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Alan Hovhaness

Alan Hovhaness has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 15 January 2016. Alan Hovhaness's music has been featured on 9 episodes.

Alan Hovhaness (March 8, 1911 – June 21, 2000) was an American composer of Armenian and Scottish descent.

His music is accessible to the lay listener and often evokes a mood of mystery or contemplation. 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…

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MOST PLAYED TRACKS
October Mountain, Op. 136 For Percussion Sextet (1942/1951)
Alan Hovhaness, Larry Gookin, Keith Brion, Mark Goodenberger, Central Washington University Wind Ensemble
Naxos2018
October Mountain, Op. 136 For Percussion Sextet (1942/1951)
Alan Hovhaness, Larry Gookin, Keith Brion, Mark Goodenberger, Central Washington University Wind EnsembleNaxos2018
Discogs
Symphony No. 2, Op. 132 "Mysterious Mountain"
John Williams, Hovhaness, Judith Leclair, London Symphony Orchestra
Sony Classical1997
Symphony No. 2, Op. 132 "Mysterious Mountain"
John Williams, Hovhaness, Judith Leclair, London Symphony OrchestraSony Classical1997
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October Mountain
George Antheil, Ronald LoPresti, Carlos Chavez, Alan Hovhaness, Robert Craft, Los Angeles Contemporary Music Ensemble, Paul Price, Manhattan Percussion Ensemble
Urania Records1959
October Mountain
George Antheil, Ronald LoPresti, Carlos Chavez, Alan Hovhaness, Robert Craft, Los Angeles Contemporary Music Ensemble, Paul Price, Manhattan Percussion EnsembleUrania Records1959
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Orbit No. 1
Alan Hovhaness
MGM Records0
Orbit No. 1
Alan HovhanessMGM Records0
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Lousadzak: Concerto No. 1 For Piano And String Orchestra, Op. 48
Alan Hovhaness, Maro Ajemian, Anahid Ajemian, Carlos Surinach
MGM Records0
Lousadzak: Concerto No. 1 For Piano And String Orchestra, Op. 48
Alan Hovhaness, Maro Ajemian, Anahid Ajemian, Carlos SurinachMGM Records0
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Sinfonia
Hovhaness, Stravinsky, Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
RCA Victor Red Seal1958
Sinfonia
Hovhaness, Stravinsky, Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony OrchestraRCA Victor Red Seal1958
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Alleluia And Fugue, Op. 40b For String Orchestra
Hovhaness, I Fiamminghi The Orchestra Of Flanders, Rudolf Werthen
Telarc1995
Alleluia And Fugue, Op. 40b For String Orchestra
Hovhaness, I Fiamminghi The Orchestra Of Flanders, Rudolf WerthenTelarc1995
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October Mountain
Alan Hovhaness
Urania0
October Mountain
Alan HovhanessUrania0
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Suite, Op. 96
Alan Hovhaness, Marvin Rosen
Koch International Classics1994
Suite, Op. 96
Alan Hovhaness, Marvin RosenKoch International Classics1994
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Set Of Five For Violin, Piano And Percussion
Henry Cowell, Alan Hovhaness, Charles Ives
MGM Records1957
Set Of Five For Violin, Piano And Percussion
Henry Cowell, Alan Hovhaness, Charles IvesMGM Records1957
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