Person · American composer
Alan Hovhaness
Albums
111
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Active
1911–2000
Origin
United States
Biography
Alan Hovhaness (Born March 8, 1911 – June 21, 2000) was an American composer. He was one of the most prolific 20th-century composers, with his official catalog comprising 67 numbered symphonies (surviving manuscripts indicate over 70) and 434 opus numbers. The true tally is well over 500 surviving works since many opus numbers comprise two or more distinct works. The Boston Globe music critic Richard Buell wrote: "Although he has been stereotyped as a self-consciously Armenian composer (rather as Ernest Bloch is seen as a Jewish composer), his output assimilates the music of many cultures. What may be most American about all of it is the way it turns its materials into a kind of exoticism. The atmosphere is hushed, reverential, mystical, nostalgic."
Discography
Magnificat / Saturn
The Rubaiyat
The Rubaiyat
Hovhaness Collection
Into the Light: Symphonic Expressions of the Spirit
John Williams: The Five Sacred Trees / Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountain
Mystery of the Holy Martyrs / Symphony no. 3
Celestial Fantasy
Hovhaness Collection, Volume Two
Music Of Alan Hovhaness
Music of Hovhaness
Violin|Viola and Keyboard Works
Mystical Mountains
Concerto no. 7 for Orchestra / Symphony no. 15 / Magnificat
Dello Joio: Meditations on Ecclesiastes / Hovhaness: Psalm and Fugue / Shepherd of Israel / Rosner: Responses, Hosanna, and Fugue
Mysterious Mountains
Symphony no. 22 “City of Light” / Cello Concerto
Symphony No.22 "City Of Light" / Cello Concerto
Symphonies Nos. 4, 20 And 53
Symphonies nos. 4, 20 and 53 / The Prayer of Saint Gregory
American Saxophone Music
Janabar / Talin / Shambala
Symphony no. 60 / Guitar Concerto / Khrimian Hairig
Symphony No. 60 / Guitar Concerto / Khrimian Hairig
Guitar Concerto no. 2 / Symphony no. 63 “Loon Lake” / Fanfare for the New Atlantis
Guitar Concerto No. 2 • Symphony No. 63 'Loon Lake' • Fanfare For The New Atlantis
Solos, Duos, Trios
Hovhaness: Symphony no. 1 / Milhaud: Symphony no. 1 / Copland: Symphony no. 2 / Serebrier: Symphony no. 1
Symphonies nos. 7, 14 and 23
Symphonies Nos. 7, 14 And 23
Stravinsky: Symphony in C / Hindemith: Symphony in E-flat / Hartmann: Symphony no. 2 “Adagio” / Hansson: Symphony no. 4 “Requiem” / Harris: Symphony no. 7 / Hovhaness: Symphony no. 3
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé / Hovhaness: Meditation on Orpheus
Symphony no. 1 “Exile” / Symphony no. 50 “Mount Saint Helens”
Symphony No. 1 'Exile' • Symphony No. 50 'Mount Saint Helens'
Symphony No. 48 'Vision Of Andromeda'
Symphony no. 48 "Vision of Andromeda" / Prelude and Quadruple Fugue / Soprano Saxophone Concerto
Strung Up
Suite for Band / October Mountain / The Ruins of Ani
Piano Works, Vol. 2
Complete Works for Solo Organ
Concerto no. 2 / Works for Violin and Piano
Hovhaness: Fantasy for Piano / Vartabed: Six Dances for Piano
Lady Of Light, Opus 227
"Music By Alan Hovhaness"
Saint Vartan Symphony, op. 80
Symphony No. 15 ''The Silver Pilgrimage'' / Four Ronsard Sonnets For Tenor And Orchestra
Symphony No. XI - "All Men Are Brothers"
‘Talin’ Concerto For Viola And Strings / ‘Music Of Mourning’ = Trauermusik / ‘Yiskor’ (In Memoriam)
The Flowering Peach / Orbit No. 1 / Is There Survival - Ballet
The Music Of Alan Hovhaness
Triptych / Mosaïques / Development
Credits
Mysterious Mountains
Oneness: Silver Dreams–Golden Reality
Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountain / Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite / Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss Divertimento
The Sounds of India
And God Created Great Whales
Andre Kostelanetz Conducts The Music Of Alan Hovhaness
Celestial Fantasy
Celestial Gate
Contemporary Composers: The New Tradition (An Encore Extra: A Special Preview Disc)
Fra Angelico / Requiem And Resurrection (For Brass And Percussion)
Fra Angelico / Symphony No 11 'All Men Are Brothers'
Guitar Concerto No. 2 • Symphony No. 63 'Loon Lake' • Fanfare For The New Atlantis
Hovhaness: Prelude & Quadruple Fugue, LoPresti: The Masks, Sessions: The Black Maskers
Khaldis: Concerto For Piano, Four Trumpets & Percussion
Lady Of Light, Opus 227
Lousadzak: Concerto No. 1 For Piano And String Orchestra, Op. 48 / Concerto No. 2 For Violin And String Orchestra, Op. 89a
Magnificat
Majnun Symphony (Symphony No. 24, Opus 273)
Music of Alan Hovhaness
Music Of Alan Hovhaness
Music Of Alan Hovhaness
Music Of Alan Hovhaness
Mysterious Mountain / And God Created Great Whales
Odysseus Symphony (Symphony No. 25, Opus 275)
Quintet For Piano & Strings / Khaldis: Concerto For Piano, Four Trumpets & Percussion
Rachmaninoff: Aleko -- A Suite From The Opera And Hovhaness: Floating World -- Ukiyo
Requiem And Resurrection For Brass Choir And Percussion / Symphony No. 19 "Vishnu"
Şahan Arzruni Performs Alan Hovhaness' Piano Music
Saint Vartan Symphony Op. 80
Saint Vartan Symphony, Op. 80
Shālimār (Piano Solos)
Spirit Murmur
Symphonies Nos. 4, 20 And 53
Symphonies Nos. 7, 14 And 23
Symphony No. 15 ''The Silver Pilgrimage'' / Four Ronsard Sonnets For Tenor And Orchestra
Symphony No. 1 'Exile' • Symphony No. 50 'Mount Saint Helens'
Symphony No.22 "City Of Light" / Cello Concerto
Symphony No. 31 And Songs
Symphony No. 38
Symphony No. 48 'Vision Of Andromeda'
Symphony No. 4 • Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 50 "Mount St. Helens" & Symphony No. 22 "City Of Light"
Symphony No. 60 / Guitar Concerto / Khrimian Hairig
Symphony No. XI - "All Men Are Brothers"
The Flowering Peach / Orbit No. 1 / Is There Survival - Ballet
The Genius Of Ravi Shankar
The Music Of Alan Hovhaness
The Rubaiyat
The Sound Of Time
Tone Cluster Pieces And Other Piano Music / Prelude For Violin And Harpsichord / Concerto For Celesta And Harpsichord Soli / Cantilena/Capriccio For Violin And Harpsichord / Duet For Violin And Harpsichord
Wind Music Of Alan Hovhaness
雅楽 = Gagaku