François Mardirossian – Alan Hovhaness: Œuvres pour piano (2022) [FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz]

François Mardirossian – Alan Hovhaness: Œuvres pour piano (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:18:15 minutes | 1,08 GB | Genre: Classical
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Few composers can boast of their music being performed during their lifetime by people like Serge Rachmaninov or Keith Jarrett. Even fewer could claim to be admired by Ornette Coleman, Philip Glass, Leopold Stokowski or Ravi Shankar, and to have had the support of John Cage himself or the great choreographer Martha Graham. The American composer Lou Harrison (also a friend) said “he was one of the greatest melodic writers of the 20th century”. And yet Alan Hovhaness remains unknown in France.The piano music of Alan Hovhaness occupies a special place amongst his works (as it does, moreover, for Debussy or John Cage). For him it is a kind of musical laboratory, where his inspiration is set free to discover new sonorities, to experiment with new rhythms and audacious aesthetic combinations. But it is also an emotional refuge, a kind of intimate diary, a close friend who will be by his side forever.

The first piece on this recording was composed in 1930 and the last in 1989. Although separated by almost sixty years the stylistic constancy and distinctive touch is inimitable.

Tracklist:

01. François Mardirossian – Hovhaness: Mystic Flute, Op. 22 (02:00)
02. François Mardirossian – Hovhaness: Pastoral No. 1, Op. 111 No. 2 (05:28)
03. François Mardirossian – Hovhaness: Suite pour piano, Op. 96: I. Doloroso (02:00)
04. François Mardirossian – Hovhaness: Suite pour piano, Op. 96: II. Invocation Jhala (04:08)
05. François Mardirossian – Hovhaness: Suite pour piano, Op. 96: III. Mysterious Temple (03:10)
06. François Mardirossian – Hovhaness: Dance Ghazal, Op. 37a (01:56)
07. François Mardirossian – Hovhaness: Achtamar, Op. 64 (03:51)
08. François Mardirossian – Hovhaness: Two Ghazals, Op. 36 (07:01)
09. François Mardirossian – Hovhaness: Sonata for piano, Op. 390 “Cougar Mountain”: 1er mouvement (02:53)
10. François Mardirossian – Hovhaness: Sonata for piano, Op. 390 “Cougar Mountain”: 2ème mouvement (03:19)
11. François Mardirossian – Hovhaness: Sonata for piano, Op. 390 “Cougar Mountain”: 3ème mouvement (02:30)
12. François Mardirossian – Hovhaness: Sonata for piano, Op. 390 “Cougar Mountain”: 4ème mouvement (04:05)
13. François Mardirossian – Hovhaness: Consolation, Op. 419 (02:09)
14. François Mardirossian – Hovhaness: Suite On Greek Tunes: I. Wedding Song (01:29)
15. François Mardirossian – Hovhaness: Suite On Greek Tunes: II. Grape-yard Song (00:54)
16. François Mardirossian – Hovhaness: Suite On Greek Tunes: III. Dance in Seven Tala (02:14)
17. François Mardirossian – Hovhaness: Love Song Vanishing Into Sounds of Crickets, Op. 327 (03:53)
18. François Mardirossian – Hovhaness: Slumber Song, Op. 52 (02:22)
19. François Mardirossian – Hovhaness: Macedonian Mountain Dance, Op. 144/144b: Dance No. 1 (03:01)
20. François Mardirossian – Hovhaness: Macedonian Mountain Dance, Op. 144/144b: Dance No. 2 (02:22)
21. François Mardirossian – Hovhaness: Dark River and Distance Bell (Bonus Track) (04:46)
22. François Mardirossian – Hovhaness: Jhala (Bonus Track) (05:56)
23. François Mardirossian – Hovhaness: Three Haikus: Three Haikus I (Bonus Track) (01:13)
24. François Mardirossian – Hovhaness: Three Haikus: Three Haikus II (Bonus Track) (01:20)
25. François Mardirossian – Hovhaness: Three Haikus: Three Haikus III (Bonus Track) (04:13)

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