
  21. Al dzin naln inch kane
  22. Alagyaz (Sarn ampel a) [3rd Setting]
  23. Khnki dsaṙ
  24. Chem kṙna khagha
  25. Maron a kayne
  26. Orôr
  27. Ampel a kamar-kamar
  28. Lorik
  29. Habrban
  30. Alagyaz (Bardzr sarin)
  31. Garun
  32. K'eler, tsoler
  33. Zulo
  34. Zinch u zinch
  35. Al aylukhs

Yulia Ayrapetyan, piano
Date: 2022
Label: Grand Piano

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