Vishnu Symphony (N. 9), Requiem And Resurrection. Alan Hovhaness, Sevan Philharmonic & North Jersey Wind Ensemble CD805, Timing 44:37.
Performed by the New Jersey Wind Symphony, this beautiful and solemn work from 1967 is "a tribute to the tragedy and heroic resurrection of the Armenian people. The score varies between the steady choral music of mysterious processional hymns, wildly free quasi-random passages of great energy, celestial textures for small bells and chimes, and a "canzona" expressing faith in a final resurrection "into a New Age" on Earth. Symphony No. 19 (Vishnu), op. 217 is one gigantic melodic line surrounded by preludes and interludes of incredible atmospheric writing.
Sevan Philharmonic, North Jersey Wind Symphony, Alan Hovhaness. Label: Crystal Records. Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. Hovhaness: Symphony No. 19 ' Vishnu'.
1 Requiem And Resurrection, Op. 224 For Brass Choir And Percussion 15:00. 2 Symphony No. 19 "Vishnu", Op. 217. 29:20. Composed By, Conductor – Alan Hovhaness Orchestra – North Jersey Wind Symphony (tracks: 1), Sevan Philharmonic (tracks: 2). Notes.
188: Symphony No. 12 (SATB chorus, flute, 2 trumpets, timpani, 2 percussion, harp, strings, and ad lib. recording of a mountain waterfall) (1960; 1969 per Kunze). Op. 188b: The Lord is My Shepherd (SATB chorus and organ (or piano, or 6 violins) (1960). 224: Requiem and Resurrection (brass ensemble ) (1968). 225: Mountains and Rivers Without End (chamber symphony for 10 players ) (1968). Alan Hovhaness: A Discography (8 March 1911 – 21 June 2000: In Memoriam).
Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No. 40 for Brass Quintet, Timpani & Strings, Op. 324 (1980). Alan Hovhaness Symphony No. 8 Arjuna Op. 179 (1947). 91, for piano, four trumpets, and percussion. a b Julia Michaelyan, "An Interview with Alan Hovhaness", Ararat 45, v. 12, no. 1 (Winter 1971), pp. 19–31. Lynn Johnston, "Alan Hovhaness: An Interview with a Master Composer", The Arlington (MA) Advocate (July 5, 1984), and The Armenian Mirror-Spectator, vol. 52, no. 1, issue 2843 (July 21, 1984).
Symphony No. 25, op. 275 (Odysseus), Part 1. Alan Hovhaness. Alan Hovhaness (March 8, 1911 – June 21, 2000) was an American composer of Armenian and Scottish descent. 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.