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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."

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Discography

  • Concerto no. 2 / Works for Violin and Piano

    Concerto no. 2 / Works for Violin and Piano

    Album2025
  • Complete Works for Solo Organ

    Complete Works for Solo Organ

    Album2025
  • Piano Works, Vol. 2

    Piano Works, Vol. 2

    Album2022
  • Suite for Band / October Mountain / The Ruins of Ani

    Suite for Band / October Mountain / The Ruins of Ani

    Album2018
  • Strung Up

    Strung Up

    Album2017
  • Symphony no. 48 "Vision of Andromeda" / Prelude and Quadruple Fugue / Soprano Saxophone Concerto

    Symphony no. 48 "Vision of Andromeda" / Prelude and Quadruple Fugue / Soprano Saxophone Concerto

    Album2015
  • Symphony no. 1 “Exile” / Symphony no. 50 “Mount Saint Helens”

    Symphony no. 1 “Exile” / Symphony no. 50 “Mount Saint Helens”

    Album2012
  • Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé / Hovhaness: Meditation on Orpheus

    Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé / Hovhaness: Meditation on Orpheus

    Album2012
  • 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

    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

    Album2011
  • Symphonies nos. 7, 14 and 23

    Symphonies nos. 7, 14 and 23

    Album2010
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