Alan Hovhaness: Violin|Viola and Keyboard Works / Christina Fong, Arved Ashby

Track Listings
1. Oror "Lullaby" Op. 1a (1922/26) [2:46]    
2. Varak Op. 47a (1944) [4:14]    
3. Chahagir Op. 56a (1944) [5:03]    
4. Saris Op. 67 (1946) [14:38]    
5. Shatakh Op. 73b (1947) I. [4:43]    
6. Shatakh Op. 73b (1947) II. [2:44]    
7. Yeraz "The Dream" Op. 56b (1948) [5:22]    
8. Khirgiz Suite Op. 73a (1951) I. Variations [3:37]    
9. Khirgiz Suite Op. 73a (1951) II. A Khirgiz Tala [1:28]    
10. Khirgiz Suite Op. 73a (1951) III. [1:16]    
11. Duet for Violin and Harpsichord Op. 122 (1954) 1. Prelude [1:06]    
12. Duet for Violin and Harpsichord Op. 122 (1954) 2. Haiku [:33]    
13. Duet for Violin and Harpsichord Op. 122 (1954) 3. Aria [1:36]    
14. Three Visions of Saint Mesrob Op. 198 (1962) I. Celestial Mountain [4:25]    
15. Three Visions of Saint Mesrob Op. 198 (1962) II. Celestial Bird [2:30]    
16. Three Visions of Saint Mesrob Op. 198 (1962) III. Celestial Alphabet [2:39]    

Editorial Reviews
Raymond Tuttle, Classical Net, 2003
... a beautiful and satisfying listening experience ... you'll find yourself misty with nostalgia for lands you've never even visited.

Amanda MacBlane, NewMusicBox SoundTracks, January, 2002
... tender and experimental works ... reach back into the traditions of many cultures and translate these themes into a modern language.

Album Description
Third in a series featuring previously unreleased works for violin|viola by well-known composers, this CD contains several world premiere recordings and is first to include Alan Hovhaness's complete published works for violin|viola and keyboard.

Alan Hovhaness: Violin|Viola and Keyboard Works / Christina Fong, Arved Ashby

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Alan Hovhaness: Violin|Viola and Keyboard Works / Christina Fong, Arved Ashby
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Buried Treasure
  • An excellent collection
 Alan Hovhaness: Violin|Viola and Keyboard Works / Christina Fong, Arved Ashby

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ASIN: B00005RL83
Release Date: 2001-11-22

Tracks:

  1. Oror "Lullaby" Op. 1a (1922/26) [2:46]
  2. Varak Op. 47a (1944) [4:14]
  3. Chahagir Op. 56a (1944) [5:03]
  4. Saris Op. 67 (1946) [14:38]
  5. Shatakh Op. 73b (1947) I. [4:43]
  6. Shatakh Op. 73b (1947) II. [2:44]
  7. Yeraz "The Dream" Op. 56b (1948) [5:22]
  8. Khirgiz Suite Op. 73a (1951) I. Variations [3:37]
  9. Khirgiz Suite Op. 73a (1951) II. A Khirgiz Tala [1:28]
  10. Khirgiz Suite Op. 73a (1951) III. [1:16]
  11. Duet for Violin and Harpsichord Op. 122 (1954) 1. Prelude [1:06]
  12. Duet for Violin and Harpsichord Op. 122 (1954) 2. Haiku [:33]
  13. Duet for Violin and Harpsichord Op. 122 (1954) 3. Aria [1:36]
  14. Three Visions of Saint Mesrob Op. 198 (1962) I. Celestial Mountain [4:25]
  15. Three Visions of Saint Mesrob Op. 198 (1962) II. Celestial Bird [2:30]
  16. Three Visions of Saint Mesrob Op. 198 (1962) III. Celestial Alphabet [2:39]

Album Description

Third in a series featuring previously unreleased works for violin|viola by well-known composers, this CD contains several world premiere recordings and is first to include Alan Hovhaness's complete published works for violin|viola and keyboard.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Buried Treasure.......2006-07-19

With dozens of Hovhaness CDs on the market, it's unusual to find an offering where none of the pieces, as far as I know, are available on other recordings. Each piece was a delight to discover and reveals the spiritual side of the Hovhaness that I have come to love. The mysterious sounds of Armenian themes abound and I was quickly drawn into a haunted sound world. The music is evocative of ancient times, imaginative and addictive. The notes by Arved Ashby, the keyboardist, are excellent and tie together history and musical analysis, further adding to one's enjoyment of this brilliant recording.

Offering 60 minutes of lingering beauty, this is the jewel of my expanding Hovhaness collection. If you have already discovered Hovhaness, then this is a must have; if not, then this is the place to start.

5 out of 5 stars An excellent collection.......2005-01-21

This is a wonderful collection of chamber pieces by the phenomenal Alan Hovhaness. America should make more of this man's achievements. Music poured out of him during his lifetime. Unlike so many 20C composers, beauty and harmony were his watchwords.
This particular cd is a wonderful opportunity for listeners to hear his all-too-rarely recorded chamber works. Performances and recording are nothing short of excellent.
Fong and Ashby have picked through Hovhaness' vast complete works and compiled a complete collection of his works for viola and piano. Hovhaness is said by some critics to have lost the plot compositionally in the last few decades of his life, but there's no sign of that here - there's also no sense of performer as completist anorak either, every piece here deserves its place on its own merits, every piece is bright and refreshing. In addition to the viola and piano works which will be unfamiliar to most people, there is the solo viola piece Chahagir which has been recorded before, so listeners can compare.
For me this is pure musical pleasure in a convenient package. Unhesisatingly, I would urge anyone who knows Hovhaness' music to snap it up straight away.
Anyone looking for a tonal, melodic, fresh, opimistic hour immersed in meaningful and beautiful music should do likewise.
I love this disc and I'm sure you will too.

Track Listings:

  1. Art of the Fugue Bwv 1080
  2. Ave Gracia Plena: Music In Honor of the Virgin Mary
  3. Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos
  4. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5
  5. Bach - Mass in b minor / Heaston · Hanslowe · Rabiner · M. Tucker · N. Berg · Boston Baroque · Pearlman
  6. Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for Violin
  7. Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, etc. [Import]
  8. Beethoven: Missa Solemnis [Import]
  9. Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 23 & 32, Diabelli Variations, Six Bagatelles [Import]
  10. Beethoven: Symphonien Nos. 7 & 8

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