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Delos Music Library Collection Music is an invitation to explore a particular terrain, experience a certain mood or even take part in an adventure. When composers provide programmatic titles for their compositions, that terrain, mood or adventure comes to life perhaps more readily than when the score is without such signposts. We have, therefore, added descriptive titles to some of the works collected here in order to guide the listener along paths that seem to have a common destination: a place where truth is veiled in mystery. As you listen to this music, then, you may find yourself atop a rocky precipice. You may find that your emotions are inexplicably mercurial or that your mind has taken adventurous flight. Pause and reflect, but be cautioned: "things are not always what they seem," as Miss Marple has often observed. Chapter One: The Phantom at the Organ Bach: Toccata in D Minor Chapter Two: Vale of Dreams Griffes: Vale of Dreams Chapter Three: Night Winds Griffes: Night Winds Chapter Four: In the Dark of Night Stravinsky: The Firebird — Introduction Chapter Five: The Evil Sorcerer Stravinsky: The Firebird — Dance of Kashchei's Retinue Chapter Six: Mysterious Encounter Hovhaness: Bagatelle No. 1 Chapter Seven: The Forbidden Garden Hovhaness: Bagatelle No. 4 Chapter Eight: Agent in Peril Bartók: Contrasts Chapter Nine: Lost in the Rain Forest Villa-Lobos: Fantasia, Largo Chapter Ten: The Firebird's Spell Stravinsky: Berceuse Chapter Eleven: The Intruder Prokofiev: Quintet, No. 39, V Chapter Twelve: The Deserted Encampment Kodály: Serenade, Op. 12, II Chapter Thirteen: The Mysterious Bird Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale, Introduction Chapter Fourteen: Apparitions Chapter Fifteen: Poltergeists Chapter Sixteen: Hobgoblins Chapter Seventeen: Ghosts Walton: Ghosts Chapter Eighteen: Gargoyles and Chimeras Vierne: Gargoyles and Chimeras Chapter Nineteen: Dark Moon Ravel: Quartet, III Total playing time: 69:39 Artists include: Robert Noehren, organ Gerard Schwarz, conductor Seattle Symphony Shanghai Quartet David Shifrin, clarinet Chamber Music Northwest Janos Starker, cello Eleazar de Carvalho, conductor Orquestra Sinfonica da Paraiba Clara Rockmore, theremin Allan Vogel, oboe Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Carol Rosenberger, piano Richard Rodney Bennett, piano David Britton, organ Sequoia Quartet also available in the Delos Music Library Collection Romance Classics – DE 1602 Western Classics – DE 1603
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Delos Music Library Collection Music is an invitation to explore a particular terrain, experience a certain mood or even take part in an adventure. When composers provide programmatic titles for their compositions, that terrain, mood or adventure comes to life perhaps more readily than when the score is without such signposts. We have, therefore, added descriptive titles to some of the works collected here in order to guide the listener along paths that seem to have a common destination: the great American West. As you listen to the music, then, you may find yourself on a grassy plain. You may find yourself deeply moved by the beauty of a great expanse, or your mind may revisit western legends. Wherever the paths lead you, experience the joy of discover and you too, in the tradition of Walt Whitman, will "hear America singing." Chapter One: Hoe-Down Copland: Rodeo, Hoe-Down Chapter Two: On the Trail Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite, On the Trail Chapter Three: Nightfall on the Prairie Copland: Corral Nocturne Chapter Four: The Great Outdoors Copland: An Outdoor Overture Chapter Five: The Pioneers Hanson: Symphony No. 3, Andante Chapter Six: Billy the Kid Copland: Billy the Kid Chapter Seven: Mount St. Helens — The Sleeping Volcano Hovhaness: Mount St. Helens, Andante Total playing time: 63:00 Artists include: Gerard Schwarz, conductor Seattle Symphony Los Angeles Guitar Quartet also available in the Delos Music Library Collection Mystery Classics – DE 1601 Romance Classics – DE 1602
