Symphonies Nos, 7, 14, 23, : Brion / Trinity College of Music Wind Orchestra

ALAN HOVHANESS (1911-2000) : Symponies Nos 7, 14, 23
Dedicated to the memory of Lady Evelyn Barbirolli (1911-2008)

Symphony No. 7 ‘Nanga Parvat’, Op. 178 (1959)
Symphony No. 14 ‘Ararat’, Op. 194 (1960)
Symphony No. 23 ‘Ani’, Op. 249 (1972)

Trinity College of Music Wind Orchestra / Keith Brion, conductor

Recorded 01/2008

Dedicated to the memory of Lady Evelyn Barbirolli, widow of Sir John Barbirolli, a noted oboist, and Honorary Fellow of Trinity College of Music, this disc brings together three of Alan Hovhaness’s most fascinating scores. His Symphony No. 7 ‘Nanga Parvat’ depicts the sublime topography and tiger-like ferocity of that majestic Kashmiri mountain. Hovhaness was inspired, in his own words, by the ‘wild fierceness of volcanic earthquakes and avalanche-shaken mountains’ when composing his Symphony No. 14 ‘Ararat’, while the bells of the thousand and one cathedrals of the ruined Armenian city Ani resound in the Symphony No. 23. ( NAXOS )