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Alan Hovhaness
p, 1911-2000 US, Somerville, Massachusetts
Composer of Classical
A.k.a. Alan Vaness Chakmakjian
Alan Hovhaness (/hoʊˈvɑːnɪs/; Armenian: Ալան Յովհաննէս, March 8, 1911 – June 21, 2000) was an American composer of Armenian and Scottish descent. He was one of the most prolific 20th-century composers, with his official catalog comprising 67 numbered symphonies (surviving manuscripts indicate over 70) and 434 opus numbers. The true tally is well over 500 surviving works since many opus numbers comprise two or more distinct works.
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Sonata for Harp and Guitar, Op. 374, "Spirit of Trees": I. Andante cantabile - Maestoso rubato - Tempo I on Together by Yolanda Kondonassis Symphony No. 48, Op. 355 "Vision of Andromeda": II. Fugue: Allegro on Hovhaness: Works for Orchestra & Soprano Saxophone by Alan Hovhaness, Greg Banaszak, Eastern Music Festival Orchestra & Gerard Schwarz Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, "Mysterious Mountain": I. Andante con moto on Hovhaness, A.: Symphony No. 2 ,"Mysterious Mountain" / Prayer of St. Gregory / And God Created Great Whales by Alan Hovhaness, Seattle Symphony Orchestra & Gerard Schwarz The Ecstasy of Gold from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly on Route 66 [Drive Time] by Various Artists 4 Bagatelles, Op. 30: No. 1. — on Hovhaness, A.: 4 Bagatelles / String Quartet Nos. 1-4 / Zhou, L.: Song of the Ch'In by Alan Hovhaness & Shanghai Quartet Prayer of St. Gregory, Op. 62b on Hovhaness, A.: Symphony No. 2 ,"Mysterious Mountain" / Prayer of St. Gregory / And God Created Great Whales by Alan Hovhaness, Seattle Symphony Orchestra & Gerard Schwarz Alan Hovhaness -sonata on Serenades for flute and harp by Laurel Zucker and Sara Cutler String Quartet No. 2, Op. 147: VII. Hymn on Hovhaness, A.: 4 Bagatelles / String Quartet Nos. 1-4 / Zhou, L.: Song of the Ch'In by Alan Hovhaness & Shanghai Quartet Suite for Flute & Harp, Op. 245 "The Garden of Adonis": V. Grave on Music of Hovhaness by Alan Hovhaness & Yolanda Kondonassis The Garden of Adonis, Op. 245: I. Largo on Spohr / Donizetti / Krumpholz / Hovhaness: Music for Flute and Harp by Robert Aitken & Erica GoodmanTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suite For Band - October Mountain - The Ruins Of Ani | Alan Hovhaness, Larry Gookin, Keith Brion, Mark Goodenberger, Central Washington University Wind Ensemble | 2018 | Album |
| Piano Concerto | Alan Hovhaness Conducting The Manhattan Chamber Orchestra | 2016 | Album |
| Concerto No. 2, Op. 89A | Alan Hovhaness, Jorge Mester Conducting The Louisville Orchestra | 2016 | Album |
| Avak The Healer, Op. 65 | Alan Hovhaness, Jorge Mester Conducting The Louisville Orchestra | 2016 | Album |
| Symphony No. 48 'Vision Of Andromeda' | Alan Hovhaness – Greg Banaszak • Eastern Music Festival Orchestra • Gerard Schwarz | 2015 | Album |
| Percussion Instruments In 20th Century American Music | Pekarsky Percussion Ensemble, Charles Ives, Lou Harrison, Alan Hovhaness, John Cage, John Luther Adams | 2014 | Album |
| Concert For Harmonica & Orchestra | Gianluca Littera, Orchestra Stesichoros, Francesco Di Mauro / Graham Whettam, Gabriel Fauré, Alan Hovhaness, Astor Piazzolla, Vilem Tausky | 2013 | Album |
