Aram Khachaturian; Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov - Orchestral Works (Loris Tjeknavorian)

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Composer: Aram Khachaturian; Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

• Khachaturian - Gayaneh, ballet suite
• Khachaturian - Masquerade, incidental music suite
• Khachaturian - Spartacus, ballet suite
• Ippolitov-Ivanov - Caucasian Sketches, suite No. 1, Op. 10

Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra

Loris Tjeknavorian, conductor

Date: 1993

Label: ASV

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Aram Khachaturian (6 June 1903 – 1 May 1978) was a Soviet Armenian composer and conductor. Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, he studied at the Gnessin Musical Institute and the Moscow Conservatory with Nikolai Myaskovsky, among others. As a young composer, he was influenced by contemporary Western music, particularly that of Maurice Ravel. In his Symphony No. 1 and later works, this influence was supplanted by a growing appreciation of folk traditions. His other works include Symphonies No. 2 & No. 3, the symphonic suite Masquerade, the ballet Spartacus, concertos, as well as film scores and incidental music.

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Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (19 November 1859 – 28 January 1935) was a Russian composer. Trained in St. Petersburg under Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, he later held prominent roles in Tiflis, Moscow and Tbilisi, including director of the Moscow Conservatory and conductor at the Bolshoi Theatre. His extended time in the Caucasus fostered a lasting interest in Georgian folk music, which influenced his orchestral works such as Caucasian Sketches, Armenian Rhapsody and Mtsyri. Although respected in his lifetime, most of his compositions, including seven operas, fell out of regular performance after the mid-20th century.

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Loris Tjeknavorian (born 13 October 1937) is an Iranian Armenian composer and conductor. Born in Boroujerd, Iran, to an Armenian‑immigrant family, he pursued advanced musical studies at the Vienna Academy of Music, the Salzburg Mozarteum with Carl Orff, and the University of Michigan. As a conductor, Tjeknavorian has toured extensively across Europe, the Americas and beyond, conducting leading orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra and the Vienna State Opera. His compositional output exceeds sixty works, including symphonies, operas, chamber music and ballet.

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