Alan Hovhaness
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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."
Top Tracks
Love Song Vanishing Into Sounds of Crickets, Op. 327
Hovhaness: Shalimar, Piano SolosHovhaness: Tzaikerk, Op. 53 No. 2
Hovhaness: Celestial GateHovhaness: Alleluia and Fugue, Op. 40b
Hovhaness: Celestial GateKomachi, Op. 240
Hovhaness: Shalimar, Piano SolosSonata for Piano "Prospect Hill," Op. 346
Hovhaness: Shalimar, Piano SolosGhazal No. 1, Op. 36, No. 1
Hovhaness: Shalimar, Piano SolosHovhaness: Prayer of Saint Gregory, Op. 62b
Hovhaness: Celestial GateShalimar, Op. 177
Hovhaness: Shalimar, Piano SolosSonata for Harp & Guitar, Op.374 "Spirit of Trees": III. Andante maestoso - Fuga. Allegro - Andante grazioso (feat. Duo Multicorde
Hovhaness: Sonata for Harp & Guitar, Op.374 "Spirit of Trees"Prayer of St. Gregory for Trumpet & Organ, Op.62b (Reduction by the composer)*
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Discography
Concerto no. 2 / Works for Violin and Piano
Album2025Complete Works for Solo Organ
Album2025Piano Works, Vol. 2
Album2022Suite for Band / October Mountain / The Ruins of Ani
Album2018Strung Up
Album2017Symphony no. 48 "Vision of Andromeda" / Prelude and Quadruple Fugue / Soprano Saxophone Concerto
Album2015Symphony no. 1 “Exile” / Symphony no. 50 “Mount Saint Helens”
Album2012Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé / Hovhaness: Meditation on Orpheus
Album2012Stravinsky: 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
Album2011Symphonies nos. 7, 14 and 23
Album2010