| Symphony No. 1 'Exile' • Symphony No. 50 'Mount Saint Helens' | Alan Hovhaness, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz | 2012 | Compil. |
| Symphonies Nos. 7, 14 And 23 | Alan Hovhaness – Trinity College Of Music Wind Orchestra • Keith Brion | 2010 | Album |
| Guitar Concerto No. 2 • Symphony No. 63 'Loon Lake' • Fanfare For The New Atlantis | Alan Hovhaness, Javier Calderón, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stewart Robertson | 2008 | Album |
| Solos, Duos, Trios | Alan Hovhaness | 2008 | Album |
| Alan Hovhaness - Music For Horn, Voice, And Strings | Alan Hovhaness, The Hendrix College Chamber Orchestra, Karen Griebling | 2007 | Album |
| Janabar, Talin, Shambala | Alan Hovhaness | 2006 | Album |
| Symphony No. 60 / Guitar Concerto / Khrimian Hairig | Alan Hovhaness / David Leisner / Lars Ranch / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Gerard Schwarz | 2006 | Album |
| Visions Of The East - Music Of Alan Hovhaness | Alan Hovhaness | 2006 | Album |
| Concerto For 2 Pianos And Orchestra Mihr Ko-Ola-U Vijaj Lousadzak - Concerto For Piano And Strings | Alan Hovhaness / Martin Berkofsky | 2005 | Album |
| Symphonies Nos. 4, 20 And 53 | Alan Hovhaness / John Wallace / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Keith Brion | 2005 | Album |
| Symphony No.22 "City Of Light" / Cello Concerto | Alan Hovhaness, Janos Starker, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies | 2004 | Album |
| Symphony No. 9 In E Minor / Mysterious Mountain / New Dance / Toccata | Leopold Stokowski, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Alan Hovhaness, Wallingford Riegger, Paul Creston | 2004 | Album |
| Mysterious Mountains | Alan Hovhaness - Gerard Schwarz, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra | 2003 | Album |
| The Lord Is My Shepherd (American Psalmody Vol. III) | Gloriae Dei Cantores, Elizabeth C. Patterson - Samuel Adler / Alan Hovhaness / Darius Milhaud / Charles Ives / Conrad Susa / Bruce Neswick / Ned Rorem / Robert Starer / Daniel Pinkham / Philip James | 2002 | Album |
| Concerto No. 7 • Symphony No. 15 • Magnificat | Alan Hovhaness – The Louisville Orchestra | 2001 | Compil. |
| Ballet Mecanique / Toccata For Percussion / October Mountain / Sketch For Percussion | George Antheil / Carlos Chávez / Alan Hovhaness / Ronald LoPresti | 2000 | Album |
| ViolinViola and Keyboard Works | Alan Hovhaness | 2000 | Album |
| Music Of Alan Hovhaness | Alan Hovhaness – Yolanda Kondonassis | 2000 | Album |
| The Persian Hours | Tamara Anna Cislowska - Erik Satie, Henryk Górecki, Arvo Pärt, Alan Hovhaness & Charles Koechlin | 1998 | Album |
| Celestial Fantasy | Alan Hovhaness – Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kerry Stratton | 1998 | Album |
| Armenian Rhapsodies 1, 2, & 3; My Soul is a Bird; Lullaby | Alan Hovhaness / Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz, Hinako Fujihara Hovhaness, Martin Berkofsky | 1997 | Album |
| Hovhaness: Triptych • The Holy City • Meditation On Orpheus / Cowell: Music 1957 • Synchrony | Alan Hovhaness, Henry Cowell | 1997 | Compil. |
| Mystery Of The Holy Martyrs Op.251, Symphony No.3 Op.148 | Alan Hovhaness, Vakhtang Jordania, KBS Symphony Orchestra | 1996 | Album |
