Alan Hovhaness(1911-2000); a Catalogue of the Orchestral and Choral Music

[Dundonnell]

I must confess that there were a few times when I seriously thought of abandoning the attempt but, once started...........

ALAN HOVHANESS: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL MUSIC

1927/62:"Watchman, Tell Us of the Night"(Christmas Song) for bass, chorus, oboe, clarinet and strings, op. 34a: 5 minutes
1931/36:"Strom on Mount Wildcat" for orchestra, op.2, No.2 for orchestra: 3 minutes      +  (Telarc cd)
1935/44:"Celestial Fantasy" for orchestra, op.44: 8 minutes   + (Delos, Crystal and Dorian  cds)
1936:   Fantasy "Monadnock" for orchestra, op.2, No.1: 5 minutes
             Missa Brevis for bass, choir, strings and organ, op. 4: 13 minutes
1936/54:Prelude and Quadruple Fugue for orchestra, op.128: 7 minutes   +  (Delos and Telarc cds)
1937:   Symphony No.1 "Exile", op.17, No.2: 19 minutes   +  (Guild and Delos cds)
             Cello Concerto, op. 17, No.1(formerly op.37): 30 minutes
1940:   Psalm and Fugue for strings, op.40a: 6 minutes   +  (Koch, Kleos and Dorian cds)
             Alleluia and Fugue for strings, op.40b: 9 minutes   + (Delos, Telarc, Dorian and Crystal cds)
1944:   Armenian Rhapsody No.1  for percussion and strings, op.45: 5 minutes     +  (Koch and Crystal cds)
             Concerto for Flute and Strings "Elibris", op.50: 10 minutes  +  (Crystal cd)
             Armenian Rhapsody No.2 for strings, op.51: 5 minutes   +  (Koch, Crystal and Dorian cds)
             Armenian Rhapsody No.3 for strings, op. 189: 6 minutes  + (Koch and Dorian cds)
1944-45:Fantasy "Anahid" for small orchestra, op. 57, No.1: 14 minutes  +  (Crystal cd)
1944/65:Symphony No.10 "Vahaken, op.184: 18 minutes   +  (Centaur cd)
1944/48:"Khrimian Hairig" for trumpet and orchestra, op.49: 8 minutes  +  (Koch and Naxos cds)
1945:   "Lousadzak" for Piano and Orchestra, op.48: 16 minutes    +  (Nimbus and Black Box cds)
             "Tzaikerk(Evening Song)" for flute, violin, timpani and strings:, op.53, No.2: 10 minutes     +  (Telarc and Crystal cds)   
1945/48:"Vosdan" for flute, trumpet, timpani and strings, op. 57, No.2: 7 minutes
1945-46:Cantata "Avak the Healer" for soprano, trumpet and strings", op. 65: 21 minutes    +  (Crystal cd)
1946/72:"Prayer of Saint Gregory" for string orchestra or trumpet and band, op. 62b: 4 minutes  + (several recordings)
1946:   "Kohar" for flute, English horn, timpani and strings, op. 66, No.1: 5 minutes      +  (Koch cd)
             "Agori" for flute, English horn, bassoon, trumpet, timpani and strings, op. 66, No.2: 10 minutes
1947:   Cantata "Angelic Song" for high voice, horn and strings, op.19: 12 minutes
1947/60:Symphony No.8 "Arjuna" for piano, mrdangam and small orchestra, op.179
1948:   Processional for Band "Tapor", op.14: 5 minutes
             Suite for Band, op.15: 10 minutes
             "Haroutian" for trumpet and strings, op.71    +  (Aria movement-Koch cd)
             "Sosi-Forest of Prophetic Sounds" for violin, piano, horn, timpani, tam-tam and strings, op.75: 10 minutes
             Cantata "Thirtieth Ode of Solomon" for baritone, trumpet, trombone, strings and chorus, op. 76: 30 minutes
             "Zartik Parkim"-Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra, op. 77:15 minutes
             "Artik"- Concerto for Horn and String Orchestra, op.78: 17 minutes       +  (Crystal cd)
             Concerto No.3 "Diran(The Religious Singer)" for baritone horn or trombone and strings, op. 94: 10 minutes
1949:   "Janabar-Journey: Five Hymns of Serenity" for trumpet, piano, violin and strings, op. 81: 35 minutes    +  (OgreOgress cd)
1950:   Symphony No. 9 "Saint Vartan", op. 80/180: 43 minutes   + (Crystal cd)
