KAREN KHACHATURIAN (1920-2011): Violin Sonata in G Minor, Op. 1, ARAM KHACHATURIAN (1903-1987): Dance, Lullaby from Gayane, Andante sostenuto from Violin Concerto, Sabre Dance and Ayesha’s Dance from Gayane (both transcr. Jascha Heifetz [1901-1987]), Adagio from Spartacus (transcr. Henrik Smbatyan [b.1934]), Song-Poem (in Honor of Ashugs) (arr. Ruben Kosemyan [b.1973]).
Catalogue Number: 12U052
Label: Brilliant Classics
Reference: 95357
Format: CD
Price: $11.98
Description: Aram’s stuff you know; son Karen’s 1947 sonata is not far different, cast in a Romantic vein with a soulful slow movement and a dance-like finale full of potent rhythmic drive. Ruben Kosemyan (violin), Natalia Mnatsakanian (piano).
