Name: Music of Armenia, Vol. 4: Kanon/Traditional Zither Music
Brand: Celestial Harmonies
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Music of Armenia, Vol. 4

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Album: Music of Armenia, Vol. 4: Kanon/Traditional Zither Music
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Nazani
2)	Vardani Mor Voghp
3)	Horovel
4)	Shalakho
5)	Sonat-Taghashar
6)	Chinar Es
7)	Trapizontsineri Par
8)	Unabi / Marali / Shushiki
9)	Kez, Ov Peso
10)	Improvisation
11)	Eshkhemed
12)	Tsirani Tsar
13)	Dun En Glkhen / Kamantcha
14)	Lorva Shoror / Arag Par
15)	Tokat
16)	Otar-Amai Champeki Vra
17)	Tagh
18)	Krunk
19)	Erzerumi Shoror

Album: Music of Armenia, Vol. 4: Kanon/Traditional Zither Music
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Nazani
2)	Vardani Mor Voghp
3)	Horovel
4)	Shalakho
5)	Sonat-Taghashar
6)	Chinar Es
7)	Trapizontsineri Par
8)	Unabi / Marali / Shushiki
9)	Kez, Ov Peso
10)	Improvisation
11)	Eshkhemed
12)	Tsirani Tsar
13)	Dun En Glkhen / Kamantcha
14)	Lorva Shoror / Arag Par
15)	Tokat
16)	Otar-Amai Champeki Vra
17)	Tagh
18)	Krunk
19)	Erzerumi Shoror

Performer Notes

On this volume of Celestial Harmonies' series of Armenian music, Karineh Hovhanessian, one of the premier zither players in Armenia, performs a number of traditional works on the kanon. The kanon is the semi-classical zither of Armenia, similar to a psaltery. The works encompassed on this album lie somewhere between classical works and folk songs, though they are all solely instrumental. This is what the kanon is now used for: a mixture of traditions in a country left behind by much of the rest of the world. The playing is intricate by any measure, and generally well backed by the accompaniment. Hovhanessian is one of the contemporary masters from the country, and her speed and complexity of playing herein show why she is regarded as such. Pick up this album for a short peek into one aspect of the musical culture of Armenia. ~ Adam Greenberg