by Alan Hovhaness, John Wallace, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Wind Orchestra, Keith Brion · Naxos of America Inc. · CD · EAN 0636943920725
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«Hovhaness: Symphonies Nos. 4, 20 & 53» is the classical music album by Alan Hovhaness, released on CD by Naxos (2005).
The disc brings together three symphonies by Alan Hovhaness, an American composer of modern style, performed by the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Wind Orchestra under the direction of Keith Brion. It also includes «The Prayer of St Gregory», a piece with a prominent role for trumpeter John Wallace. The works show Hovhaness's characteristic symphonic language, with Eastern influences and wind textures.
It belongs to Naxos's American Classics series. CD edition with a duration of 66 minutes, published in the Naxos catalogue as number 8.559207.
For listeners interested in twentieth-century classical music and in symphonies by American composers outside the usual repertoire.