| Visions: The Alan Hovhaness Sampler | Alan Hovhaness | 1995 | Compil. |
| Magnificat | Alan Hovhaness, St. John's Cathedral Choir, Orchestra Of St. John's Cathedral, Donald Pearson | 1995 | Album |
| Symphony Of Metal Instruments / Kohar / Khrimian Hairig / Psalm And Fugue / The Holy City | Alan Hovhaness | 1995 | Album |
| The Rubaiyat | Alan Hovhaness | 1995 | Album |
| Magnificat | Alan Hovhaness, St. John's Cathedral Choir, Orchestra Of St. John's Cathedral, Donald Pearson | 1995 | Album |
| Magnificat & Saturn | Alan Hovhaness | 1995 | Album |
| Celestial Gate | Alan Hovhaness, I Fiamminghi, Rudolf Werthen | 1995 | Album |
| Spirit Murmur | Alan Hovhaness - Shanghai Quartet | 1994 | Album |
| Star Dawn | Alan Hovhaness, Keith Brion, Christian Lindberg, The Ohio State Concert Band | 1994 | Album |
| Mysterious Mountain / And God Created Great Whales | Alan Hovhaness, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz | 1994 | Album |
| Vision Of A Starry Night | Alan Hovhaness, Marvin Rosen | 1994 | Album |
| Mountains And Rivers Without End, Symphony No. 6 (The Celestial Gate), Return And Rebuild The Desolate Places, Prayer To St. Gregory, Aria From Haroutiun | Alan Hovhaness, The Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Richard Auldon Clark, Chris Gekker | 1994 | Album |
| Symphony No. 50 "Mount St. Helens" & Symphony No. 22 "City Of Light" | Alan Hovhaness - Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz | 1993 | Album |
| Symphony No. 25 (Odysseus) / Symphony No. 6 (Celestial Gate) / Prayer Of Saint Gregory | Alan Hovhaness | 1993 | Album |
| Music of Alan Hovhaness | Alan Hovhaness | 1993 | Album |
| Symphony No. 46 (To The Green Mountains) , Symphony No. 39 (Symphony For Guitar And Orchestra) | Alan Hovhaness – KBS Symphony Orchestra, Vakhtang Jordania • Michael Long | 1993 | Album |
| Fred The Cat (Half A Century Of Piano Music) | Alan Hovhaness - Marvin Rosen | 1992 | Album |
| Piano Music Of Alan Hovhaness | Wayne Johnson, Alan Hovhaness | 1992 | Compil. |
| West Point Symphony / Symphony No. 4 / Symphony No. 3 | Morton Gould, Alan Hovhaness, Vittorio Giannini, Frederick Fennell, A. Clyde Roller, Eastman Wind Ensemble | 1992 | Compil. |
| Set Of Five | Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio, John Cage, Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison, Alan Hovhaness, Somei Satoh | 1991 | Album |
| Lady Of Light / Avak, The Healer | Alan Hovhaness | 1991 | Compil. |
| Visionary Landscapes | Alan Hovhaness / Şahan Arzruni | 1991 | Album |
| Modern Masters III | Norman Dello Joio / Alan Hovhaness / Arnold Rosner - Philharmonia Orchestra, David Amos | 1991 | Album |
| Requiem And Resurrection For Brass Choir And Percussion / Symphony No. 19 "Vishnu" | Alan Hovhaness | 1990 | Album |
| Marimba Concertos | Alan Hovhaness, Peter Klatzow, Frank Nuyts / Robert Van Sice | 1990 | Album |
| Tzaikerk / Lousadzak | Alan Hovhaness | 1989 | Album |
| Meditation On Orpheus / New England Episodes / Symphony No. 3 | Alan Hovhaness / Quincy Porter / Homer Keller | 1989 | Album |
| Mysterious Mountain • Lousadzak • Elegiac Symphony | Alan Hovhaness ; Lou Harrison – American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies - Keith Jarrett | 1989 | Album |
