Composed to mark the centenary of the genocide of 1915, the Armenian Requiem is a large-scale sacred work structured around the liturgical chants encountered in requiem services appended to the traditional Armenian Mass. It is written in a form that, uniquely for the music of the country, is not based wholly on the model of the Latin Mass. Instead, taking the precedent of Britten’s War Requiem, Ian Krouse embeds poems as interludes, and his work—a poignant meditation on loss couched in a marriage of Western and Armenian forms—offers both conciliation and hope.
Tracklist
 Artist details
Disc 1
Krouse, Ian
Siamanto - Lyricist
Shnorhali, Nerses - Lyricist
Ketadarz, Catholicos Peter I - Lyricist
Sevak, Paruyr - Lyricist
Aharonian, Avetis - Lyricist
Peshiktashlian, Mkrtich - Lyricist
Khachatur of Taron - Lyricist
John Chrysostom - Lyricist
Kaputikian, Sylva - Lyricist
Narekatsi, Grigor - Lyricist
Varoujan, Daniel - Lyricist
Alishan, Ghevond - Lyricist
 Armenian Requiem, Op. 66
1 Part I: Prelude: I Want to Die Singing 02:47
2 Part I: Khorhurd khorin (Mystery Profound), "The Creation" 11:14
3 Part I: Interlude I: Naze's Lullaby 07:29
4 Part I: Vor haneyits (Creator of All Beings) 04:18
5 Part I: Interlude II: Moon of the Armenian Tombs, "The Flood" 18:21
6 Part I: Qahanayq (We Priests and People) 02:03
Disc 2
1 Part II: Interlude III: Book of Lamentations 16:07
2 Part II: I verin Yerusaghem (In Supernal Jerusalem) 02:26
3 Part II: Interlude IV, "Reqviyem" 04:31
4 Part II: Ter voghormya (Lord, Have Mercy) 03:56
5 Part II: Interlude V: 3-Voice Mass 04:22
6 Part II: Govya Yerusaghem (Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem) 02:41
7 Part II: Interlude VI: Brothers We Are 05:38
8 Part II: Yeghitsi anun Tyarn (Blessed Be the Lord's Name) 02:27
9 Part II: Postlude: Blessing of the Land 06:41
Total Playing Time: 01:35:01
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