Alan Hovhaness - Celestial Fantasy op. 44

Alan Hovhaness (Armenian: Ալան Հովհանես) (March 8, 1911 - June 21, 2000) was an American composer of Armenian and Scottish ancestry.

His music is accessible to the lay listener and often evokes a mood of mystery or contemplation. The Boston Globe music critic Richard Buell wrote: "Although he has been stereotyped as a self-consciously Armenian composer (rather as Ernest Bloch is seen as a Jewish composer), his output assimilates the music of many cultures. What may be most American about all of it is the way it turns its materials into a kind of exoticism. The atmosphere is hushed, reverential, mystical, nostalgic."

He was among the most prolific of 20th century composers, his official catalog comprising 67 numbered symphonies (surviving manuscripts indicate over 70) and 434 opus numbers. However, the true tally is well over 500 surviving works since many opus numbers comprise two or more distinct works.

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[marcostar57]

His music is truly mystical! 

[alexhirka]

Beautiful!

[carlolamberti1]

continua il mistero della musica naturale con questo bellissimo dipinto musicale, dove il mistero regna sovrano, donandoci l'arcana bellezza di una musica senza tempo...

carlo lamberti

[fya111]

This music takes me to Armenia.

[peacefleetcollective]

This seems similar to Arvo Pärt's Tintinnabuli works to my (untrained) ears. Beautiful stuff.

[dimstar4now]

Simply sublime!

[MATTDUNCAN1]

wondrous :)

[GabrielDhalaman2]

i am glad i found this by mistake here...

[TrejosEd]

This music comprises within a higher understanding !

Thanks Alan, thanks bartje11

[Remoxx]

Thank you very much!