| And God Created Great Whales / Concerto No. 8 For Orchestra / Anahid / Elibris / Alleluia And Fugue | Alan Hovhaness | 1989 | Album |
| Shālimār (Piano Solos) | Alan Hovhaness | 1988 | Album |
| Music Of Alan Hovhaness | Alan Hovhaness, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 1988 | Compil. |
| Majnun Symphony (Symphony No. 24, Opus 273) | Alan Hovhaness | 1987 | Album |
| Members Israel Philharmonic Orchestra | Paul Creston, Alan Hovhaness, Norman Dello Joio, Julius Chajes, Vincent Persichetti, Members Of The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, David Amos | 1986 | Compil. |
| Music Of Alan Hovhaness | Alan Hovhaness | 1986 | Album |
| Saint Vartan Symphony (Symphony No. 9, Opus 180) | Alan Hovhaness | 1986 | Album |
| The Music Of Alan Hovhaness | Alan Hovhaness | 1985 | Album |
| David Amos Conducting Members Of The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra | Alan Hovhaness, Quincy Porter, Julius Chajes, Vincent Persichetti, William Brown | 1984 | Album |
| Chant Of 1942, Op. 33 / Air For Strings / Suite For String Orchestra, Op. 109 / Celestial Fantasy, Op. 44 | Paul Creston / Norman Dello Joio / Alan Hovhaness - David Amos, Members Of The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra | 1983 | Album |
| Symphony No. 47 "Walla Walla, Land of Many Waters" | Alan Hovhaness | 1982 | Album |
| Symphony No. 31 And Songs | Alan Hovhaness | 1981 | Compil. |
| Symphony No. 31 And Songs | Alan Hovhaness | 1981 | Compil. |
| Dance Suite / Acht Stucke, Eight Pieces / Sextet In E Flat Minor / Sharagan And Fugue | The Empire Brass Quintet - Antonín Dvořák / Paul Hindemith / Oskar Wilhelmovitch Böhme / Alan Hovhaness | 1980 | Album |
| Symphony No. 38 | Alan Hovhaness | 1978 | Album |
| Modern American Music Vol. 2 | Alan Hovhaness, Wayne Barlow, Jeffrey Kaufman, Nicolas Flagello, Jean Berger, Orchestra Da Camera Di Roma, Lawrence Sobol | 1977 | Album |
| Andre Kostelanetz Conducts The Music Of Alan Hovhaness | André Kostelanetz Conducts The Music Of Alan Hovhaness | 1977 | Album |
| Russo, Hovhaness, Saturen, Hindemith, Bozza, Russo | John Russo, Alan Hovhaness, David Saturen, Paul Hindemith, Eugène Bozza | 1977 | Album |
| Odysseus Symphony / Requiem And Resurrection | Alan Hovhaness | 1976 | Album |
| Firdausi For Clarinet, Harp & Percussion, Op. 252 / Evocations De Slovaquie For Clarinet, Viola & Cello | Alan Hovhaness / Karel Husa, Lawrence Sobol | 1976 | Album |
| Symphony No. 23 "Ani" (Opus 249) | Alan Hovhaness | 1975 | Album |
| Avak, The Healer | Alan Hovhaness, Marni Nixon / Thomas Stevens / Eudice Shapiro / Gretel Shanley / Crystal Chamber Orchestra | 1975 | Album |
| Symphony Etchmiadzin / Armenian Rhapsody No 3 / Mountains And Rivers Without End | Alan Hovhaness, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 1975 | Album |
| Music Of Nature And The Gods | Alan Hovhaness / Vally Weigl | 1974 | Album |
| Odysseus Symphony (Symphony No. 25, Opus 275) | Alan Hovhaness | 1974 | Album |
| Saint Vartan Symphony Op. 80 | Alan Hovhaness, National Philharmonic Orchestra | 1973 | Album |
| Morning Music / Sun Music III / Avak, The Healer | Lawrence Widdoes / Peter Sculthorpe / Alan Hovhaness - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester | 1973 | Album |
