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GP673 7 47313 96732 2 ARAM IL’YICH KHACHATURIAN ORIGINAL PIANO WORKS AND TRANSCRIPTIONS Although Khachaturian is today renowned for his great ballet scores, his piano works have been relatively neglected. Performed by the award-winning Armenian pianist Kariné Poghosyan, this programme features arrangements of excerpts from two of Khachaturian’s most popular works, Spartacus and Masquerade, alongside the technically demanding Toccata and Poem from the earlier part of his career and the impressive 1961 Piano Sonata, one of the most formally classical of the composer’s larger works. KHACHATURIAN: ORIGINAL PIANO WORKS AND TRANSCRIPTIONS KHACHATURIAN: ORIGINAL PIANO WORKS AND TRANSCRIPTIONS 1 TOCCATA (1932) 04:37 2-3 2 PIECES (1926) 04:02 4 SPARTACUS – SUITE NO. 2: ADAGIO (ARR. MATTHEW CAMERON) * 09:07 5 POEM (1927) 07:00 6-8 PIANO SONATA (1961) 26:00 9-! MASQUERADE – SUITE (ARR. ALEXANDER DOLUKHANIAN) (EXCERPTS) (1944/1952) * 11:06 TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 61:57 KARINÉ POGHOSYAN GP673 GP673 ℗ & © 2015 HNH International Ltd. Manufactured in Germany. Unauthorised copying, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting of this recording is prohibited. Booklet notes in English, French and German. Distributed by Naxos. WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDINGS *

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ARAM IL’YICH KHACHATURIANORIGINAL PIANO WORKS AND TRANSCRIPTIONS

Although Khachaturian is today renowned for his great ballet scores, his piano works have been relatively neglected. Performed by the award-winning Armenian pianist Kariné Poghosyan, this programme features arrangements of excerpts from two of Khachaturian’s most popular works, Spartacus and Masquerade, alongside the technically demanding Toccata and Poem from the earlier part of his career and the impressive 1961 Piano Sonata, one of the most formally classical of the composer’s larger works.

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1 TOCCATA (1932) 04:37

2-3 2 PIECES (1926) 04:02

4 SPARTACUS – SUITE NO. 2: ADAGIO (ARR. MATTHEW CAMERON) * 09:07

5 POEM (1927) 07:00

6-8 PIANO SONATA (1961) 26:00

9-! MASQUERADE – SUITE (ARR. ALEXANDER DOLUKHANIAN) (EXCERPTS) (1944/1952) * 11:06

TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 61:57

KARINÉ POGHOSYAN

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℗ & © 2015 HNH International Ltd. Manufactured in Germany. Unauthorised copying, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting of this recording is prohibited. Booklet notes in English, French and German. Distributed by Naxos.

WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDINGS *