About Alan Hovhaness
Alan Hovhaness (March 8, 1911 – June 21, 2000) was an American composer of Armenian and Scottish descent. His music is accessible to the lay listener and often evokes a mood of mystery or contemplation. The Boston Globe music critic Richard Buell wrote: "Although he has been stereotyped as a self-consciously Armenian composer (rather as Ernest Bloch is seen as a Jewish composer), his output assimilates the music of many cultures. What may be most American about all of it is the way it turns its materials into a kind of exoticism.
Top Tracks
Symphony No. 48, Op. 355 "Vision of Andromeda": II. Fugue: Allegro
Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, "Mysterious Mountain": I. Andante Con Moto
Symphony No. 2, Op. 132 "Mysterious Mountain" - Andante Espressivo
4 Bagatelles, Op. 30: No. 1. —
Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, "Mysterious Mountain": II. Double Fugue
Prayer of St. Gregory, Op. 62b
5 Visionary Landscapes, Op. 214: No. 1
Sonata for Harp and Guitar, Op. 374, "Spirit of Trees": I. Andante cantabile - Maestoso rubato - Tempo I
And God Created Great Whales, Op. 229, No. 1
Symphony No. 2, Op. 132 "Mysterious Mountain" - Andante con Moto
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