Today I wanted to share with you two wonderful short pieces from Children’s Album No. 1, “Pictures of Childhood,” by Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978), a Soviet Armenian composer who was born in Tbilisi, Georgia.
“Andantino, Ivan Sings”
This is a very rare video, in which the composer plays his own music
Here, Lang Lang plays the same piece:
Here’s a version by Alexandre Tharaud:
“No. 5, Etude” – I love its jazziness
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