1951:   Concerto No.1 for orchestra "Arevakal", op. 88: 25 minutes
1951-57:Concerto No.2 for Violin and Strings, op. 89, No.1: 20 minutes
1951-52:"Talin"-Concerto for Viola and Strings, op. 93, No.1: 16 minutes        + (Citadel and OgreOgress cds)
1952:   Concerto No.4 "Tel El Armarna" for orchestra, op. 98, No.2: 12 minutes    *
            "Christmas Ode("As On the Night") for soprano, celeste and strings, op.100, No.2: 5 minutes   +  (Citadel and CRI cds)
             Three Improvisations for Band, op. 248, no.2: 14 minutes
1952-76:Symphony No.30, op.293: 20 minutes
1953:   Easter Cantata for soprano, chorus and orchestra, op. 100, No.4: 16 minutes      + (Citadel and CRI cds)
             Concerto No.6 for Harmonica and strings, op. 114: 10 minutes
             Canticle for soprano, oboe, xylophone, harp, celeste and strings, op. 115: 10 minutes
             Concerto No.7 for Orchestra, op. 116: 20 minutes  +  (First Edition and Telarc cds)
             "Shepherd of Israel" for tenor cantor, soprano recorder or flute, trumpet and string orchestra, op. 164, No.2: 12 minutes    +  (Kleos cd)
             Symphony No.13 "Ardent Song", op. 194: 22 minutes
1954/63:Symphony No.5, op. 170: 11 minutes
1954:   "Vision from High Rock" for orchestra, op. 123: 10 minutes   + (Koch cd)
             Concerto No.10 for Two Pianos and Orchestra, op.123, No.3: 20 minutes    + (Black Box cd)
             Symphony No.45 for two pianos and orchestra, op. 342 (revision of op.123, No.2?)
             Concerto No.9 for Piano and Strings, op. 412: 11 minutes
1955:   "The Beatitudes" for chorus and orchestra, op. 100, No.3: 7 minutes
             "The Stars" for soprano, chorus, english horn, harp, celeste and strings, op. 126:  6 minutes
             Symphony No.2 "Mysterious Mountain", op. 132: 17 minutes  +  (several recordings)
             "Anabasis" for speaker, soprano, bass, chorus and orchestra, op. 141: 45 minutes
1956:   "Ad Lyram" for soprano, contralto, tenor, bass, chorus and orchestra, op.143: 10 minutes
             Symphony No.3, op. 148: 28 minutes    + (Soundset cd)
             7 Greek Folk Dances for harmonic and strings, op. 150: 7 minutes
                (and Three Greek Folk Dances for orchestra, op.150b: 3 minutes)
1957:   Concerto No.8 for orchestra, op. 117: 20 minutes    + (Crystal cd)
             Magnificat for four solo voices, chorus and orchestra, op. 157: 29 minutes    + (First Edition, Delos and Crystal cds)
1957-58:"Meditation on Orpheus" for orchestra, op.155: 12 minutes  + (Citadel cd)
1958:   Magnificat for soprano, contralto, tenor, bass, chorus and orchestra, op.157: 28 minutes
             Symphony No.4 for wind ensemble, harp and percussion, op.165: 19 minutes     + (Mercury and Naxos cds)
1958/68:"In Memory of an Artist" for strings, op.163: 7 minutes   + (Dorian cd)
1959:   "Blue Flame" for soprano, tenor, bass, chorus and orchestra, op.172: 26 minutes
             Symphony No.6 "Celestial Gate", op. 173: 20 minutes    +  (Koch, Telarc and Crystal  cds)
             Accordion Concerto, op.174: 11 minutes
             Symphony No.7 "Nanga Parvat" for wind orchestra, op. 178: 14 minutes    +  (Naxos cd)
1960/64:Cantata "Fuji" for female voices, flute, harp and strings, op. 182: 15 minutes
1960/69:Symphony No.11 "All Men Are Brothers", op.186: 32 minutes  + (Crystal cd)
1960:   Symphony No.12 for chorus and orchestra, op. 188 : 25 minutes
             Psalm 23 for chorus and orchestra, op.188, Nos.2-4: 15 minutes
             Symphony No. 14 "Ararat" for wind orchestra, op. 194: 14 minutes  +  (Naxos cd)
             "Mountain of Prophecy" for orchestra, op.195: 9 minutes   + (Koch cd)
