Fred the Cat: Half a Century of Piano Music by Alan Hovhaness

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Product Details

• Audio CD (January 25, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Koch Int'L Classics
• ASIN: B000001SGA
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #161,374 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dance Ghazal for piano, Op. 362

2. Lullaby (Slumber Song), for piano, Op. 52/2

3. Achtamar, for piano, Op. 64: Adagio (imitating the tmpoog)

4. Achtamar, for piano, Op. 64: Allegro (imitating the kanoon and oud)

5. Fantasy on an Ossetin Tune, for piano, Op. 85

6. Orbit 2, for piano, Op. 102

7. Mountain Dance No. 2, for piano (revision of Macedonian Mountain Dance No. 2), Op. 144b

8. Macedonian Mountain Dances (2), for piano, Op. 144

9. Mt Ossipee, sonata for piano, Op. 299/2: Adagio Lamentando

10. Mt Ossipee, sonata for piano, Op. 299/2: Allegro viavce

11. Mt Ossipee, sonata for piano, Op. 299/2: Maestoso

12. Mt Ossipee, sonata for piano, Op. 299/2: Allegro Giusto

13. Fred the Cat, sonata for piano, Op. 301: Give a Cat a Twig and He Takes a Tree

14. Fred the Cat, sonata for piano, Op. 301: Purr Dance

15. Fred the Cat, sonata for piano, Op. 301: Fred the Cat and Distant Mountain

16. Fred the Cat, sonata for piano, Op. 301: Fred the Cat Flies to Heaven

17. Prospect Hill, sonata for piano, Op. 346: Andante, Allegro vivace

18. Prospect Hill, sonata for piano, Op. 346: Andante

19. Prospect Hill, sonata for piano, Op. 346: Allegro vivace

20. Mt Chocurua, sonata for piano, Op. 335: Moderato Espressivo

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Piano pleases, July 23, 2005

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Margaret A. Bickers (Kansas, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fred the Cat: Half a Century of Piano Music by Alan Hovhaness (Audio CD)

I got this CD because of the title track - "Fred the Cat." The music is lyrical, incorporating many themes and styles from the Caucasus and Armenian traditions. Hovhaness writes well for both the piano and orchestra ("The Mysterious Mountain" being his best-known composition)and I enjoyed the flow and variety of the music on this CD. Fred must have been quite a cat!

5.0 out of 5 stars a composer worth meeting, September 4, 2011

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Philip A. Douglas (East Lansing, Michigan, US) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Fred the Cat: Half a Century of Piano Music by Alan Hovhaness (Audio CD)

I wasn't familiar with Hovhaness' music. He is a highly accessible modern composer and the piano works represented here serve as a fine way to get acquainted with his work.