Charlene Farrugia - Aram Il'yich Khachaturian: Recitatives and Fugues, Children's Albums I and II

Khachaturian was considered the �mouthpiece of the entire Soviet Orient� and remains the most renowned of 20th-century Armenian composers. His unmistakable style came with an urge to invent new forms that reconciled Western practice with Eastern idiom. His �apprentice� Fugues were revised and enriched with Recitatives that conjure the colourful voices of Khachaturian�s childhood in Tbilisi. Refreshingly original, amusing and provocative, the Children�s Albums belong to a tradition that reaches back to Bach, Schumann and Tchaikovsky.