             "Nagooran" for South Indian orchestra, op. 237, No.1
             Tone Poem "Copernicus", op. 338: 7 minutes
1962:   Symphony No.15 "Silver Pilgrimage", op. 199: 21 minutes  +  (First Edition and Koch cds)
             Symphony No.16 "Kayagum" for strings, percussion, harp, timpani and six Korean instruments, op. 202: 16 minutes
1963:   Variations and Fugue for orchestra, op. 18: 13 minutes
              Symphony No. 17 "Symphony for Metal Orchestra", op. 203: 23 minutes   + (Koch cd)
             Symphony No. 18 "Circe", op.204a: 18 minutes
                          (and Ballet "Circe", op.204)
             "Meditations on Zeami" for orchestra, op.207: 14 minutes    +  (Centaur cd)
1964:   "Island Sunrise" for orchestra, op.107: 5 minutes
             Macedonian Mountain Dance for orchestra, op. 144 b: 5 minutes
             Ballade for Orchestra "Floating World" for orchestra, op.209: 12 minutes    +  (Centaur cd)
             Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints for marimba and orchestra, op. 211: 14 minutes   + (Delos, World Music Marimba and BIS cds)
             "Return and Rebuild the Desolate Places" for trumpet and wind orchestra, op. 213: 9 minutes    + (Koch and Naxos cds)
1965:   Ode to the Temple of Sound for orchestra, op.216: 11 minutes  +  (Centaur cd)
1966:   Symphony No.19 "Vishnu", op. 217: 29 minutes  + (Crystal cd)
             Festival Overture "Ode to the Temple of Sound": 12 minutes  +  (Centaur cd)
1967:   "Fra Angelico" for orchestra, op. 220: 16 minutes  + (Crystal cd)
             "Adoration" for voice or women's chorus and orchestra, op.221: 21 minutes
1968:   Symphony No.20 "Three Journeys to a Holy Mountain", op. 223: 20 minutes      +  (Naxos cd)
             Requiem and Resurrection for brass choir and percussion, op. 224: 15 minutes         +  (Crystal cd)
             Chamber Symphony  "Mountains and Rivers Without End", op.225: 23 minutes         +  (Koch and Crystal  cds)
             Symphony No.21 "Etchmiadzin" for two trumpets, timpani, percussion and strings, op.234: 17 minutes    + (Crystal cd)
1968-69:Cantata "Lady of Light" for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra, op.227: 43 minutes    + (Crystal cd)
1970:   Ballet "A Rose for Miss Emily", op. 229, No.2: 30 minutes
             Symphony No.22 "City of Light", op.236: 29 minutes   +  (Delos and Naxos cds)
             "And God Created Great Whales" for orchestra, op.229, No.1: 12 minutes   +  (Delos and Crystal cds)
1972:   Symphony No.23 "Ani" for band and brass choir, op. 249: 34 minutes  + (Crystal and Naxos cds)
             "Ruins of Ani" for strings, op. 250, No.2: 5 minutes
             Greek Rhapsody No.2 for orchestra, op.341, No.2
1973:   Ballet "Dream of a Myth", op. 260: 25 minutes
             Concerto For Harp and Strings, op.267: 12 minutes    +  (Telarc cd)
             "Dawn on Mt. Tahoma" for string orchestra, op. 272: 5 minutes
             Symphony No.24 "Majnun" for tenor, trumpet, choir and strings, op.273: 48 minutes + (Crystal cd)
             Symphony No.25 "Odysseus", op. 275: 35 minutes   + (Crystal cd)
1975:   Oratorio "The Way of Jesus" for soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus and orchestra, op. 279: 100 minutes
             Symphony No.26, op. 280: 38 minutes
             Fanfare for the New Atlantis, op.281: 7 minutes   +  (Naxos cd)
             "The Rubiyat of Omar Khayyam" for narrator, accordion and orchestra, op.308: 13 minutes   +  (Delos cd)
1976:   "Khorhoort Nahadagats" for string orchestra, op. 251: 38 minutes  +  (Soundset cd)
             Ode to Freedom for violin and orchestra, op. 284: 12 minutes
