David Haroutunian & Xénia Mali-Khachaturian The Dancing Violin (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

A meeting between violinist David Haroutunian and Karen Khachaturian, son of the legendary composer Aram Khachaturian, inspired this new recording. Following their encounter in Paris at a concert marking the 40th anniversary of Aram Khachaturian's passing, Karen entrusted David with the score of an unpublished sonata for violin and piano, written by his father in the early 1930s. Avant-garde in style and structured in two unique movements, the sonata stands as a remarkable masterpiece, both profound and accessible to a wide audience. "My discovery of this sonata sparked an intense desire to record all of Khachaturian's works for violin, as no such comprehensive recording, to my knowledge, exists," David explains. Together with pianist Xenia Maliarevitch, he set out to capture not only Khachaturian's original compositions for solo violin and violin-piano duo but also selected arrangements of his most iconic works, including excerpts from Gayaneh and the Sabre Dance arranged by Jascha Heifetz. This album also features a previously unrecorded Dance from 1925, adding to the rich legacy of Khachaturian's music.

TRACKLIST

1. David Haroutunian & Xénia Maliarevitch - Khachaturian: Song-Poem in Honor of Ashoughs
2. David Haroutunian & Xénia Maliarevitch - Khachaturian: Dance No. 1
3. David Haroutunian & Xénia Maliarevitch - Khachaturian: Sonata for Violin and Piano: I. Lento. Rubato ed espressivo
4. David Haroutunian & Xénia Maliarevitch - Khachaturian: Sonata for Violin and Piano: II. Allegro ma non troppo - Lento - Tempo I - Cadenza - In tempo - Presto
5. David Haroutunian & Xénia Maliarevitch - Khachaturian: Gayaneh Suite No. 3: IV. Adagio for Solo Violin (Arr. for Solo Violin by Abram Yampolsky and David Haroutunian)
6. David Haroutunian & Xénia Maliarevitch - Khachaturian: Gayaneh Suite No. 1: III. Aisha’s Dance (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Jascha Heifetz)
7. David Haroutunian & Xénia Maliarevitch - Khachaturian: Dance for Violin and Piano in B-Flat Major
8. David Haroutunian & Xénia Maliarevitch - Khachaturian: Sonata-Monologue for Solo Violin: I. Allegro non Troppo
9. David Haroutunian & Xénia Maliarevitch - Khachaturian: Sonata-Monologue for Solo Violin: II. Allegro agitato
10. David Haroutunian & Xénia Maliarevitch - Khachaturian: Sonata-Monologue for Solo Violin: III. Allegro mosso
11. David Haroutunian & Xénia Maliarevitch - Khachaturian: Gayaneh Suite No. 3: V. Sabre Dance (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Jascha Heifetz)
12. David Haroutunian & Xénia Maliarevitch - Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite: IV. Nocturne



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