YEREVAN, MAY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. On the initiative of professor Hrant Khachatrian, by the order of the Flora Family Foundation of U.S. Stanford University, a disk of Komitas' "Patarag" ("Liturgy") by the performance of the male staff of the "Hover" chamber choir was recorded and released. The recording was done in Armenia, at the "Vem" studio and the album consisting of 2 CDs each lasting 54 minutes was released in Germany. As Arman Padarian, Director of the "Hover" choir, informed at the May 11 press conference, about 600 out of 3000 disks have been already free of charge delivered to the most important cultural centers and universities of the world. In several months 1000 disks will be sold through www.amazon.com web-site and 1000 disks will be given to the choir. According to Vahe Begoyan, soloist of the choir, this work by Komitas was first prepared for release by Komitas' pupil Vardan Sargsian in 1933. In 1997 musical critic Robert Atayan prepared and released another variant of "Patarag" taking into consideration Komitas' notes preserved at the depository of manuscripts on Venice Surb Ghazar island. The choir used the very release of R.Atayan as it was envisaged for a small male choir.

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