MARVIN ROSEN PLAYING MUSIC OF ALAN HOVHANESS (1911-2000)
Fred the Cat - Alan Hovhaness - Half a century of piano music
This is the most important music of my life. I want very
much to share it with audiences
whenever I can. It is wonderful music that puts the listener into another world."
Vision of a Starry Night - Alan Hovhaness - More - Half a century of piano music.
"...The spiritual feeling of the music combined with the memorable melodic material makes the
works of this Massachusetts-born composer something very special. It is accessible music tha thas been
composed with the heart... Many more live performances are needed. Perhaps when these happen...
more people will be aware of his genius"
Natural Escapes
Entre père et fils - Between Father and Son
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Dance Ghazal Op. 37a 1931 rev 1938) *
Slumber Song Op. 52 No. 2 (1938)
Achtamar Op. 64 No. 1 (1948)
Fantasy on an Ossetin Tune Op. 85 No. 6 (1951)
Orbit No. 2 Op. 102 No. 2 (1952)
Mountain Dance No. 2 Op. 144b (1941 rev 1962) *
Macedonian Mountain Dance Op. 144 (1938)
Sonata, Mount Ossipee Op. 299 No. 2 (1977) *
Sonata, Fred The Cat Op. 301 (1977) *
Sonata, Prospect Hill Op. 346 (1980)
Sonata, Mount Chocorua Op. 335 (1980 rev 1982) *
recorded June 20 1992, Forge Recording Studio, Phoenixville, PA, USA
* indicates world premiere recording
KOCH International Classics 3-7195-2H1 [71:21]
Cover Design and Art Work - Beata Rzeszódko-Rosen
- Marvin Rosen
It is a delight to hear Fred the Cat in this fluent performace and it shares the disc with ten
other works (including five premier recordings) that are similarly delightful."
- The Washington Post
Click here to read Rob Barnett's review of Fred the Cat on Classical Music Web.
Vision of a Starry Night from Sonata Ananda Op. 303 (1977)
Mystic Flute Op. 22 (1937)
Toccata and Fugue No. 1 Op. 6 No. 1 (1935 rev 1970) *
Mountain Idylls Op. 52 No. 4-6 (1953, 1949, 1932)
Prelude and Fugue Op. 10 No. 1 (1935) *
Do You Remember the Last Silence (1957) *
Lousang Kisher (Moonlight Night) Op. 52a (1943) *
Suite Op. 96 (1967)
Fire Dance (c. 1926) *
Farewell to the Mountains (1945)
Hymn IV from Bare November Day Op. 210 (1964) *
Two Ghazals Op. 36 (1963)
Madras Sonata Op. 176 (1946 rev 1960) *
Sonata Op. 145 (1956) *
recorded April 06 1994, Mastersound Astoria Studios, Astoria, New York NY, USA
* indicates world premiere recording
KOCH International Classics 3-7288-2H1 [68:15]
Cover Design and Art Work - Beata Rzeszódko-Rosen
"Overtones of mystic contemplation, exotic flavors of India and the Middle East, shades
of the European Middle Ages, and intriguing visions of fantasy landscapes inform these 15
piano compositions of Alan Havhaness. Pianist Marvin Rosen...plays with affection as well as
fine technique..."
- The Washington Post
"Marvin Rosen's commitment to and enthusiasm for this very exceptional music cannot for
a moment be doubted."
- Tempo (British music magazine)
"It's easy to recommend this disc to Hovhaness fans, who are legion, and others looking
for modest, mildly exotic mood music."
- Fanfare Magazine
Click here: to read Rob Barnett's review of Vision of a Starry Night on Classical Music Web.
Click here: to read Bret Johnson review of Vision of a Starry Night in Tempo (British music magazine) .
Visions - The Alan Hovhaness Sampler.
KOCH International Classics 3-7311-2
Visions includes excerpts from five different compact discs issued by Koch
International Classics.
Four of these are all-Hovhaness discs released within a two-year
period, and including 3 selections from 2 piano recordings of Marvin Rosen:
Sonata, Fred The Cat Op. 301
Mystic Flute Op. 22
Mountain Idylls Op. 52 No. 4-6.
issued prior on KOCH International Classics 3-7195-2H1 and 3-7288-2H1
- Marvin Rosen
Koch International KIC- CD - 7634
The entire Cd contains works mainly from the 20th Century inspired by nature
and includes Alan Hovhaness - Vision of a Starry Night from Sonata Ananda Op. 303.
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Roll Over Beethoven - 101.1 FM WRR
Wrr Catalog #: 57152
Produced and released in 2005 by radio station WRR FM Dallas. A portion of the proceeds from sales of this album will be donated to Operation Kindness and SPCA of Texas.
Sonata for Piano, Op. 301 "Fred the Cat" by Alan Hovhaness was included in this collection.
documentary movie by
Ara Sahiner
Music from the Cd's Fred The Cat and Vision of a Starry Night were used in this movie.
