The musical choices are almost limitless. Perhaps our recommendations will help.

Want to take a slice of Armenia home from your vacation? Music is a good way to do it. Music is a rich part of Armenian culture, and tapes and CDs pack easily and are inexpensive in Armenia. Visitors can take full advantage of a wide musical selection with low prices in shops along the streets in the center.

Rabiz musicians account for the largest assortment and variety of Armenian music, with Armenia pop singers coming in at second place. Hayko, Nuneh Yesayan, Shushan Pertrosyan, Grisha Aghakhanyan, Ara Gevorgyan and Aida Sargsyan are some of the favorite Armenian pop singers.

Folk music is also a popular seller. Flora Martirosyan and Ruben Martirosyan are the standard-bearers in this genre, but new singers are also populating the charts. Armenian dance music and collections of duduk music, such as "Just Spice of Duduk" are also popular. Duduk artist Jivan Gasparyan is Armenian's most popular duduk player, and has recorded the most albums.

You cannot avoid finding music shops in Yerevan and the CDs are almost exclusively pirated copies, selling for about $3 each. But most local music is sold at higher prices on authentic discs.

Here are the more popular titles in various categories:

Genre	Singer	Title
Rabis	Tata	Collection
	Aram Asatryan	Joyfull Program
	Tatul	Collection of the vest songs
Pop	Shushan Petrosyan	Mother Armenia
	Hayko	RomancesEdgar Gyanjumyan
	Edgar Gyanjumyan	New Century Songbook
Jazz	Tatevik Hovhannisyan	Listen to my Heart
Liturgy	Lusine Zakaryan	Holy-Holy
	"Komitas" String Quartet
Classic	Aram Khachatryan	Collection of Royal Philharmony
	Karo Hayrapetyan	Magic Voilin
Folk	Jivan Gasparyan	Heavenly Duduk
		Jivan Gasparyan & Michael Brook
	Gurgen Dabaghyan	Folk songs
	Flora Martirosyan	Kele Lao
	Ara Gevorgyan	Armenian songs