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IVES, C.: Songs, Vol. 6
Naxos

IVES, C.: Songs, Vol. 6

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Composer
IVES, CHARLES
Artist
Various
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Nov 18, 2008
Catalog #
8559274
UPC
636943927427

About

When, in 1922, Charles Ives published a volume entitled 114 Songs, he was indirectly drawing attention to the fact that the genre had played a central part in his output. 85 years on and, for all that his wider reputation may now rest on his orchestral, chamber and piano music, songs represent the heart of his creative thinking. Nor was that initial volume comprehensive; Ives having written almost 200 songs, of which this present edition includes all those he completed. The expressive variety encountered is accordingly vast: indeed, the gradual evolution of Ives's songwriting, from those drawing overtly on the Austro-German Lieder and English parlor-song traditions to ones that evince anarchic humor as keenly as others do a profound vision, is analogous to the evolution of American music over the last quarter of the nineteenth and the first quarter of the twentieth centuries. Although it would be possible to collate Ives's songs according to type, the alphabetic approach adopted by this edition ensures each volume (of which this is the sixth and last) contains a representative cross section of his achievement. A wide range of poets is set (Ives could be highly interventionist when it suited his purpose), including (mainly early) German settings as well as forays into French and Italian writers. Moreover, the temporal distance (1887-1926) traversed by the songs is as little compared to their stylistic diversity or their emotional range. The extent to which Ives reworked songs throughout his career is considerable, whether substituting a text or reworking the actual music. To this end, songs with a musical or textual connection are cross linked accordingly (i.e. in brackets at the end of the relevant paragraph). The setting of Rudyard Kipling's Tarrant Moss (1902) uses just two verses, treated in a peremptory fashion as if to suggest that the text was merely the nearest one to hand (see also Volume 5, track 27, Naxos 8.559273). Set to an anonymous text, There is a Certain Garden (1897) has a tripping and irregular piano part against which the vocal line unfolds a little awkwardly, though the charm of the song is undoubted. A revision of an earlier German song, now to Ives's own text, There is a Lane (1902) is a brief but winsome setting; the fond nostalgia of it's vocal line underscored by the piano (see also below, track 27). A late addition to his song canon, They are There! (1942) was Ives's contribution to the American war effort; setting his own (updated) text with a conviction aptly summed up by the subtitle 'Fighting for the People's New Free World'. It can be performed (as here) by unison voices, and with a lively ad lib instrumental part. Ives left a memorable, breathlessly enthusiastic recording.

Tracklist 33 tracks

  1. 1 Tarrant Moss 00:34
    Track
    1
    Title
    Tarrant Moss
    Duration
    00:34
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Ryan MacPherson, Douglas Dickson
  2. 2 There is a certain garden 01:48
    Track
    2
    Title
    There is a certain garden
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Tamara Mumford, Douglas Dickson
  3. 3 There is a lane 01:11
    Track
    3
    Title
    There is a lane
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Kenneth Tarver, Douglas Dickson
  4. 4 They are There! 02:49
    Track
    4
    Title
    They are There!
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Sara Jakubiak, Lielle Berman, Amanda Ingram, Rebecca Ringle, Michael Cavalieri, Daniel Trevor Bircher, Diego Matamoros, Douglas Dickson
  5. 5 The Things Our Fathers Loved 01:33
    Track
    5
    Title
    The Things Our Fathers Loved
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    David Pittsinger, Éric Trudel
  6. 6 Thoreau 02:25
    Track
    6
    Title
    Thoreau
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Robert Gardner, J.J. Penna
  7. 7 Those Evening Bells 01:37
    Track
    7
    Title
    Those Evening Bells
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Patrick Carfizzi, Éric Trudel
  8. 8 Through Night and Day 02:30
    Track
    8
    Title
    Through Night and Day
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Leah Wool, Douglas Dickson
  9. 9 To Edith 01:33
    Track
    9
    Title
    To Edith
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Mary Phillips, J.J. Penna
  10. 10 Tolerance 00:57
    Track
    10
    Title
    Tolerance
    Duration
    00:57
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Ryan MacPherson, Éric Trudel
  11. 11 Tom Sails Away 02:43
    Track
    11
    Title
    Tom Sails Away
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Patrick Carfizzi, J.J. Penna
  12. 12 Ein Ton 01:25
    Track
    12
    Title
    Ein Ton
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Sumi Kittelberger, Éric Trudel
  13. 13 2 Little Flowers 01:30
    Track
    13
    Title
    2 Little Flowers
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Michael Cavalieri, Douglas Dickson
  14. 14 No. 1. Duty 00:57
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 1. Duty
    Duration
    00:57
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Matthew Plenk, Éric Trudel
  15. 15 No. 2. Vita 00:51
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 2. Vita
    Duration
    00:51
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Matthew Plenk, Éric Trudel
  16. 16 Vote for Names! Names! Names! 00:53
    Track
    16
    Title
    Vote for Names! Names! Names!
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Ryan MacPherson, Douglas Dickson, Laura Garritson, Éric Trudel
  17. 17 The Waiting Soul 02:38
    Track
    17
    Title
    The Waiting Soul
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Tamara Mumford, Douglas Dickson
  18. 18 Walking 02:44
    Track
    18
    Title
    Walking
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Michael Cavalieri, Douglas Dickson
  19. 19 Walt Whitman 01:02
    Track
    19
    Title
    Walt Whitman
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Ryan MacPherson, Éric Trudel
  20. 20 Waltz 01:32
    Track
    20
    Title
    Waltz
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Patrick Carfizzi, J.J. Penna
  21. 21 Watchman! 01:54
    Track
    21
    Title
    Watchman!
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Mary Phillips, J.J. Penna
  22. 22 Weil' auf mir (Eyes so dark) 01:43
    Track
    22
    Title
    Weil' auf mir (Eyes so dark)
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Robert Gardner, J.J. Penna
  23. 23 West London 03:10
    Track
    23
    Title
    West London
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Robert Gardner, J.J. Penna
  24. 24 When stars are in the quiet skies 03:03
    Track
    24
    Title
    When stars are in the quiet skies
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Kenneth Tarver, Laura Garritson
  25. 25 Where the eagle cannot see 02:00
    Track
    25
    Title
    Where the eagle cannot see
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Jennifer Casey Cabot, Éric Trudel
  26. 26 The White Gulls 02:50
    Track
    26
    Title
    The White Gulls
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Mary Phillips, J.J. Penna
  27. 27 Widmung 02:11
    Track
    27
    Title
    Widmung
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Sumi Kittelberger, Éric Trudel
  28. 28 Wie Melodien zieht es mir 02:56
    Track
    28
    Title
    Wie Melodien zieht es mir
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Kenneth Tarver, Éric Trudel
  29. 29 Wiegenlied 02:28
    Track
    29
    Title
    Wiegenlied
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Mary Phillips, Douglas Dickson
  30. 30 William Will 04:06
    Track
    30
    Title
    William Will
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Patrick Carfizzi, Douglas Dickson
  31. 31 The World's Highway 02:52
    Track
    31
    Title
    The World's Highway
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Jennifer Casey Cabot, Éric Trudel
  32. 32 The World's Wanderers 01:53
    Track
    32
    Title
    The World's Wanderers
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Tamara Mumford, Douglas Dickson
  33. 33 Yellow Leaves 01:28
    Track
    33
    Title
    Yellow Leaves
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Mary Phillips, Douglas Dickson