Hovhaness: The Flowering Peach; Is There Survival; Orbit No. 1
Hovhaness: The Flowering Peach; Is There Survival; Orbit No. 1
表演者: Alan Hovhaness/Kirby Campbell/Bernard Portnoy/Lucile Lawrence/William Masselos/Joseph Castka/Morris Goldenberg/Harry Glantz/Raymond Crisara/Nathan Prager/Frank Falcone/David Weber/Fred Glantz/Alexander Williams/Karl Glassman/William Dorn/Harold Freeman/Sam Borodkin/Frederick Wilkins
介质: Audio CD
发行时间: 2008
唱片数: 1
出版者: Naxos
条形码: 0730099813013
专辑简介
Alan HOVHANESS The Flowering Peach / Is There Survival / Orbit No. 1 9.80130 (1955) [42:09]
The Flowering Peach, Op. 125 (I. Overture; II. Lifting of Voices and Building of the Ark; III. Intermezzo; IV. Rain; V. Love Song; VI. Sun and Moon; VII. Rainbow Hymn)
Campbell, Kirby, saxophone; Portnoy, Bernard, clarinet; Lawrence, Lucile, harp; Masselos, William, celesta; Castka, Joseph, tam-tam; Goldenberg, Morris, timpani; Goldenberg, Morris, vibraphone; Hovhaness, Alan, Conductor
Is There Survival (King Vahaken), Op. 59 (I. Overture; II. Canon; III. Canon; IV. Aria; V. Fugue; VI. Fantasy; VII. Double Canon)
Glantz, Harry, trumpet; Crisara, Raymond, trumpet; Prager, Nathan, trumpet; Falcone, Frank, trumpet; Weber, David, clarinet; Glantz, Fred, clarinet; Williams, Alexander, clarinet; Glassman, Karl, clarinet; Dorn, William, percussion; Freeman, Harold, percussion; Borodkin, Sam, percussion; Hovhaness, Alan, Conductor
Orbit No. 1, Op. 90, No. 2
Wilkins, Frederick, flute; Lawrence, Lucile, harp; Masselos, William, celesta; Goldenberg, Morris, percussion; Castka, Joseph, percussion; Hovhaness, Alan, Conductor
This is fascinating because of the rarity of the material. It’s the most orientally plangent of the three collections. Each of the three pieces is presented with separate tracks for each section of each piece. The Flowering Peach is a precious mystery with the sinuous saxophone – a strong presence throughout - offset by the vibraphone singing out as it also does at the peak of Roy Harris’s Symphony No. 7. There’s mystical tension conjured from gong, bells, vibraphone and harp. The most sheerly delightful movement is the Love Song. The final segment – Rainbow Hymn – has a Schoenbergian awed stillness about it. Is There Survival has less stillness and more humming terpsichorean movement in the dazzling rhythmic manner of St Vartan touched with the music of Morocco. The Fugue makes Gabrielian play with a melody suggestive of Medieval yuletide. Orbit is for a smaller group leaning on the liquid movement of some invocation of otherworldly awe. In each work the ensemble is conducted by the composer which lends authenticity and authority to what we hear. The sound is good. As with all of these Archive offerings there are no liner notes. It is taken from MGM E3164(LP).
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曲目
The Flowering Peach, Op. 125 - I. Overture
The Flowering Peach, Op. 125 - II. Lifting of Voices and Building of the Ark
The Flowering Peach, Op. 125 - III. Intermezzo
The Flowering Peach, Op. 125 - IV. Rain
The Flowering Peach, Op. 125 - V. Love Song
The Flowering Peach, Op. 125 - VI. Sun and Moon
The Flowering Peach, Op. 125 - VII. Rainbow Hymn
Is There Survival (King Vahaken), Op. 59 - I. Overture
Is There Survival (King Vahaken), Op. 59 - II. Canon
Is There Survival (King Vahaken), Op. 59 - III. Canon
Is There Survival (King Vahaken), Op. 59 - IV. Aria
Is There Survival (King Vahaken), Op. 59 - V. Fugue
Is There Survival (King Vahaken), Op. 59 - VI. Fantasy
Is There Survival (King Vahaken), Op. 59 - VII. Double Canon
Orbit No. 1, Op. 90, No. 2