| The Flute Player Of The Armenian Mountains (And Other Songs By Alan Hovhaness) | Alan Hovhaness, Ara Berberian | 1972 | Album |
| 20th Century Harp | Susann McDonald Plays Sergei Prokofiev, Ernst Krenek, Alfredo Casella And Alan Hovhaness | 1972 | Album |
| Fra Angelico / Requiem And Resurrection (For Brass And Percussion) | Alan Hovhaness | 1972 | Album |
| Fra Angelico / Symphony No 11 'All Men Are Brothers' | Alan Hovhaness, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 1972 | Album |
| Pilgrimage / Fra Angelico / The Earth's / Lions | The New Orleans Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Werner Torkanowsky, Norman Treigle, Gordon O. Brown - Carlisle Floyd / Alan Hovhaness / Michael Colgrass / Ned Rorem | 1972 | Album |
| Symphony No. 19 "Vishnu" (Opus 217) | Alan Hovhaness | 1971 | Album |
| Wind Music Of Alan Hovhaness | Alan Hovhaness - North Jersey Wind Symphony, Keith Brion, Gerard Schwarz | 1971 | Album |
| And God Created Great Whales | Alan Hovhaness - André Kostelanetz | 1971 | Album |
| The Holy City / Apparitions / Collage / Kaddish / Festive Overture | Arthur Bennett Lipkin, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Alan Hovhaness / Bernard Rogers / Roy Travis / Arthur Cohn / William Grant Still | 1970 | Album |
| Rachmaninoff: Aleko -- A Suite From The Opera And Hovhaness: Floating World -- Ukiyo | Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff / Alan Hovhaness / André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra | 1968 | Album |
| 2nd String Quartet / "Lousadzak" Concerto No. 1 For Piano & String Orchestra | Charles Ives / Alan Hovhaness | 1967 | Album |
| Quintet For Piano & Strings / Khaldis: Concerto For Piano, Four Trumpets & Percussion | Walter Piston / Alan Hovhaness | 1966 | Compil. |
| The Incredible Flutist / Suite From "The Black Maskers" / Merry Mount Suite / Prelude & Quadruple Fugue | Walter Piston, Roger Sessions, Howard Hanson, Alan Hovhaness, Eastman-Rochester Orchestra | 1965 | Album |
| Koke No Niwa "Moss Garden" / Chamber Cantata On Chinese Poems / Four Scenes For Piano / Sonata For Violin And Piano | Alan Hovhaness / Ezra Sims / Lawrence Moss | 1964 | Album |
| Music Of Alan Hovhaness | Alan Hovhaness | 1963 | Album |
| Magnificat For Solo Voices, Chorus And Orchestra, Opus 157 | Alan Hovhaness, University Of Louisville Choir, The Louisville Orchestra | 1961 | Album |
| Meditation On Orpheus / Symphony No. 3 / Poem For Orchestra | Alan Hovhaness, Homer Keller, Joseph Wood | 1960 | Album |
| Mysterious Mountain / The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento | Alan Hovhaness, Igor Stravinsky, Fritz Reiner, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra | 1958 | Album |
| Set Of Five / Kirgiz Suite / Sonata No. 4 | Henry Cowell, Alan Hovhaness, Charles Ives | 1957 | Album |
| Ten Songs From The Hebrew / Upon Enchanted Ground / Suite For Violin, Piano, And Percussion | Stefan Wolpe / Alan Hovhaness | 1957 | Album |
| Saint Vartan Symphony, Op. 80 | Alan Hovhaness - Carlos Surinach, The M-G-M Chamber Orchestra | 1957 | Album |
| Tone Cluster Pieces And Other Piano Music / Prelude For Violin And Harpsichord / Concerto For Celesta And Harpsichord Soli / Cantilena/Capriccio For Violin And Harpsichord / Duet For Violin And Harpsichord | Henry Cowell / Daniel Pinkham / Alan Hovhaness | 1957 | Album |
