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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 tϊr / 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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September 2007
Artik (Concerto for horn & Strings) Op.78
Diran (Concerto No.3, baritone horn & strings) Op.94 First recording
Angelic Song (Cantata) Op.19 First recording
Psalm and Fugue No.2 (for 4 horns) First recording
Chahagir (for solo viola) Op.56 No.1
Robin Dauer, horn; Suzanne Banister, soprano; Karen Griebling, viola; The Hendrix College Chamber Orchestra, Karen Griebling, conductor
Centaur CRC 2872 Timing 55:03
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December 2006
Guitar Concerto No.1, Op.325
Symphony No.60 'To the Appalachian Mountains'
Khrimian Hairig* for trumpet and strings
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra,
conductor: Gerard Schwarz, * trumpet: Lars Ranch
Naxos 8.559294 Timing 73:30
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November 2005
Symphony No.4
Symphony No.20 'Three Journeys to a Holy Mountain'
Symphony No.53 'Star Dawn'
Return and Rebuild The Desolate Places*
Prayer of St. Gregory*
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Wind Orchestra,
conductor: Keith Brion, * trumpet: John Wallace
Naxos 8.559207 Timing 66:03
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April 2005
Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra (1954) First recording
Lousadzak (Piano and Strings)
Mihr (2 pianos) Vijag (2 pianos) Ko-ola-u (2 pianos)
Globalis Symphony Orchestra / Konstantin Krimets
Black Box BBM1103 Timing 55:21
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October 2004
HOVHANESS: Symphony No.2 'Mysterious Mountain'
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.9
Riegger: New Dance Creston: Toccata
CACD0539 Timing 73:17
An archive treat released by the Stokowski Society in which the legendary maestro conducts a Carnegie Hall concert from 1958. The main work was Vaughan Williams' 9th Symphony but also on the programme was Hovhaness's Mysterious Mountain, which was premiered by Stokowski for his debut with the Houston Symphony
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April 2003
Cello Concerto*
Symphony No.22 'City of Light'
Seattle Symphony, * cello: Janos Starker
conducted by Alan Hovhaness, * Dennis Russell Davies
Naxos 8.559158 Timing 60:49
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April 2003
MOUNTAIN SYMPHONIES
Symphony No.2 'Mysterious Mountain'
Symphony No.50 'Mount St. Helens'
Symphony No.66 'Hymn To Glacier Peak'
Storm On Mount Wildcat (1935)
Telarc CD80604 Timing 71:45
Four works with a connecting mountain theme, including
two premiere recordings (Glacier Peak and Storm on Mt. Wildcat). Recorded using state-of-the-art Direct Stream Digital
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March 2003
Symphony No.23 'Ani'
The Spirit of Ink* (for 3 flutes)
* Samuel Baron (flute)
Crystal CD809 Timing 57:01
Originally released on the composer's Poseidon label in the 1970s, this long-requested re-issue of these works completes the transfer of Poseidon's Hovhaness catalog onto CD.
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February 2003
Symphony No.15 'Silver Pilgrimage'
Concerto No.7 for Orchestra
Magnificat*
*with University of Louisville Choir & SATB Soloists
FECD-0006 Timing 71:35
A long-awaited release the best available recordings of Magnificat and Symphony No.15 plus the earliest recording of the masterly Concerto No.7. Three premiere recordings reissued from old LP discs, with the composer's original program notes.
Ken Smith wrote in the Newark Star-Ledger: "Of all the [Hovhaness] releases that have come out ... the most valuable is from the Louisville Orchestra, released on First Edition Music. Other orchestras may play better ... but few give you a sense of the man's place in musical history. Because Hovhaness' music radiates a sense of inner (not to say mystical) calm that makes it seem timeless, it's a bit of a jolt to realize that some of these pieces, which sound as fresh and contemporary as Arvo Pδrt or John Tavener, were written nearly a half century ago".
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November 2002
ORIENTAL LANDSCAPES
Hovhaness - Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints
Musgrave: Journey Through a Japanese Landscape
Chen Yi: Percussion Concerto
Zhou Long: Out of Tang Court
Evelyn Glennie, xylophone, marimba & percussion
Singapore Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lan Shui
BIS-CD-1222 Timing 69:11