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• Symphony No.1 "Exile" Op.17 No.2 US premiere, Dec 1942
• Stravinsky: Symphony in C 1st broadcast, Feb 1943
• Paul Hindemith: Symphony in E flat broadcast Feb 1943
Leopold Stokowski / NBC Symphony Orchestras
Broadcast recordings 1942-43
PASC587 • Timing 76:42 |
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• Symphony No.1 'Exile'
• Armenian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-3 (for string orchestra)
• Song of the Sea* 1st recording
• Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Strings**
*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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Wind Symphonies
• 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 (May 2010) • Timing 62:12
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VISIONS OF THE EAST
• Ode to the Temple of Sound Op.216 1st recording
• Symphony No.10 'Vahaken' Op.184 1st recording
• Floating World (Ukiyo) Op.209 1st complete recording
• Meditation on Zeami Op.207 1st recording
Frost Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Chung Park
Centaur CRC2954 • Timing 58:00
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• Lousadzak* (Coming of Light) for piano and strings
• Mysterious Mountain (Symphony No.2)
• Lou Harrison: Symphony No.2 'Elegiac'
* Keith Jarrett, piano American Composers Orchestra, cond. Dennis Russell Davies
NI 2512 • Timing 66:20 |
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• Guitar Concerto No.2, Op.394* 1st recording
• Symphony No.63 'Loon Lake', Op.411 1st recording
• Fanfare for the New Atlantis, Op.281 1st recording
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor: Stewart Robertson, *Guitar: Javier Calderon
Naxos 8.559336 • Timing 59:50 |
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• Janabar (for piano, violin, trumpet and strings) 1st recording
• Shambala (concerto for sitar, violin and orchestra) 1st recording
• Talin (concerto for viola and strings)
Christina Fong (violin, viola), Paul Hersey (piano), Michael Bowman (trumpet), Gaurav Mazumdar (sitar)
Rastislav Stur / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
OgreOgress 2006b • Timing 98 mins |
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• Guitar Concerto No.1, Op.325 1st recording
• Symphony No.60 'To the Appalachian Mountains' 1st recording
• 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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• 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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• Symphony No.1 'Exile'
• Fantasy On Japanese Woodprints
• Meditation On Orpheus (version 2) • The Rubaiyat
Seattle Symphony / Gerard Schwarz
Delos 3168 • Timing 59:53 |
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• Mysterious Mountain (Symphony No.2) • Prelude And Quadruple Fugue • Alleluia And Fugue
• And God Created Great Whales • Celestial Fantasy • Prayer Of St. Gregory
Seattle Symphony / Gerard Schwarz
Delos 3157 • Timing 59:30 |
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• Mysterious Mountain (Symphony No.2)
• Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite • Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss • Divertimento
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Fritz Reiner (recorded 1957-58)
09026 61957-2 • Timing 63:36 |
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• Mysterious Mountain (Symphony No.2)
• Lousadzak (for piano* and strings)
• Lou Harrison: Symphony No.2 'Elegiac'
American Composers Orchestra, cond. Dennis Russell Davies * Keith Jarrett, piano
BMG / MusicMasters 7021 • Timing 66:57 |
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• Mysterious Mountain (Symphony No.2)
• Strauss: Death And Transfiguration • works by Dave Brubeck, Steve Touse, Thomas Canning
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra / Jesus Lopez Cobos
CD-80462 • Timing 75:16 |
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• Exile Symphony (Symphony No.1)
• 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 |
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• Mysterious Mountain (Symphony No.2)
• Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.9 • Riegger (New Dance Op.18b) • Creston (Toccata Op.68)
Leopold Stokowski and his Symphony Orchestra, Live at Carnegie Hall 25 September 1958
CACD0539 • Timing 73:17 |
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• Symphony No.3 • Mystery Of The Holy Martyrs*
KBS Symphony Orchestra / Vakhtang Jordania * Michael Long - Guitar
SR 1004 • Timing 65:51 |
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Works For Wind Orchestra • Hovhaness: Symphony No.4
• Giannini: Symphony No.3 • Gould: West Point Symphony*
Eastman Wind Ensemble Conductors: A Clyde Roller & *Frederick Fennell
Cat___ • Timing __:__ |
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• Symphony No.6 'Celestial Gate' • Odysseus Symphony (No.25) • Prayer Of St. Gregory
Polyphonia Orchestra of London / Alan Hovhaness
Crystal CD 807 • Timing 60:01 |
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• Symphony No.6 'Celestial Gate' • Mountains And Rivers Without End • Return And Rebuild The Desolate Places
• Aria (from Haroutiun) • Prayer Of St. Gregory
Manhattan Chamber Orchestra / Richard Auldon Clark
Koch International 7221 • Timing 62:44 |
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• Symphony No.6 'Celestial Gate' • Concerto No.7 for Orchestra
• Tzaikerk • Prelude And Quadruple Fugue
• Alleluia and Fugue • Prayer Of St. Gregory
I Fiamminghi (Orchestra of Flanders) / Rudolf Werthen
Telarc CD-80392 • Timing 79:19 |
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• Saint Vartan Symphony (No.9) • Artik (Concerto for Horn and Strings)*
National Philharmonic Orchestra of London / Alan Hovhaness *Meir Rimon, solo horn / David Amos, conductor
Crystal CD 802 • Timing 61:54 |
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• Concerto No.8 for Orchestra • Anahid • Elibris • Alleluia and Fugue
• And God Created Great Whales
Philharmonia Orchestra / David Amos, conductor
Crystal CD 810 • Timing 69:53 |
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• Symphony No.11 'All Men Are Brothers' • Tzaikerk* • Armenian Rhapsody No.1*
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Alan Hovhaness *Crystal Chamber Orchestra / Ernest Gold
Crystal CD 801 • Timing 53:02 |
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• Symphony No.15 'Silver Pilgrimage' • Concerto No.7 for Orchestra • Magnificat*
Louisville Orchestra / Robert Whitney
*with University of Louisville Choir & SATB Soloists
FECD-0006 • Timing 71:35 |
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• Vision From High Rock • Mountain Of Prophecy • Symphony No.15 'Silver Pilgrimage'
• Gregory Short: Mount Takhoma • Michael Young: Secrets
Northwest Symphony Orchestra / Anthony Spain
Koch 7399 • Timing 67:14 |
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• Symphony For Metal Orchestra (No.17) • The Holy City • Psalm And Fugue • Khrimian Hairag • Kohar
Manhattan Chamber Orchestra / Richard Auldon Clark
Koch International 7289 • Timing 52:39 |
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• Vishnu Symphony (No.19) • Requiem And Resurrection*
Alan Hovhaness / Sevan Philharmonic & *North Jersey Wind Ensemble
CD805 • Timing 44:37 |
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• Etchmiadzin Symphony (No.21) • Fra Angelico
• Mountains And Rivers Without End • Armenian Rhapsody No.3
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Alan Hovhaness
CD804 • Timing 63:54 |
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• Symphony No.22 'City of Light' • Symphony No.50 'Mount St. Helens'*
Seattle Symphony / Alan Hovhaness / *Gerard Schwarz
DE3137 • Timing 61:08 |
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• Symphony No.22 'City of Light' • Cello Concerto Op.17b*
Seattle Symphony / Alan Hovhaness *Dennis Russell Davies / *Janos Starker, Cello
8.559158 • Timing 60:49 |
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• Symphony No.23 'Ani' • The Spirit of Ink*
Highline and Shoreline College Bands / Alan Hovhaness * Smauel Baron, flutes
CD809 • Timing 57:01 |
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• Symphony No.24 'Majnun'
