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Composer of the Week: Khachaturian: 3: Politics

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Khachaturian's first ballet was called "Happiness" and incorporated folk elements garnered on a trip to Armenia in 1939. Seemingly in line with the tenets of Socialist Realism, mining Armenian material became the composer's regular recourse - yet even here, politics proved never to be far away.

Ballet: Gayaneh (1942) (excerpts)
Vienna PO conducted by the Composer
Ode to Lenin (1948) Armenian PO, conductor Loris Tjeknavorian
Sonatina (1958) Murray McLachlan (piano)
Ode of Joy (1956) Goar Galachachian (mezzo), Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, conductor Alexander Melik-Pashayev

Contributors

Composer/Conductor:
Aram Khachaturian
Musicians:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Musicians:
Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Loris Tjeknavorian
Pianist:
Murray McLachlan
Mezzo:
Goar Galachachian
Musicians:
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Conductor:
Alexander Melik-Pashayev
Source: Radio Times

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