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American Mystic

Music of Alan Hovhaness: Centennial Collection

Charles Butler (trumpet), Michael York (narrator) & Diane Schmidt (accordion)

Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Quartet & Ohio State University Concert Band, Gerard Schwarz & Keith Brion

Release Date: 31st Oct 2011
Catalogue No: DE3421
Label: Delos
Length: 75 minutes

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Hovhaness: Prayer of Saint Gregory, Op. 62b

Work length4:53

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$1.30

Charles Butler
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz

Hovhaness: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Op. 308

Work length13:53

$3.00

$3.85

Michael York, Diane Schmidt
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz

Hovhaness: Four Bagatelles, Op. 30

Work length8:50

$4.00

$5.20

Shanghai Quartet

No. 1, —

Track length2:04

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$1.30

No. 2, —

Track length1:06

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$1.30

No. 3, —

Track length2:00

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No. 4, —

Track length3:40

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$1.30

Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2 'Mysterious Mountain', Op. 132

Work length17:04

$3.00

$3.90

Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz

I. Andante con moto

Track length6:03

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$1.30

II. Double Fugue

Track length5:35

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$1.30

III. Andante espressivo

Track length5:26

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$1.30

Hovhaness: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 147

Work length3:09

$2.00

$2.60

Shanghai Quartet

V. Gamelan in Sosi Style

Track length1:44

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$1.30

I. Spirit Murmur

Track length1:25

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Hovhaness: The Flowering Peach, Op. 125

Work length15:15

$8.00

$10.40

Ohio State University Concert Band
Keith Brion

I. Overture

Track length2:06

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$1.30

II. Lifting of Voices

Track length1:16

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II. Building of the Ark

Track length0:44

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III. Intermezzo

Track length3:30

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IV. Rain

Track length1:23

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V. Love Song

Track length1:40

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$1.30

VI. Sun and Moon

Track length1:56

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$1.30

VII. Rainbow Hymn

Track length2:40

$1.00

$1.30

Hovhaness: And God Created Great Whales, Op. 229 No. 1

Work length12:16

$3.00

$3.85

Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz

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“My purpose is to create music not for snobs, but for all people; music which is beautiful and healing – to attempt what old Chinese painters called ‘spirit resonance’ in melody and sound.” Alan Hovhaness

Heralded by a New York Times article appearing August 28, 2011 — honoring the centenary year of Hovhaness’ birth – Delos celebrates this wonderfully eclectic “American Mystic’s” glowing niche in the pantheon of American musical history from a new angle: Hovhaness as a composer of what we now call “world music” … though on a more exalted plane than most of that genre’s content. We call Hovhaness a “mystic” largely due to his insatiable curiosity about pan-global musical traditions: primarily exotic-sounding middle- and far-Eastern modes, scales and rhythms that – owing to their “alien” impact upon western ears – tend to convey mystically spiritual impressions. On top of his own Armenian musical roots, he compulsively explored the music of other Arabic regions – as well as the traditions of India, Japan, Korea and Indonesia – absorbing them all into his overall musical consciousness, to be tapped at need to suit his unique creative designs. Accordingly, Delos has combed through its many distinguished previous recordings of Hovhaness’ music to find the individual works that best support such a “world music” classification. And everything fits: Like that of many current world music artists, the music of Hovhaness blends disparate musical influences and impulses in musical “fusions” that are framed by western contexts of sound, form and instrumentation.

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