             Symphony No.27, op.285: 35 minutes
             Symphony No.28, op.286: 23 minutes
             Symphony No.29 for baritone horn and orchestra, op.289: 25 minutes  *     +  (Delos cd)
1976-77:Symphony No.31 for string orchestra, op.294: 22 minutes
1977:   Symphony No. 32 "The Broken Wings", op. 296: 33 minutes
             Symphony No.33, op.307: 35 minutes
             Symphony No.34 for brass trombone and strings, op. 310: 25 minutes     +  (Die Letzte Posaune cd)
1977/94:"Celestial Canticle" for coloratura soprano, flute, harp and strings, op.305, no.2: 13 minutes   +  (Crystal cd)
1978:   Symphony No.35 for two orchestras, op.311: 40 minutes
             Symphony No.36 for flute and orchestra, op.312: 37 minutes
             Symphony No.37, op. 313: 30 minutes
             Symphony No.38 for coloratura soprano, flute, trumpet and strings, op. 314: 52 minutes
1979:   Symphony No.39 for Guitar and orchestra, op. 321: 41 minutes   +  (Koch cd)
              Guitar Concerto No.1, op.325: 32 minutes      + (Naxos cd)
1979/80:Symphony No.40 for brass quintet, timpani and strings, op. 324
1979:   Symphony No.41 for strings, op. 330: 15 minutes
             Symphony No.42 for strings, op. 332: 20 minutes
             Symphony No.43 for oboe, trumpet, timpani and strings, op. 334: 18 minutes
1980:   Symphony No.44, op. 339: 18 minutes
             "Revelations of St. Paul" for soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus and orchestra. op. 343: 70 minutes
             Concerto for Tenor Saxophone and Strings, op.344: 15 minutes
             Symphony No.46 "To the Green Mountains", op.347: 28 minutes  +  (Koch cd)
             Symphony No.47 "Walla Walla, land of many waters" for coloratura soprano and orchestra, op. 348: 50 minutes
1981:   "Lalezar"-four songs for bass and orchestra, op.353: 12 minutes
             Symphony No.48 "Vision of Andromeda", op.355: 30 minutes
             Symphony No.49 "Christmas Symphony, op.356: 22 minutes  +  (Crystal cd)
             "God is our Refuge and Strength" for chorus and orchestra, op.359: 8 minutes
1981-82:Symphony No.50 "Mount St. Helens", op. 360: 31 minutes     + (Delos and Telarc cds)
1982:   Symphony No.51 for trumpet and strings, op.364: 17 minutes
1983:   Symphony No.52 "Journey to Vega", op.372: 30 minutes
             Symphony No.53 "Star Dawn" for wind ensemble, op.377: 13 minutes  +  (Delos cd)
             Symphony No.54, op.378: 17 minutes
             Symphony No.55, op. 379: 20 minutes
             Symphony No.56, op.380: 17 minutes
             Symphony No.57 "Cold Mountain" for high voice, clarinet and strings, op.380: 47 minutes
1985:   Symphony No.58 "Symphony Sacra" for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra, op.389
             Concerto No.2 for Guitar and Strings, op.394: 26 minutes   + (Naxos cd)
             Symphony No.59, op.395: 40 minutes
             Symphony No.60 "To the Appalachian Mountain", op.396: 33 minutes   +  (Naxos cd)
1986:   Symphony No.61, op.397
1987-88:Symphony No.62 "Oh Let Man Not Forget These Words" for baritone, trumpet and strings, op. 402: 33 minutes
             Symphony No.63 "Loon Lake", op.411: 26 minutes    + (Naxos cd)
1988:   Concerto No.10 for piano, trumpet and strings, op. 413: 22 minutes
1989:   "Out of Silence" for trumpet, string orchestra and chorus, op. 418: 18 minutes
1990?:Symphony No.64 "Agiochook" for trumpet and strings, op. 422
1991:   Symphony No.65 "Artsakh", op. 427
1992:   Symphony No.66 "Hymn to Glacier Peak". Op.428: 18 minutes  + (Telarc cd)
             Symphony No.67 "Hymn to the Mountain", op.429
             Oboe Concerto, op.430
1993:   Violin Concerto No.2, op.431

