Ives: Complete Sets for Chamber Orchestra / Sinclair, Orchestra New England

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Ives’ Sets for Chamber Orchestra are largely based on his songs, and display a panoply of style and technique. Set 9 includes The Unanswered Question...

Ives’ Sets for Chamber Orchestra are largely based on his songs, and display a panoply of style and technique. Set 9 includes The Unanswered Question in its original form, and this recording contains world premiere recordings of new realisations and editions, as well as being the first recording of the complete edition of the Sets. The three Orchestral Sets conducted by James Sinclair can be heard on 8.559370.

REVIEW:

The Sets for Chamber Orchestra by Charles Ives (1874–1954) are, in a sense, songs without words, based on songs whose texts are printed in the booklet. Although some sets do not have descriptive titles as others do (Three Poets and human Nature, From the Side Hill, Water Colors) most parts of the sets do have a name that describes their character. Set 9 includes The Unanswered Question in its original form.

For this recording, James Sinclair, Kenneth Singleton, and David Porter have thoroughly revised the scores and weeded out errors.

The interpretations are refined, clearly structured, and expressive. Unlike other conductors, Sinclair does not play to the fullest the aggressiveness of the compositions, but strives for a fine portrayal of the grotesque, the ironic, and the nostalgic.

-- Pizzicato (Norbert Tischer)



Product Description:


  • Release Date: June 09, 2023


  • UPC: 636943991725


  • Catalog Number: 8559917


  • Label: Naxos


  • Number of Discs: 1


  • Period: 20th Century


  • Composer: Charles Ives


  • Conductor: James Sinclair


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of New England


  • Performer: James Sinclair



Works:


  1. Sets Nos. 1-10

    Composer: Charles Ives

    Ensemble: Orchestra New England

    Conductor: James Sinclair


  2. Set for Theatre Orchestra

    Composer: Charles Ives

    Ensemble: Orchestra New England

    Conductor: James Sinclair