Hovhaness, Alan > Symphony no 50 ("Mount St. Helens")

Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No. 1 "Exile"; Symphony No. 50 "Mount Saint Helens" / Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-07-31

Works: Alan Hovhaness: Symphony no 1 ("Exile Symphony"), Op. 17; Fantasy on Japanese woodprints, Op. 211; Symphony no 50 ("Mount St. Helens"), Op. 360
Performers: Johnson, Ron
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

One of the most intriguing and individual of 20th century American composers, Alan Hovhaness rejected the cosmopolitan modernism of other leading composers of the 1930s...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA....continue...

Hovhaness - Mysterious Mountains / Schwarz, Royal Liverpool

1 CD / Telarc / 2003-04-22

Works: Alan Hovhaness: Symphony no 2 ("Mysterious Mountain"), Op. 132; Symphony no 66 ("Hymn to Glacier Peak"), Op. 428; Symphony no 50 ("Mount St. Helens"), Op. 360; Boreas and Mount Wildcat, Op. 2a
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

As a young man, Hovhaness burned more than one thousand pieces of music in his fireplace after experiencing criticism and persecution from American composer, Aaron...continue...

Delos Double - Hovhaness Collection Vol 2

2 CD / Delos / 1999-01-01

Works: Alan Hovhaness: Symphony no 50 ("Mount St. Helens"), Op. 360; Prelude and Quadruple Fugue for orchestra (or strings & tympani), Op. 128; Quartet for Strings no 3, Op. 208/1; And God Created Great Wha...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; Brion, Keith
Ensemble: Ohio State University Concert Band; Seattle Symphony Orchestra