and   "Hymn to Yerevan" for band, op.83: 10 minutes
          Partita for Piano and Strings, op.98, No.1: 12 minutes
          Concerto No.5 for Piano and Strings, op. 98, No.3(two versions): 13 or 15 minutes
          "The Holy City" for trumpet, chimes or bell, harp and strings, op. 218      +  (Citadel, CRI, Koch and Dorian cds)
          Cantata "Praise the Lord with Psaltery" for chorus and orchestra, op. 222: 21 minutes
          "Vibration Painting" for thirteen strings, op.226: 12 minutes
          Concerto for Violin, Sitar and Orchestra "Shambala", op. 228: 44 minutes     +  (OgreOgress cd)
          "Ode to the Cascade Mountains" for orchestra, op.278, No.2: 6 minutes

[TerraEpon]

Hovhaness's catalog is quite difficult to dull through. I assume you used Hovhaness.com yes? There's a lot of great info there about the issues with Opus numbers and reused movements, etc.

[Dundonnell]

I did indeed use the Hovhaness.com website....and excellent it is too

Hovhaness-as you say-was another of those composers who was in the habit of reusing material from one work in another, later, composition and whose opus numbers frequently appear to bear little relationship to chronology

[alberto]

Symphony n.2 "Mysterious Mountain" exists also on Sony (John Williams, LSO) and on Dorian (Litton, Dallas)

[Hovite]

I must confess that there were a few times when I seriously thought of abandoning the attempt but, once started...........

ALAN HOVHANESS: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL MUSIC

1927/62:"Watchman, Tell Us of the Night"(Christmas Song) for bass, chorus, oboe, clarinet and strings, op. 34a: 5 minutes
1931/36:"Strom on Mount Wildcat" for orchestra, op.2, No.2 for orchestra: 3 minutes      +  (Telarc cd)
1935/44:"Celestial Fantasy" for orchestra, op.44: 8 minutes   + (Delos, Crystal and Dorian  cds)
1936:   Fantasy "Monadnock" for orchestra, op.2, No.1: 5 minutes
             Missa Brevis for bass, choir, strings and organ, op. 4: 13 minutes
1936/54:Prelude and Quadruple Fugue for orchestra, op.128: 7 minutes   +  (Delos and Telarc cds)
1937:   Symphony No.1 "Exile", op.17, No.2: 19 minutes   +  (Guild and Delos cds)
             Cello Concerto, op. 17, No.1(formerly op.37): 30 minutes
1940:   Psalm and Fugue for strings, op.40a: 6 minutes   +  (Koch, Kleos and Dorian cds)
             Alleluia and Fugue for strings, op.40b: 9 minutes   + (Delos, Telarc, Dorian and Crystal cds)

According to the notes for CD-80392, "he summarily destroyed most of what he had written before 1940, which is said to have consisted of several hundred compositions, including seven symphonies".

[Dundonnell]

As the cataloguer I can only say "Amen" to that