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Alan Hovhaness BMOP disc

October 2011
• Symphony No.1 'Exile' Op.17, No.2
• Armenian Rhapsodies 1-3 (1944)
• Song of the Sea* (1933) First recording
• Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Strings** (1980)

*John McDonald, piano | **Kenneth Radnofsky, soprano saxophone
Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Conductor: Gil Rose

BMOP/Sound 1015 • Timing 67:29 D/D/D


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June 2009
• Symphony No.3 Op.148 World premiere, October 1956
• Stravinsky: Symphony in C
• Howard Hanson: Symphony No.4 World premiere
• Roy Harris: Symphony No.7 Original version, world premiere
• Paul Hindemith: Symphony in E flat
• Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Symphony No.2 'Adagio'

LIVE: Leopold Stokowski | NBC Symphony Orchestra | Symphony of the Air | WDR Sinfonieorchester Kφln | Saint Louis Symphony
GHCD 2379/80 • Timing 149:29 • A|D|D
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June 2010
THE 1950 DIAL RECORDINGS Audio download only
• Lousadzak Op.48
• Tzaikerk Op.53 No.2
• Achtamar Op.64
• Shatakh Op.73 No.2


Maro Ajemian (piano), Anahid Ajemian (violin), Manhattan Chamber Orchestra,Alan Hovhaness conductor
Soundmark Records • Timing 36:26


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November 2010
From the Edge of Time: Piano & flute Music - 1950s to the Present

• Orbit No.2, Op.102 (1952) version with flute and piano

• Benejam: Sonata for flute and piano
• Ordóñez: Toccata, Nocturnes 1 & 3
• Part: Für Alina, Variationen Zur Gesundung von Arinuschka, Spiegel Im Spiegel

Victor Manuel Morales - piano, Pablo Hidalgo Wong - flute
Prodisc SDX28873 • Timing 55:43 • D|D|D




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January 2009
SOLOS | DUOS | TRIOS
• Trio I for piano, violin & cello Op. 3 (1935) First Recording
• Sonata Ricercare for piano Op. 12 (1935) First Recording
• Artinis (Urardόan Sun God) for piano Op. 39 (1945) First Recording
• Suite for oboe & bassoon Op. 23 (1949) First Recording
• Poseidon Sonata for piano Op. 191 (1957) First Recording
• Bardo Sonata for piano Op. 192 (1959) First Recording
• Sonatina for piano Op. 120 (1962) First Recording
• Trio for strings* Op. 201 (1962) First Recording
• Three Haikus for piano Op. 113 (1965) First Recording
• Night of a White Cat for clarinet & piano Op. 263 (1973)
• Sonata for 2 bassoons+ Op. 266 (1973) First Recording
• Sonata for 2 clarinets** Op. 297 (1977) First Recording
• Sonata for oboe & bassoon Op. 302 (1977) First Recording
• Sonata for solo viola Op. 423 (1992) First Recording

Paul Hersey, piano; Christina Fong, violin|viola; Libor Soukal, bassoon;
Jiψν Šestαk, oboe; Karen Krummel, cello; Michael Kornacki, clarinet; John Varineau, clarinet**; Radek Dostαl, bassoon+; Christopher Martin, viola*
OgreOgress XXX • Timing 126:00 • D|D|D • 96kHz|24bit Audio DVD

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December 2009
• Symphony No.7 'Nanga Parvat' Op.178
• Symphony No.14 'Ararat' Op.194
• Symphony No.23 'Ani' Op.249

Trinity College of Music Wind Orchestra,
conductor: Keith Brion

Naxos 8.559385 • Timing 62:12

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September 2009
REVERIE

• The Garden of Adonis, Op.245 (1971) suite for flute and harp

Plus flute/harp works by
Faurι, Franchi, Gounod, Ibert, Piazolla

Anthony Ferner (flute), Helen Webby (harp)
Ode Records CDMANU2050 • Timing __:__ D/D/D


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June 2009
• Symphony No.1 'Exile' Op.17, No.2 (US premiere, Dec 1942)
• Milhaud: Symphony No.1 (1st New York performance)
• Copland: Symphony No.2 (US premiere, Jan 1944)*
• Jose Serebrier: Symphony No.1 (world premiere) 1st recording

LIVE: Leopold Stokowski / NBC and *Houston Symphony Orchestras
GHCD 2347 • Timing 72:51 • A/D/D

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April 2009
HISTORIC LIVE LECTURE-CONCERT WITH ALAN HOVHANESS
• Saturn
• Ghazal No.1*

• Schubert: Shepherd on the Rock

Lucy Shelton: Soprano, Lawrence Sobol: Clarinet, Peter Basquin: Piano
*Alan Hovhaness, piano

Grenadilla CD RGP91009 • Timing 66:47

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March 2009
AMERICAN CHORAL PREMIERES
• Four Motets Op.268 (1973) for Chorus SATB First recording

Plus modern choral works by Egon Cohen, Paul Nicholson,
Paul French, Easley Blackwood, Robert Kreutz,
William Ferris, William C. White

William Ferris Chorale directed by Paul French
Cedille CDR 90000 109 • Timing 64:10




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January 2009
VISIONS OF THE EAST
• Ode to the Temple of Sound (1954) First recording
• Symphony No.10 Vahaken First recording
• Meditation on Zeami First recording
• Floating World First complete recording

Frost Symphony Orchestra, University of Miami / Chung Park
Centaur CRC 2954 • Timing 58:00 • D/D/D

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August 2008
• Lousadzak* (Coming of Light)
• Symphony No.2 'Mysterious Mountain'
• Lou Harrison: Symphony No.2 'Elegiac'

* Keith Jarrett, piano
American Composers Orchestra, conductor: Dennis Russell Davies

NI 2512 • Timing 66:20

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June 2008
• Guitar Concerto No.2, Op.394 First recording
• Symphony No.63 'Loon Lake', Op.411 First recording
• Fanfare for the New Atlantis, Op.281 First recording

Royal Scottish National Orchestra,
conductor: Stewart Robertson, * guitar: Javier Calderσn

Naxos 8.559336 • Timing 59:50

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Feburary 2008
• Janabar (Five Hymns of Serenity) Op.81 First recording
• Shambala (concerto for sitar, violin & orch.) Op.228 First recording
• Talin (concerto for viola & strings) Op.93/1


Christina Fong (violin, viola), Gaurav Mazumdar (sitar),
Paul Hersey (piano), Michael Bowman (trumpet),
Rastislav Štϊr / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

OgreOgress 2006b • Timing 98 mins

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February 2008
• Concerto for Soprano Saxophone & Strings, Op.344 First recording
• Other works with saxophone by Villa-Lobos (aria from Bachianas Brasilieras #5), Bruzdowicz, Morgan, Raman, Kilar, Leatherbarrow and Bozza Includes 1st recordings

Greg Banaszak, saxophone,
Beethoven Academy Orchestra conducted by Piotr Borkowski

Centaur CRC 2889/90 • Timing 86:22

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