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Isabel Bayrakdarian.(Sound Recording Review)
"AZULAO" Songs by Granados, Guastavino, Rodrigo, Obradors, de Falla, Montsalvatge, Villa-Lobos, Ovalle. Parker, piano, Cello Ensemble, Epperson, cello. Texts and translations. CBC records MVCD 1164 (Naxos, dist.)
So many recital discs seem to have been assembled by committees of deaf and disgruntled elves that an imaginatively conceived and well-crafted program, such as this one by Armenian-Canadian soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian, is a truly glorious gift. Twentieth-century songs from Spain, Argentina and Brazil are featured, in excellent and effective arrangements--by Peter Tiefenbach, Chris Paul Harman and Claude Kenneson--for various combinations of piano, solo cello (the excellent Bryan Epperson) and cello ensemble. Moods, tonalities and even recurring text motives serve to link the various pieces; when artists have such obvious rapport and aligned vision, an extraordinarily meaningful musical statement is the result.
Soprano Bayrakdarian's first CD--Joyous Light, a collection of Armenian liturgical music--led to some movie-soundtrack offers, and she recorded the four-note synthesized mood piece "Evenstar" for Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Although she can hold her own in the vast cavern of the ...
- Musical memory; Soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian finds a well of inspiration in her...
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Crory, Neil June 1, 2008 700+ words
...some of the world's greatest opera houses. Today, Isabel Bayrakdarian is a glamorous, confident young woman, the mother of...preserved in the moving documentary. A Long Journey Home: Isabel Bayrakdarian (Stormy Nights Productions DVD). "In the beginning...
- Singing in the fast lane: Isabel Bayrakdarian sets the same pace for her life...
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Hannon, Gerald June 22, 2002 700+ words
...stage. Cleopatra is not needed quite yet though, and Isabel Bayrakdarian--one of the fastest-rising young stars on the international...of one woman's private grief. Music has always drawn Isabel Bayrakdarian out of--and into--herself. One of her earliest...
- Soprano engineers career in opera - Fame sidetracks Isabel Bayrakdarian from...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Powers, Keith November 29, 2001 700+ words
...grueling events that can make or break a career. Soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian worked hard before and after the 1997 competition. But...showing more of Isabel. I owe so much to music." Soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian performs at Jordan Hall, Boston, tomorrow at 8 p.m...
- New productions/new roles: for her new CBC Records release, Isabel Bayrakdarian...
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Gooding, Wayne December 15, 2004 700+ words
...September 28, 2004. Fans, family and friends of soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian make their way to L'Atelier Grigorian record store in...twigged'.... How about a concert/CD featuring Isabel Bayrakdarian as Cleopatra? ... Apart from the musical interest in...
- Isabel Bayrakdarian. (Artists on Stage).(she sang the role of Susanna in Le...
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada So, Joseph March 22, 2003 700+ words
Soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian made successful house debuts as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro at the Paris Opera (Bastille) and as Catherine in A View from the...
- Isabel Bayrakdarian.(Awards and honors)
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada September 1, 2005 700+ words
SOPRANO ISABEL BAYRAKDARIAN WAS THE WINNER OF the $25,000 Virginia Parker Prize from the Canada Council. Music-lover Virginia Parker Moore established the prize in 1982 to reward an outstanding classical-music performer under the age of 32.
- Isabel Bayrakdarian.(Artists on Stage)
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Crory, Neil September 22, 2009 700+ words
When approached to sing at this year's Opera Canada Awards, the busy Canadian-Armenian soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian--an avid Opera Canada reader and supporter--expressed enormous regret, since October 15 (the day of this year's Rubies...
- Soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian's CBC recording, Cleopatra, won Best Classical...
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada So, Joseph June 22, 2005 700+ words
Soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian's CBC recording, Cleopatra, won Best Classical Album of the Year--Vocal or Choral Performance at the 2005 Juno Awards. This was the soprano's second consecutive Juno Award.