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Looking to the East

Label: CRI

Catalog Number: CR836

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Composition Date: 1951 — 1965

Recording Date: May 2060

Composers: Lou Harrison; Henry Cowell; Colin McPhee; Alan Hovhaness

Performers: Anahid Ajemian, violin; Maro Ajemian, piano; Carroll Bratman, percussion; Jascha Zayde, celesta; Gloria Agostini, harp; Robert E. Morris, flute; Jerome Roth, oboe; Harvey Shapiro, cello; Jesse Teiko, bass; George Ricci, cello; Murray Panitz, flute; William Masselos, piano; Leopold Stokowski, Conductor; Leopold Avakian, violin; Mitchell Andrews, piano; Basil Bahar, Persian Drum; Hessian Radio Symphony Orchestra; David Van Vactor, Conductor; Elden Bailey, percussion; Ruth Negri, harp; Melvin Kaplan, English horn; Walter Rosenberger, percussion; Alan Hovhaness, Conductor; Elgar Howarth, trumpet; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Arthur Bennett Lipkin, Conductor; Benita Valente, soprano; Bamberg Symphony; Bavarian Radio Singers; Alfredo Antonini, Conductor

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Suite			Lou Harrison
for Violin, Piano and Small Orchestra Performers: Anahid Ajemian, violin; Maro Ajemian, piano; Carroll Bratman, percussion; Jascha Zayde, celesta; Gloria Agostini, harp; Robert E. Morris, flute; Jerome Roth, oboe; Harvey Shapiro, cello; Jesse Teiko, bass; George Ricci, cello; Murray Panitz, flute; William Masselos, piano; Leopold Stokowski, Conductor Composition Date: 1951
	Suite: I. Overture: Allegro poco maestoso; Allegro	3:30	Lou Harrison
	Performers: Anahid Ajemian, violin; Maro Ajemian, piano; Carroll Bratman, percussion; Jascha Zayde, celesta; Gloria Agostini, harp; Robert E. Morris, flute; Jerome Roth, oboe; Harvey Shapiro, cello; Jesse Teiko, bass; George Ricci, cello; Murray Panitz, flute; William Masselos, piano; Leopold Stokowski, Conductor Composition Date: 1951
	Suite: II. Elegy: Adagio	2:26	Lou Harrison
	Performers: Anahid Ajemian, violin; Maro Ajemian, piano; Carroll Bratman, percussion; Jascha Zayde, celesta; Gloria Agostini, harp; Robert E. Morris, flute; Jerome Roth, oboe; Harvey Shapiro, cello; Jesse Teiko, bass; George Ricci, cello; Murray Panitz, flute; William Masselos, piano; Leopold Stokowski, Conductor Composition Date: 1951
	Suite: III. First Gamelan: Allegro	3:24	Lou Harrison
	Performers: Anahid Ajemian, violin; Maro Ajemian, piano; Carroll Bratman, percussion; Jascha Zayde, celesta; Gloria Agostini, harp; Robert E. Morris, flute; Jerome Roth, oboe; Harvey Shapiro, cello; Jesse Teiko, bass; George Ricci, cello; Murray Panitz, flute; William Masselos, piano; Leopold Stokowski, Conductor Composition Date: 1951
	Suite: IV. Aria: Lento espressivo	2:50	Lou Harrison
	Performers: Anahid Ajemian, violin; Maro Ajemian, piano; Carroll Bratman, percussion; Jascha Zayde, celesta; Gloria Agostini, harp; Robert E. Morris, flute; Jerome Roth, oboe; Harvey Shapiro, cello; Jesse Teiko, bass; George Ricci, cello; Murray Panitz, flute; William Masselos, piano; Leopold Stokowski, Conductor Composition Date: 1951
	Suite: V. Second Gamelan: Allegro moderato	2:03	Lou Harrison
	Performers: Anahid Ajemian, violin; Maro Ajemian, piano; Carroll Bratman, percussion; Jascha Zayde, celesta; Gloria Agostini, harp; Robert E. Morris, flute; Jerome Roth, oboe; Harvey Shapiro, cello; Jesse Teiko, bass; George Ricci, cello; Murray Panitz, flute; William Masselos, piano; Leopold Stokowski, Conductor Composition Date: 1951
	Suite: VI. Chorale: Andante moderato	2:35	Lou Harrison
	Performers: Anahid Ajemian, violin; Maro Ajemian, piano; Carroll Bratman, percussion; Jascha Zayde, celesta; Gloria Agostini, harp; Robert E. Morris, flute; Jerome Roth, oboe; Harvey Shapiro, cello; Jesse Teiko, bass; George Ricci, cello; Murray Panitz, flute; William Masselos, piano; Leopold Stokowski, Conductor Composition Date: 1951
Homage to Iran			Henry Cowell
Performers: Leopold Avakian, violin; Mitchell Andrews, piano; Basil Bahar, Persian Drum Composition Date: 1959 Recording Date: May 2060
	Homage to Iran: I. Andante rubato	5:30	Henry Cowell
	Performers: Leopold Avakian, violin; Mitchell Andrews, piano; Basil Bahar, Persian Drum Composition Date: 1959 Recording Date: May 2060
	Homage to Iran: II. Interlude	1:05	Henry Cowell
	Performers: Leopold Avakian, violin; Mitchell Andrews, piano; Basil Bahar, Persian Drum Composition Date: 1959 Recording Date: May 2060
	Homage to Iran: III. Andante rubato	2:28	Henry Cowell
	Performers: Leopold Avakian, violin; Mitchell Andrews, piano; Basil Bahar, Persian Drum Composition Date: 1959 Recording Date: May 2060
	Homage to Iran: IV. Con spirito	3:45	Henry Cowell
	Performers: Leopold Avakian, violin; Mitchell Andrews, piano; Basil Bahar, Persian Drum Composition Date: 1959 Recording Date: May 2060
Nocturne		7:20	Colin McPhee
Performers: Hessian Radio Symphony Orchestra; David Van Vactor, Conductor Composition Date: 1958
Koke No Niwa (Moss Garden), Op. 181		6:40	Alan Hovhaness
Performers: Elden Bailey, percussion; Ruth Negri, harp; Melvin Kaplan, English horn; Walter Rosenberger, percussion; Alan Hovhaness, Conductor Composition Date: 1954 — 1960
Holy City		8:32	Alan Hovhaness
for Trumpet, Large Chime in A, Harp and String Orchestra Performers: Elgar Howarth, trumpet; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Arthur Bennett Lipkin, Conductor Composition Date: 1965
Triptych			Alan Hovhaness
Performers: Benita Valente, soprano; Bamberg Symphony; Bavarian Radio Singers; Alfredo Antonini, Conductor Composition Date: 1952 — 1953
	Triptych: Ave Maria, Op. 100/1a	2:46	Alan Hovhaness
	Performers: Benita Valente, soprano; Bamberg Symphony; Bavarian Radio Singers; Alfredo Antonini, Conductor Composition Date: 1952
	Triptych: Christmas Ode, Op. 100/1b	6:26	Alan Hovhaness
	Performers: Benita Valente, soprano; Bamberg Symphony; Bavarian Radio Singers; Alfredo Antonini, Conductor Composition Date: 1952
	Triptych: Easter Cantata, Op. 100/3	13:00	Alan Hovhaness
	Performers: Benita Valente, soprano; Bamberg Symphony; Bavarian Radio Singers; Alfredo Antonini, Conductor Composition Date: 1953