Songs From A World Apart - Levon Minassian

As soon as I heard the first song from this album, I immediately said to myself it is surely 'that fellow' (Djivan Gasparian) who plays the duduk so masterfully in the soundtrack of 'Gladiator'. I have listened to this soundtrack literally hundreds of times, the powerful music of that living genius Hans Zimmer. I heard the same poignant notes of suffering and courage. I immediately bought the album with total confidence, unheard. Well, in fact it ...
...it is all the same, for I discovered that Minassian was a student of Gasparian, and I find that the student has become the master. Words are inadequate for describing any music, since music has a direct electrical contact to the soul, whereas words are filtered and interpreted by the mind. Yet I will try to describe the indescribable. Hearing each song for the first time, our bruised and blistered soul seems to recognise an old refrain and flows ...

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Music that's heal your very soul, music that's translate your longing for....... translate your hope's, sadness, melancholia and your wish to be in the hands of God. If you see the booklet within the cd you can tell were mister Lévon has learned this sound, happyness and joy to create music like this. I like to live in that land listening to this beautiful, very beautiful music. Thanks for people like Lévon who understands what real music is!! Loes Grootveld, the Netherlands ...

elvirian 01.12.2007
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