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Symphony No. 2 (1955). Alan Hovhaness

Links

• "The composition blends elements of consonant Western hymns, pentatonicism, and polyphonicism reminiscent of Renaissance music." Wikipedia
• "I go out of the hall whenever the piece is performed." Alan Hovhaness
• Score. scribd

Recordings

• Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony (1994). Delos [a]. Spotify
• Gerard Schwarz, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (2003). Telarc [a]. Discogs
• Devadip Carlos Santana (1979). Transformation (Excerpt from Hovhaness' "Mysterious Mountain"). Not entirely ludicrous [b]. Spotify. 

aworks listening log :: partch and the stone people

a

• Martin Bresnick - Ishi's Song (2012)
  • Lisa Moore - The Stone People. Canteloupe Music (2016)
  • "Ishi was among the last of the Yahi Indians." Martin Bresnick
  • "Commissioned by Aeroporti di Puglia and is dedicated to Maestro Emanuele Arciuli" JW Pepper
• Julia Wolfe - Compassion (2001)
• Lisa Moore - The Stone People. Canteloupe Music (2016)
• Commissioned by Sarah Cahill.  Julia Wolfe
• Harry Partch - Plectra and Percussion Dances (1952)
  • John Schneider, Partch ensemble - Plectra and Percussion Dances. Bridge Records (2014)
  • 2014 Grammy winner. This Is Classical Guitar

b

• John Luther Adams - Tukiliit (The Stone People Who Live in the Wind) (2012)
  • Lisa Moore - The Stone People. Canteloupe Music (2016)
  • "Commissioned for Emanuel Arciuli" -  John Luther Adams
  • 'The album borrows it namesake from the Adams composition "Tukiliit," which at its root means "the stone people who live in the wind."' Classicalite
• John Luther Adams - Nunataks (Solitary Peaks) (2007)
  • Lisa Moore - The Stone People. Canteloupe Music (2016)
  • "Here, with “Among Red Mountains” and, later, with “Nunataks,” I finally discovered a way of composing for solo piano that felt like my own." John Luther Adams
• Missy Mizzoli - Orizzonte (2004)
  • Lisa Moore - The Stone People. Canteloupe Music (2016)
  • "Missy Mazzoli’s Orizzonte blends single piano notes with an eerie back-up track of ambient horns and nostalgic crackles." Carnegie Hall
  • "for piano and electronics (pre-recorded soundtrack)." Missy Mazzoli
• Dan Joseph - Wind Pattern (2002)
  • Dan Joseph Ensemble - Tonalization (for the Afterlife). 
  • Leah Paul on flute, Dan Joseph on dulcimer
• John Luther Adams - Among Red Mountains (2001)
  • Lisa Moore - The Stone People. Canteloupe Music (2016)
  • "Studying this painting [by Frank Stell] (after hearing [Kyle] Gann’s music), it occurred to me that I might be able to do something similar with the piano." Cold Blue Music
  • Adams' aim is to address the granitic strength of mountains themselves; Among Red Mountains is consistently loud, big music." AllMusic
• Julia Wolfe - Earring (2000)
• Lisa Moore - The Stone People. Canteloupe Music (2016)
• "the brief and moody respite of Bang On A Can composer Julia Wolfe’s Earring, featuring an insistent high note over lyrical left-hand chords." Cleveland Classical
•  Commissioned by Thalia Meyers. Julia Wolfe
• Conlon Nancarrow - Studies for Player Piano: No. 6 (1948-60)
  •  Joanna MacGregor - Piano Works by Conlon Nancarrow. SoundCircus / Believe Digital (2016) 
  • ' a "cowboy" tune over a quasi-ostinato that shifts back and forth between two different tempos every four notes.' Kyle Gann
• Conlon Nancarrow - Studies for Player Piano: No. 11 (1948-60)
  •  Joanna MacGregor - Piano Works by Conlon Nancarrow. SoundCircus / Believe Digital (2016) 
  • "On the first page of the manuscript, which still uses conventional bar lines, there are thirty time changes." Nancarrow.de
• Conlon Nancarrow - Prelude and Blues (1935)
  •  Joanna MacGregor - Piano Works by Conlon Nancarrow. SoundCircus / Believe Digital (2016) 
  • 'Nancarrow has called the Prelude and Blues "nothing pieces."' Kyle Gann

c

• Dan Joseph - Tonalization (for the Afterlife) (2009)
• Dan Joseph Ensemble - Tonalization (for the Afterlife). Mutable Music (2011)
• "The work emphasizes Joseph’s conception of “tone,” a notion he expresses through a continually varying timbral and rhythmic soundscape." Issue Project Room
• "The piece, which is actually a requiem, indulges in the exploration of tinning and insistent counterpoint that harks back to minimalism, to baroque fugues, to Renaissance court dances, and, after a section of subdued droning music, even to Celtic jigs, with the last movement soaring into a spiral-like fusion of all these elements." Piero Scaruffi
• Conlon Nancarrow - Three Canons for Ursula (1988)
  •  Joanna MacGregor - Piano Works by Conlon Nancarrow. SoundCircus / Believe Digital (2016) 
  • ' a "cowboy" tune over a quasi-ostinato that shifts back and forth between two different tempos every four notes.' Kyle Gann
• Dan Joseph - Music Primer (2007)
  • Dan Joseph Ensemble - Tonalization (for the Afterlife). Mutable Music (2011)
  • "Music Primer for baritone and hammer dulcimer sets the first ten lines of Lou Harrison's poetic 1971 prose book Lou Harrison's Music Primer." Dan Joseph.
  • "a fascinating setting of Lou Harrison's description of his own composition methods." ISIM
• John Lennon - Revolution 9 (1968)
  • Alarm Will Sound - Presents Modernists. Cantaloupe Music (2016)
  • "The arrangement on Modernists was devised by the composer and Alarm member Matt Marks, and it’s clear he’s fully sorted out all the sonic layers of the piece." Pitchfork
  • "The Sibelius Seventh doesn't come through as strongly as I'd expect, but it's otherwise a brilliant piece of work, arguably an improvement on the original." Alex Ross
• Conlon Nancarrow - Studies for Player Piano: No. 3c (1948-60)
  •  Joanna MacGregor - Piano Works by Conlon Nancarrow. SoundCircus / Believe Digital (2016) 
  • "Lively blues with canonic passages." Nancarrow.de
• John Cage - Sonata (1933)
• • Noel Akchoté - John Cage: Sonata (Arr. for Guitar). Noël Akchoté Downloads (2016)