While living in London in the years 1926-28 Yehuda Leib HaLevi Ashlag, known as Baal HaSulam, a prominent Kabbalist, composed his cycle 'Melodies of the Upper Worlds' which are heard in this recording in piano arrangements by Mikael Ayrapetyan. Many of the melodies are composed to text fragments from Kabbalistic sources and enshrine an aspiration to sense the spiritual world in a direct appeal to the heart. Mikael Ayrapetyan is a pianist, composer and producer. He is also the founder and artistic director of the music project Secrets of Armenia, which aims to increase international awareness of Armenian classical music, and actively organizes concerts featuring Armenian music in venues around the world, for which he is a producer, artistic director and pianist. Born in 1984 in Yerevan, Armenia, he studied at the Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory, and continues to uphold the performing traditions of the Russian piano school, of which Konstantin Igumnov, Samuel Feinberg and Lev Oborin are luminaries. His repertoire ranges from the Baroque to the contemporary and includes rarely performed works by Armenian composers.

Tracklist:

Melodies Of The Upper Worlds (Arr. M. Ayrapetyan For Piano): I. Draw Close To Me
Melodies Of The Upper Worlds (Arr. M. Ayrapetyan For Piano): II. You Saved My Soul
Melodies Of The Upper Worlds (Arr. M. Ayrapetyan For Piano): III. Have Pity On Your Deeds
Melodies Of The Upper Worlds (Arr. M. Ayrapetyan For Piano): IV. Melody
Melodies Of The Upper Worlds (Arr. M. Ayrapetyan For Piano): Va. The Sons Of King's Palace
Melodies Of The Upper Worlds (Arr. M. Ayrapetyan For Piano): Vb. The Sons Of King's Palace
Melodies Of The Upper Worlds (Arr. M. Ayrapetyan For Piano): VI. Passover Meal
Melodies Of The Upper Worlds (Arr. M. Ayrapetyan For Piano): VII. The Creator Hides In Secrecy
Melodies Of The Upper Worlds (Arr. M. Ayrapetyan For Piano): VIII. March
Melodies Of The Upper Worlds (Arr. M. Ayrapetyan For Piano): IX. Accept Our Prayers
Melodies Of The Upper Worlds (Arr. M. Ayrapetyan For Piano): X. Like Matter In His Hands
Melodies Of The Upper Worlds (Arr. M. Ayrapetyan For Piano): XI. The Assembly Of Sages
Melodies Of The Upper Worlds (Arr. M. Ayrapetyan For Piano): XII. David's Song
Melodies Of The Upper Worlds (Arr. M. Ayrapetyan For Piano): XIII. To Proclaim In The Morning About Your Mercy
Melodies Of The Upper Worlds (Arr. M. Ayrapetyan For Piano): XIV. Consecration
Melodies Of The Upper Worlds (Arr. M. Ayrapetyan For Piano): XV. Saint
Melodies Of The Upper Worlds (Arr. M. Ayrapetyan For Piano): XVI. Beloved Of The Soul

UPC: 747313980826
Label: Grand Piano
Release Date: 5.10.19
Format: CD

Hasulam / Ayrapetyan - Melodies of the Upper Worlds (CD)