Classical Discoveries playlist-HOVHANESS MEMORIAL TRIBUTE-06/27/2000

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Playlist for Classical Discoveries with Marvin Rosen

June 27, 2000 - 06:00am - 11:00am

HOVHANESS MEMORIAL TRIBUTE

All selections below were played on my special memorial program. In addition to playing Hovhaness's
music I also included selections by various musicians he was inspired by. These included the Armenian composer
Komitas as well as Western composers Sibelius and Handel. To me some of the greatest performances of Hovhaness's
music were never transferred to CD which is why this tribute contained a number of very special LPs.

My special memorial tribute written the day after the death of Alan Hovhaness :
IN MEMORY OF ALAN HOVHANESS - 1911 - 2000.

Hovhaness - Prayer of St. Gregory, Op. 62b - Crystal Records - CD 807
Hovhaness - Harp Sonata, Op. 127 - Telarc - 80530
Hovhaness - Armenian Rhapsody #1, Op. 45 - Koch International Classics - 3-7422-2
Hovhaness - The Holy City, Op. 218 - CRI - 836
Handel - Opening Chorus from "The Ways of Zion Do Mourn" - Erato CD
Hovhaness - Mystic Flute, Op. 22 - Koch International Classics - 3-7288-2
Hovhaness - Khaldis, Op. 91 - Crystal - 814
Hovhaness - Concerto #2 for Violin and String Orch., Op. 89a, Aria movement - Heliodor - HS-25040(LP)
Komidas - Dance for Piano - Poseidon LP
Hovhaness - Magnificat, Op. 157 - Crystal - 808
Hovhaness - Jhala for Piano, Op. 103 - MGM - E3160(LP)
Taronetsi - Deep Sacrement - Octa Records - 002
Hovhaness - Alleluia and Fugue, Op. 40b - MGM - E3504(LP)
Hovhaness - Starry Night, Crystal - 811
Hovhaness - Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Op. 282 - Columbia Masterworks - M 34537(LP)
Hovhaness - Farewell to the Mountains, Koch International Classics - 3-7288-2
Hovhaness - Black Pool of Cat - Poseidon LP recently transferred to Crystal CD
Hovhaness - Sonata, "Fred the Cat", Op. 301 - Koch International Classics - 3-7195-2
Hovhaness - Child in the Garden - Hearts of Space CD
Komidas - "Holy, Holy" from "Divine Liturgy" - Diocesan Records - DR-631
Hovhaness - "Talin", Concerto for Viola and Strings, Op. 93 - MGM - E3432(LP)
Hovhaness - Love Song Vanishing into the Sounds of Crickets - Fortuna CD
Hovhaness - "Procession" and "Strangeness" from "Avak the Healer" - Crystal Records - 806
Hovhaness - Return and Rebuild Desolate Places (Concerto for Trumpet) - Mace - MXX 9099(LP)
Anon. - Harvest Song for Kanoon - Celestial Harmonies CD
Hovhaness - Achtamar - Koch International Classics - 3-7195-2
Sibelius - Andante Festivo - Symposium - 1253
Hovhaness - Symphony No. 11 "All Men are Brothers", Op. 186 - Crystal - 801
Hovhaness - In Memory of an Artist, Op. 163 - Dorian - 93166

To find more about Alan Hovhaness go to:
ALAN HOVHANESS - most comprehensive website created by a fan of the Composer.
AN OVERVIEW OF THE MUSIC OF ALAN HOVHANESS ON CD - by Eric Kunze
ALAN HOVHANESS - A composer for our time - by Frank Perry