Tracklist

1	Composed In Exile
2	On Behalf Of Ghareebs
3	Lamentations For Those Who Die In A Foreign Land
4	Prelude To Lamentations For The Dead
5	Lamentations For The Dead

Companies, etc.

• Mastered At – The Red Room
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Available Forms Music
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – John Hodian
• Copyright (c) – Available Forms Music
• Copyright (c) – John Hodian

Credits

• Alto Vocals – Marine Nazaryan, Shahane Zalyan, Sofya Konjoyan
• Cello – Hayk Babayan (tracks: 1-3), Levon Arakelyan (tracks: 4-5)
• Design – Varant Kandilian
• Dhol – Tigran Hovhannisyan (tracks: 4-5)
• Duduk – Emmanuel Hovhannisyan
• Ensemble – Luys Vocal Quintet
• Goblet Drum [Dumbek] – Matthias Bautz (tracks: 1-3)
• Lyrics By [Based on] – Mkrtich Nagash
• Mastered By – Andy Horn
• Music By, Concept By – John Hodian
• Oud – Aram Nikoghosyan
• Photography By – Bet Williams, Garegin Aghabekyan
• Piano – John Hodian
• Recorded By, Mixed By – John Hodian
• Soprano Vocals – Hasmik Baghdasaryan, Mariam Mailyan
• Translated By [Into French and Armenian] – Haytoug Chamlian
• Translated By [Into German and English] – Elke Hartmann
• Viola – Anna Yesayants (tracks: 1-3), Armen Torosyan (tracks: 4-5)
• Violin [l] – Aram Asatryan (tracks: 4-5), Jemma Abrahamyan (tracks: 1-3)
• Violin [ll] – Ara Harutyunyan (tracks: 1-3), Tigran Matevosyan (tracks: 4-5)

Notes

Released as hardback book in A5 format.

Based on texts by the medieval Armenian poet and priest, Mkrtich Nagash and set to new music by John Hodian, “Songs from Exile” is a profound meditation on man's relationship to God from the perspective of a monk forced to live in exile for many years.
East meets West and antiquity meets modernity in this hauntingly beautiful collection of ruminations, lamentations and incantations. The sound is earthy yet classical, identifiably Armenian but other-worldly. The texts while philosophical, were addressed to the common man of Nagash's time and are as relevant today as they were in the 1400's.
With five female vocalists along with some of Armenia’s finest instrumentalists on Duduk, Oud and Dhol, accompanied by a string quartet the ensemble creates music that is part folk, part classical and profoundly moving.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 7 33534 00926 2
• Matrix / Runout: 5887 P+O-A 635197-A1
• Label Code: 05122