I Will Not Be Sad in This World

Track Listings

1. Cool Wind Is Blowing

2. Brother Hunter

3. Look Here, My Drear

4. I Will Not Be Sad in This World

5. Little Flower Garden

6. Your Strong Mind

7. Ploughman

8. Dle Yaman

I Will Not Be Sad in This World, Music, Djivan Gasparyan, Armenia, Armenian, Folk & Traditional, Pop

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Heavenly

THIS IS ART AT ITS FINEST...

MUSIC OF STUNNING BEAUTY

highly recommended

I Will Not Be Sad In This World
Djivan Gasparyan
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
Armenia | Eastern Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music
General | International | Styles | Music
Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music
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Tracks:

A Cool Wind Is Blowing
Brother Hunter
Look Here, My Dear
I Will Not Be Sad In This World
Little Flower Garden
Your Strong Mind
The Ploughman
Dle Yaman

Customer Reviews:

Heavenly.......2004-12-11

This is the most hauntingly beautiful music I have ever heard. In Gasparyan's music, we feel the height and depth of his spirit, his love and compassion for suffering, and his tender, exquisite joy. All of this settles over us like the gentlest summer breeze. He gives us a glimpse of heaven! We are calmed, healed and lifted. This is the perfect meditation. My all time favorite!

THIS IS ART AT ITS FINEST..........2004-01-30

This is without a doubt the most hauntingly beautiful music I have ever heard. This CD is of such powerful yet understated quiet beauty and grace, that anyone who listens to it cannot help but feel moved by the sheer beauty and emotion conveyed.

In my moments of quiet desperation I have listened to this CD, letting the music comfort me in times of reflection and solitude.

I Will Not Be Sad In This World is a CD that should become mantra for those seeking shelter and refuge from the noisy cacophony and sometimes overwhelming realities of life. This music has such an incredible pull of hypnotic qualities, and of such rare and exquisite beauty - that I find serenity again whenever I listen to it.

The artist Djivan Gasparyan and his music first came to my attention while listening to the soundtrack from the movie "Gladiator". When I heard "Now We Are Free" for the first time, I immediately took notice. I was transfixed; and knew I had found something so unique, so completely unlike the commercial, synthesized Euro-trance music, or hyped-up westernized uber-dance "world music" - that it left me with a yearning to know more about this wonderful artist and his unique musicianship.

His instrument of choice is his duduk - an oboe-like instrument from his native Armenia.

There is something deeply restorative when listening to the music of Djivan Gasparyan. In fact, this album is dedicated to the victims and survivors of the devasting earthquake that struck Armenia Dec 7, 1988. His dedication conveys an enduring theme: through hardship and struggle, humanity will prevail - his message gently defiant: I WILL NOT BE SAD IN THIS WORLD.

The world has given us poets, bards, artists and musicians
throughout history that have inspired and moved us all. Djivan Gasparyan may well our muse to take us into the next century.

This CD is a keeper.

Incidentally, you will have a hard time finding this CD in North America ( I had to order mine all the way from Belorussia). Now out-of-print, this CD was originally released on the Russian Melodya label in 1983 and subsequently carried by the "Landy Star" music company, Russia (www.Landy.ru) - although they too, no longer seem to be carrying this item. You may have success finding this CD on eBAY or a used/second-hand copy from amazon.com, but beware of digital ripped copies, or fakes. See my picture gallery for images of the front, back and inside cover of this CD.

~appaloosa

MUSIC OF STUNNING BEAUTY.......2003-11-26

The music on this recording is produced on the duduk, a traditional oboe-like instrument from Armenia (similar to the nay, used in various areas of the Middle East, such as Turkey or Egypt). It's tone is not as `reedy' as that of its Western cousin - and in the hands of Djivan Gasparyan, considered by most to be the contemporary master of this instrument, it sounds like the breath of life itself. Djivan is accompanied on this album by Vachagan Avakian, who plays a second duduk as a drone behind Gasparyan's melodies.

All of the pieces are traditional, arranged by Djivan. His mastery of the instrument, and his obvious love of the music itself, allow him to create sounds that are an effective extension of his very soul. The pieces are quiet and relaxed - this is DEFINITELY not Westernized, danci-fied world-beat music! - but this is not to say for a moment that there is no emotion to be found here. Quite the opposite is true - this is some of the most emotionally evocative music you are ever likely to hear anywhere. The sound is soothing - but if this music doesn't move you to the very depths of your soul, I'll be surprised.

This album is unfortunately pretty hard to find today - there's a listing here on Amazon for NOT BE SAD, which could well be the same recording re-issued, but there are no track listings on that page, so I can't say for sure. I've been enjoying this recording over and over since it was originally released in the US in 1989 (it came out in the Soviet Union in 1983) - it's always been one of my favorites. Anytime I play it for anyone else, it never fails to elicit a favorable response.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED RECORDING.

highly recommended.......2003-08-02

This music is a rare and exquisite experience, a means of transport to a timeless and beautiful place. I continually used it as background music while writing a novel, and the creative process flowed - enriched, I believe, as a result.