National Philharmonic Orchestra / John Alldis Choir Martyn Hill: tenor / Alan Hovhaness
CD803 • Timing 46:00 |
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• Symphony No.39* • Symphony No.46 'To The Green Mountains'
KBS Symphony Orchestra / Vakhtang Jordania *Michael Long - Guitar
Koch Classics 372082 • Timing __:__ |
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• The Holy City • Processional and Fugue • Armenian Rhapsodies 2 & 3 • In Memory Of An Artist
• Celestial Fantasy • Psalm And Fugue • Alleluia and Fugue
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Kerry Stratton
Dorian 93166 • Timing __:__ |
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• Concerto No.10 (for Piano, Trumpet, Strings) • Armenian Rhapsodies 1, 2, 3
• Symphony No.38* (movts 3 & 4)
Seattle Symphony / Gerard Schwarz
Martin Berkofsky - piano, Chris Butler - trumpet
*Alan Hovhaness conductor, *Hinako Fujihara voice
Koch International 3-7422 • Timing 60:38 |
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• Symphony No.29* • Symphony No.53 'Star Dawn'
• Suite: The Flowering Peach • Processional from Symphony No.20
Ohio State Concert Band / cond. Keith Brion *Christian Lindberg - Trombone
DE3158 • Timing 61:21 |
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• Symphony No.34 for Bass Trombone & Strings
• Donald White: Tetra Ergon • David Fetter: Profile
• Norman Bolter: Of Mountains • Scott Joplin: Solace
Douglas Yeo, bass trombone
Die Letzte Posaune CD 51955 • Timing 71:45 |
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• Meditation On Orpheus (1st version) • The Holy City
• Easter Cantata • Ave Maria • Christmas Ode
• Henry Cowell: Music 1957, Synchrony
Japan Philharmonic / William Strickland
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Arthur Bennet Lipkin
Bamberg Symph Orch / Alfredo Antonini, Benita Valente, Bay Rund Singers
Citadel 88122 • Timing __:__ |
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• Concerto: Talin (Clarinet and Strings)*
• Barber: Serenade For Strings Op.1
• Diamond: Elegy in Memory of Maurice Ravel
• works by Barlow, Berger, Flagello, Kaufman, Wilson
Orchestra Da Camera Di Roma, cond. Nicolas Flagello
Citadel 88107 • Timing 60:03 |
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Looking To The East
• The Holy City • Koke No Niwa (Moss Garden)
• Easter Cantata • Ave Maria • Christmas Ode
• Lou Harrison: Suite for Violin, Piano & Small Orchestra
• Henry Cowell: Homage To Iran
• Colin McPhee: Nocturne For Orchestra
Various Artists / Conductors
CRI 836 • Timing 76:29 |
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American Music for Strings
• Armenian Rhapsody No.2 • Celestial Fantasy
• Creston: Chant of 1942; Suite for Strings
• Dello Joio: Air for Strings
• Julius Chajes: Israeli Melodies 1-6
• Persichetti: Introit for String Orchestra
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra strings conducted by David Amos
Crystal CD508 • Timing __:__ |
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Oriental Landscapes
• Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints
• Thea 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 |
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Concertino
• Fantasy On Japanese Wood Prints (1965)
• Paul Creston: Concertino for Marimba (1940)
• Tshiro Mayuzumi: Concertino for Xylophone (1965)
• Robert Kurka: Concerto for Marimba (1959)
Greg Giannascoli (marimba, xylophone), Jae Hwang & Ivo Kaltchev (pianists), Tony DeLuzio & Andy Harnsberger (percussion)
World Music Marimba • Timing 62:47 |
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Music of Hovhaness and Bloch
• Lousadzak
• Prayer of St.Gregory
• Bloch: Concerto Grossos Nos.1 & 2, Suite Modale
Joseph Leniado-Chira Chamber Orchestra, Juilliard Orchestra, Miami Orchestra; pianist: Elizabeth Hovhaness
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Visions (Hovhaness Sampler from Koch)
• Elibris • Aria from Haroutiun
• Movements from Symphonies #39 and #46
• Piano Works • Prayer of St.Gregory
Compilation disc of Koch releases featuring various performers
Koch International 7311 • Timing __:__ |
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