Gerard Schwarz, conductor Seattle Symphony "With their reflections of Nature, the spiritual, and the oriental, the symphonies of Alan Hovhaness are rapidly acquiring cult status." - CD Review (UK) Mysterious Mountain is probably Hovhaness' most famous symphonic work; And God Created Great Whales features some of the most majestic soloists ever recorded: humpbacked whales. It is clear that Hovhaness' music is finally finding a wider audience. This American mystic has long been a part of the international fabric, but has been waiting many decades for the extended recognition which is now coming to him. Certainly the symphonic sound stage that recording engineer John Eargle has established allows Hovhaness' music to be heard in a dimension never before available. For this album, everything was recorded 20-bit, and transferred in CD mastering via a 20-to-16-bit noise-shaping process. Mr. Hovhaness was present for the recording sessions, as he was for the Mount St. Helens recording. His emotion at hearing his music realized by Schwarz, Seattle, and the Delos team was evident to all in the sessions for both discs. Complete Contents 1. Mysterious Mountain (Symphony No. 2) * Andante con Moto * Double Fugue * Andante Espressivo 2. Prayer of St. Gregory 3. Prelude and Quadruple Fugue 4. And God Created Great Whales 5. Alleluia and Fugue 6. Celestial Fantasy
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Symphony No. 53, "Star Dawn" Symphony No. 29 for Trombone and Band The Flowering Peach Grand Final Procession from Symphony No. 20 "Three Journeys to a Holy Mountain"
Shanghai String Quartet Alan Hovhaness Bagatelle No. 1, Op. 30 No. 1 (2:01) Bagatelle No. 2, Op. 30 No. 2 (1:03) Bagatelle No. 3, Op. 30 No. 3 (1:57) Bagatelle No. 4, Op. 30 No. 4 (3:32) String Quartet No. 1, Op 8 “Jupiter” (13:04) I. Prelude (1:54) II. Fugue with Four Subjects (4:47) III. Andante lamentando (4:12) IV. Fugue (2:02) Suite from String Quartet No. 2 (4:56) I. Gamelan in Sosi Style (1:42) II. Spirit Murmur (1:17) III. Hymn (1:51) String Quartet No. 3, Op. 208 No. 1 “Reflections on my Childhood” [Childhood Fantasia in New England] (15:33) I. Andante; Adagio (8:00) II. Andante; Poco Allegretto (7:29) Quartet No. 4, Op. 208 No. 2 “The Ancient Tree” [Under the Ancient Maple Tree] (18:05) I. Adagio ma non troppo (7:16) II. Fugue (2:17) III. Adagio; Andante con moto; Allegro (8:26) Zhou Long Song of the Ch’in (8:48) Total Playing Time: 69:28
* A rare opportunity to hear choral music by "American Mystic" Alan Hovhaness * A haunting blend of Eastern and Western style * A John Eargle sonic spectacular in Surround Sound Delos' best-selling Hovhaness series - a series which could be called "The Essential Hovhaness," offers the composer's most significant works (a view shared by Mr. Hovhaness himself). There has, however, been one "essential" work missing in this series: the much-requested "Magnificat." Hovhaness shows us another side of his spirituality in "Magnificat," of which he says "I have tried to suggest the mystery, inspiration, and mysticism of early Christianity in this work." His blend of Eastern and Western styles allows him to suggest the Near Eastern and Orthodox elements of early Christianity in this music, which is as haunting, as mesmerizing as we've come to expect from Hovhaness - perhaps even more so with its chant-like vocal lines. The 23rd Psalm, from the Symphony No. 12, will be a surprise to many, as it echoes the Near Eastern roots of its text. The remainder of the program offers a capella and organ-accompanied anthems which also reflect Mr. Hovhaness' special view of religious inspiration - an inspiration he shares with fellow bestselling composers Taverner, Pärt and Gorecki. The "Magnificat" is the 4th release on Delos featuring the St. John's Cathedral Choirs conducted by their Music Director Donald Pearson. Robert Whitney, The Choral Review: Following its premiere in 1959, Alan Hovhaness' "Magnificat" for four soloists, chorus, and orchestra enjoyed a long period of popularity, especially among college and community choirs. Its accessible yet "modern" idiom melodic passages, big chords moving in parallel, and sections where rhythm and melody were liberated from the confines of meter and tempo, brought the singers in touch with identifiable new music that also was audience friendly. If you think I am crazy, or you just love this music anyway, the Delos recording is far superior to the Crystal release. The latter recording suffers from very poor sound (close, lack of depth, no sense of space), some rough editing, and only average performances. While the Louisville forces present an earnest and transcendent vision of the work, Donald Pearson and his St. John's performers take a more refined, even reverent approach that revels more in the sheer sound of the harmonies and the spin and spiral of the melismatic passage.
