On air · 1955–2001

Poetry

36 recordings, 9 hours on air, 29 contributors

Recordings of poetry recited aloud (1955–2001), an art known in Armenian as asmunk, by actors and reciters including Vahram Papazyan, Hrachya Nersisyan, Sergush Babayan, Hrachuhi Jinanyan and Vladimir Abajyan. The readings range from Petros Duryan, whose short life (1851–1872) produced influential lyric poetry, to Avetik Isahakyan and Vahan Teryan, the national epic Daredevils of Sassoun, the quatrains of Omar Khayyam and the Russian poets Tsvetaeva, Yesenin and Mandelstam.

From the first reels

The earliest recordings

1 My SorrowHrachya Nersisyan 1955 1:21
2 LyricismGarush Khazhakyan 1956 13:34
3 PoemsHrachuhi Jinanyan 1956 17:56
4 The LaborerVahram Papazyan 1958 2:26
5 HognutyunVahram Papazyan 1958 3:35
6 ReflectionVahram Papazyan 1958 1:14
7 To The ScaffoldHaykuhi Garagash 1959 7:44
8 DreamHaykuhi Garagash 1959 1:10
9 Parqi Tajar; Depi Karapnaran (The Temple Of Glory; Towards The Scaffold)Gegham Saryan 1959 28:35
10 Yeritasardutyan SeminHaykuhi Garagash 1960 7:58
11 PoemsHrachya Nersisyan 1960 7:02
12 PoemsParuyr Sevak 1962 30:43