Alan Hovhaness - Collection Vol. 1 (Gerard Schwarz; Keith Brion; Shanghai Quartet)

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Composer: Alan Hovhaness

CD1:

• Prayer of St. Gregory, Op. 62b
• Symphony No. 22 "City of Light", Op. 236
• Bagatelles Nos. 1-4, Op. 30
• Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints "Hanga Genso", Op. 211

CD2:

• The Flowering Peach, incidental music, Op. 125
• Symphony No. 1 "Exile Symphony", Op. 17, No. 2
• A Rose Tree Blossoms, motet, Op. 246, No. 4
• String Quartet No. 4 "The Ancient Tree", Op. 208, No. 2

Seatle Symphony Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz & Alan Hovhaness, conductors

Ohio State University Concert Band / Keith Brion, conductor

St. John's Episcopal Cathedral Choir / Donald Pearson, conductor

Shanghai Quartet

Date: 1997

Label: Delos

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Alan Hovhaness (March 8, 1911 – June 21, 2000) was an American composer of Armenian ancestry. 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. Hovhaness was inducted into the National Institute of Arts and Letters (1951), and received honorary D.Mus. degrees from the University of Rochester (1958), Bates College (1959) and the Boston Conservatory (1987).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Hovhaness

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Gerard Schwarz (born August 19, 1947 in Weehawken, New Jersey) is an American symphony conductor and trumpeter. He graduated from New York City's High School of Performing Arts and Juilliard School of Music and began his musical career as a trumpeter, performing until 1977 as co-principal of the New York Philharmonic under Pierre Boulez. Schwarz champions American composers, past and present. He has made more than 100 recordings with the Seattle Symphony including many American works. As of 2019, Schwarz serves as the Artistic and Music Director of Palm Beach Symphony.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Schwarz

http://www.gerardschwarz.com/

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