Ives: The Three Orchestral Sets / Sinclair, Malmö Symphony
Details
- Composer
- IVES, CHARLES
- Artist
- Malmo So, Sinclair
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Naxos
- Released
- May 27, 2008
- Catalog #
- 8559353
- UPC
- 636943935323
About
Charles Ives 150 (1874-1954)
REVIEW:
Of all the composers on whom modern musicology is inflicting its current "completion mania", the cause of Ives makes more sense than most. His manuscripts were a mess, his decision-making random, and much of his music consists of "works in progress". He was working on a Third Set for orchestra in the late 1920s when he gave up composing, and with the exception of the last movement--that at 12 minutes lasts way too long--this collaboration between David Gray Porter and Nors Josephson comes across as pretty convincing. Certainly this is true of Porter's reconstruction of the first two movements (of three).
James Sinclair conducts Ives with unflagging confidence and expertise. He uses the first version (1914) of Three Places in New England--less angular than the chamber orchestral revision, with its prominent piano part--and the result sounds markedly less radical, more "late Romantic", and that's a refreshing change. Now that the shock value of Ives has largely worn off, we need to be able to experience his works simply as good music, and Sinclair makes that case here, as he also does in the Second Set. This neglected piece is every bit as fine as the more popular Three Places, and it deserves as much attention. Warmly detailed engineering keeps the often dense textures clear, and the Malmö orchestra plays with an easy naturalness that goes hand in hand with Sinclair's sure guidance.
--David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com
Tracklist 9 tracks
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1 I. The St Gaudens in Boston Common (Col. Shaw and his Colored Regiment) 08:55
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. The St Gaudens in Boston Common (Col. Shaw and his Colored Regiment)
- Duration
- 08:55
- Composer
- Charles Ives
- Ensemble
- Malmö Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- James Sinclair
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2 II. Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut 05:15
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut
- Duration
- 05:15
- Composer
- Charles Ives
- Ensemble
- Malmö Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- James Sinclair
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3 III. The Housatonic at Stockbridge 03:57
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. The Housatonic at Stockbridge
- Duration
- 03:57
- Composer
- Charles Ives
- Ensemble
- Malmö Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- James Sinclair
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4 I. An Elegy to Our Forefathers 04:34
- Track
- 4
- Title
- I. An Elegy to Our Forefathers
- Duration
- 04:34
- Composer
- Charles Ives
- Ensemble
- Malmö Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- James Sinclair
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5 II. The Rockstrewn Hills Join in the People's Outdoor Meeting 04:59
- Track
- 5
- Title
- II. The Rockstrewn Hills Join in the People's Outdoor Meeting
- Duration
- 04:59
- Composer
- Charles Ives
- Ensemble
- Malmö Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- James Sinclair
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6 III. From Hanover Square North, at the End of a Tragic Day, the Voice of the People Again Arose 06:16
- Track
- 6
- Title
- III. From Hanover Square North, at the End of a Tragic Day, the Voice of the People Again Arose
- Duration
- 06:16
- Composer
- Charles Ives
- Ensemble
- Malmo Chamber Choir, Malmö Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- James Sinclair
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7 I. —: Andante moderato (ed. D.G. Porter) 06:12
- Track
- 7
- Title
- I. —: Andante moderato (ed. D.G. Porter)
- Duration
- 06:12
- Composer
- Charles Ives
- Ensemble
- Malmö Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- James Sinclair
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8 II. An Afternoon, or During Camp Meetin' Week - One Secular Afternoon (in Bethel) (ed. D.G. Porter) 09:46
- Track
- 8
- Title
- II. An Afternoon, or During Camp Meetin' Week - One Secular Afternoon (in Bethel) (ed. D.G. Porter)
- Duration
- 09:46
- Composer
- Charles Ives
- Ensemble
- Malmö Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- James Sinclair
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9 III. —: Andante (realised by N. Josephson) 12:42
- Track
- 9
- Title
- III. —: Andante (realised by N. Josephson)
- Duration
- 12:42
- Composer
- Charles Ives
- Ensemble
- Malmö Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- James Sinclair