HOVHANESS SYMPHONY No 29 - Trombone Christian Lindberg, trombone soloist THE RUBAIYAT Michael York, narrator PRAYER OF ST. GREGORY GLORIA PATRI CELESTIAL FANTASY FOUR BAGATELLES Gerard Schwarz, conductor Seattle Symphony Keith Brion, conductor The Ohio St. Univ. Concert Band Shanghai Quartet Donald Pearson, conductor St. John's Episcopal Choirs & Orchestra The music of ALAN HOVHANESS has always been in the forefront of Delos' extensive contemporary catalog, and this special release salutes and honors our long-standing championship of this monumental composer. Influenced deeply by poetry, nature and spirituality, his music combines the beauty of the Pacific Northwest with the lyric mysticism of the Armenian and early Christian church. Mixing both Western and Oriental styles into accessible, romantic and powerful music, Hovhaness continues to be extremely popular since his death in 2000. The program includes: Symphony No. 29 for Trombone and Band, Op. 289 (Keith Brion, conductor; Christian Lindberg, trombone; The Ohio State University Concert Band); The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Op. 282 (Michael York, narration; Diane Schmidt, accordion; Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Seattle Symphony); Prayer of St. Gregory (Charles Butler, trumpet solo; Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Seattle Symphony); Celestial Fantasy (Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Seattle Symphony); Magnificat, Op. 157 — part XII. Gloria Patri (Donald Pearson, conductor; St. John's Episcopal Cathedral Choir; St. John's Episcopal Cathedral Boys and Girls' Choir; St. John's Episcopal Festival Orchestra); Bagatelles Op. 30 Nos. 1-4 (Shanghai String Quartet). The HOVHANESS COLLECTION features artists whose names are synonymous with Delos International. They grace these recordings, adding a level of performance which consumers of classical music have come to expect from Delos International. This important collection will reach the core classical fan, as well as the casual listener interested in the spiritual and the secular beauty of this music. DE 3352
Symphony No. 50 "Mount St. Helens" Mysterious Mountain (Symphony No. 2) And God Created Great Whales Celestial Fantasy Alleluia and Fugue String Quartet No. 3 Prelude and Quadruple Fugue Meditation on Orpheus Symphony No. 53 "Star Dawn" String Quartet No. 2 (Suite) Seattle Symphony Gerard Schwarz, conductor The Shanghai Quartet The Ohio State Concert Band Keith Brion, conductor
Over 74 minutes of beautiful music that's been under wraps too long Pärt: Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet "Love Music" Fauré: Requiem (Ed. Nectoux Et Delage) In Paradisum Rachmaninoff: Vocalise Op. 34 No. 14 (orch. Rachmaninoff) Panufnik: Hommage à Chopin Andantino Webern: Langsamer Satz Catalani: La Wally Ebben? Ne andrò lontana Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in G Minor RV.439 'La Notte' Largo Hovhaness: Symphony No. 50 "Mount St. Helens" Andante Allegri: Miserere mei Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 82 Allegro Molto
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