| New Dance / Concerto No. 1 For Orchestra ("Arevakal") / Symphony No. 4 | Wallingford Riegger / Alan Hovhaness / Henry Cowell | 1956 | Album |
| Concerto No. 7 For Orchestra / Overture To "Much Ado About Nothing" / Sinfonietta Flamenca | Alan Hovhaness / Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco / Carlos Surinach - The Louisville Orchestra | 1955 | Album |
| Khaldis: Concerto For Piano, Four Trumpets & Percussion | Alan Hovhaness - William Masselos, Izler Solomon | 1955 | Album |
| Lousadzak: Concerto No. 1 For Piano And String Orchestra, Op. 48 / Concerto No. 2 For Violin And String Orchestra, Op. 89a | Alan Hovhaness - Maro Ajemian, Anahid Ajemian, Carlos Surinach | 1950 | Album |
| Piano Concerto | Alan Hovhaness | 1950 | Album |
| Lousadzak (The Coming Of Light) | Maro Ajemian, Alan Hovhaness | 1947 | Album |
| Lousadzak (The Coming Of Light) | Maro Ajemian, Alan Hovhaness | 1947 | Album |
| È Lucivan Le Stelle (The Stars Were Shining) / Prayer For St. Gregory | Ferruccio Tagliavini / Maro Ajemian, Alan Hovhaness | 1947 | Album |
| Piano Compositions by Alan Hovhaness and John Cage | Alan Hovhaness, John Cage | 1947 | Album |
| Triptych / Mosaïques / Development | Alan Hovhaness / Karel Husa / Willard Straight | Album | |
| Khaldis / The Spirit Of Ink | Alan Hovhaness | Album | |
| Alan Hovhaness, Lady Of Light & Avak, The Healer | Alan Hovhaness | Album | |
| Symphony No. 4 • Symphony No. 3 | Alan Hovhaness / Vittorio Giannini / Eastman Wind Ensemble / A. Clyde Roller | Album | |
| Symphony No. XI - "All Men Are Brothers" | Alan Hovhaness, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Album | |
| Saturn, Op. 243 | Alan Hovhaness | Album | |
| Lady Of Light, Opus 227 | Alan Hovhaness | Album | |
| Octet For Strings, Sinfonia No. 9, Lousadzak | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Alan Hovhaness - Arthur Winograd, The Arthur Winograd String Orchestra | Album | |
| Sonata I In G Minor / Sonata VII In G Major / Prayer Of Saint Gregory / Symphony No. 6 "Celestial Gate" | Lodovico Giustini - Mieczyslaw Horszowski / Alan Hovhaness, Polyphonia Orchestra Of London | Album | |
| Music For Trumpet And Organ | Marice W. Stith, Donald Paterson, Alan Hovhaness, Vincent Persichetti, Giuseppe Torelli | Album | |
| Songs by Alan Hovhaness, Vol 1 | Alan Hovhaness, Ara Berberian | Album | |
| Fantasy For Piano; Six Dances For Piano | Alan Hovhaness, Komitas | Album | |
| Hovhaness: 'Talin' Concerto For Viola And Strings; Hindemith: 'Music Of Mourning' (Trauermusik); Partos: 'Yiskor' (In Memoriam) | Alan Hovhaness, Paul Hindemith, Ödön Pártos, Emanuel Vardi, Izler Solomon, The M-G-M String Orchestra | Album | |
| Magnificat For Four Solo Voices, Chorus And Orchestra, Opus 157 / All In The Spring Wind | The Louisville Orchestra, Alan Hovhaness, Chou Wen-chung, Robert Whitney | Album | |
| "Music By Alan Hovhaness" | Alan Hovhaness | Album | |
| Distant Lake of Sighs and other songs | Alan Hovhaness, Ara Berberian | Album | |
| The Flowering Peach / Orbit No. 1 / Is There Survival - Ballet | Alan Hovhaness | Album |
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