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I Will Not Be Sad in This World
Djivan Gasparyan
Manufacturer: United States Dist
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Folk | Styles | Music

Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

General | International | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000A0WIN
Release Date: 2003-08-12

Tracks:

Cool Wind Is Blowing
Brother Hunter
Look Here, My Drear
I Will Not Be Sad in This World
Little Flower Garden
Your Strong Mind
Ploughman
Dle Yaman

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An Antti Keisala Comment: But For The Lack of Courage
Shockingly, wonderfully human!!!

I Will Not Be Sad in This World
Djivan Gasparyan
Manufacturer: All Saints
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

General | International | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000B6ETDC
Release Date: 2006-01-31

Tracks:

A Cool Wind Is Blowing
Brother Hunter
Look Here, My Dear
I Will Not Be Sad In This World
Little Flower Garden
Your Strong Mind
The Ploughman
Die Yaman

Customer Reviews:

An Antti Keisala Comment: But For The Lack of Courage.......2007-02-04

Gosh, how there are few albums that take you by surprise, when you know in some peculiar detail the things you are looking for, and find them in strange places and then some more.

I know that I was looking for some honesty, which is a strange occurence in art. By honesty we often mean the lack of irony or ambiguity, any ambivalence or friction. By honesty we often mean soulfulness that is naked and pale, approaching you directly without any preconceptions, without trying to reach your soul too abruptly; it isn't trying, and it lets us make the first steps.

In some ways this is a description of my definition of honesty. To me, honesty is at its purest the sublime form of expression, an integral part of what we find in ourselves. The defining discrepacy here is that I don't need honesty in the performer, I want to find that certain honesty in myself. Following this definition, what I need in the performance is certain space, certain vision, certain ambition. I need my music to reach into all dimensions at once, for it to be so strong I can start seeing myself morphing into the songs themselves.

Now, I was coming for some early Gasparyan hoping I would find something similar to what I feel "I Took Up The Runes" is for Jan Garbarek; an accomplished musician at his best, reaching beyond himself, extending the space around him in ways that must have been unconscious. Must've been, for so remarkable are they. That Garbarek album is amongst my all-time favourites, right there with Peter Gabriel's "Passion" and The Beatles' "Revolver", not to mention the classical sublimes, Rubinstein's "The Chopin Nocturnes", "Preludes" and "Mazurkas", as well as Gould's "Bach: The Art of Fugue", or Pärt's "Alina". These are albums that "contain multitudes"; they are larger than what we can think of them, because whole lives, whole musical strands have been built upon them. They have influenced, just as they have created the whole concept of what it means to be influential by not being overtly self-conscious. Expression because of the need to express, because you cannot no longer contain the feeling in your soul, thus you have to let it out to the world, joining the greater soul.

And of course, then there is the duduk itself. It is a remarkable instrument in my mind, and Gasparyan is a remarkable player. Its sound has all the mournfulness you might expect and wish for, the longing that goes deeper than even the most mournful tenor saxophone could ever go. The depth is amazing, as is the breadth of expression. As for the pieces themselves, these are songs are that have stayed in my ears and on my lips, and I can't think of any greater compliment to a recording artist than saying that listening to this album made me wish to learn to play the instrument myself.

Very, very highly recommended.

Shockingly, wonderfully human!!!.......2006-08-01

I've hunted for quite some time for music that stir my imagination, my heart & my blood and I've found it in Djivan Gasparyan! I would go so far as to classify this as properly 'gothic' if for no other reason than the force at which it pulls on my heartstrings. It's wonderfully traditional (no cheezy synthesizers or new age pop fluff!) and rather than implying the cultural blend of 'world music' it remains incredibly loyal to the region from which it came and paints an amazing picture in one's head of that place. This was my 1st purchase of his work and now I'm going to purchase the rest of it because of this! If you want to really 'feel' then I'd strongly recommend this!

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I Will Not Be Sad in This World
Djivan Gasparyan
Manufacturer: All Saints UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | International | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

International | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00002433T
Release Date: 2003-01-01

Tracks:

Cool Wind Is Blowing
Brother Hunter
Look Here, My Dear
I Will Not Be Sad in This World
Little Flower Garden
Your Strong Mind
Ploughman
Dle Yaman

Music Album:

Music Album

1. Cool Wind Is Blowing
2. Brother Hunter
3. Look Here, My Drear
4. I Will Not Be Sad in This World
5. Little Flower Garden
6. Your Strong Mind
7. Ploughman
8. Dle Yaman