Composer: Charles Ives
Orchestra: Orchestra New England
Conductor: James Sinclair
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8559917
Release: 2023
Size: 286 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Set No. 1 for Chamber Orchestra
01. I. Scherzo: The See’r
02. II. A Lecture (Tolerance)
03. III. The Ruined River (The New River)
04. IV. Like a Sick Eagle
05. V. Calcium Light Night
06. VI. Allegretto sombreoso (Incantation)
Set No. 2 for Chamber Orchestra
07. I. Largo “The Indians”
08. II. “Gyp the Blood” or Hearst!? Which is Worst?!
09. III. Andante “The Last Reader”
Set No. 3 for Chamber Orchestra
10. I. Adagio sostenuto “At Sea”
11. II. Luck and Work
12. III. Premonitions
Set No. 4 for Chamber Orchestra ‘Three Poets and Human Nature’
13. I. Robert Browning (Paracelsus)
14. II. Walt Whitman
15. III. Matthew Arnold (West London)
Set No. 5 for chamber orchestra ‘The Other Side of Pioneering,
16. I. The New River
17. II. The Indians
18. III. Charlie Rutlage
19. IV. Ann Street
Set No. 6 for chamber orchestra ‘From the Side Hill’
20. I. Mists
21. II. The Rainbow
22. III. Afterglow
23. IV. Evening
Set No. 7 for chamber orchestra ‘Water Colors’
24. I. At Sea
25. II. Swimmers
26. III. The Pond
27. IV. Full Fathom Five
Set No. 8 for Chamber Orchestra ‘Songs without Voices’
28. I. The New River
29. II. The Indians
30. III. Ann Street
Set No. 9 for Chamber Orchestra of Three Pieces
31. I. Andante con moto “The Last Reader”
32. II. Scherzo “The See’r”
33. III. Largo to Presto “The Unanswered Question”
Set No. 10 for Chamber Orchestra of Three Pieces
34. I. Largo molto “Like a Sick Eagle
35. II. Allegro – Andante “Luck and Work”
36. III. Adagio “The Indians”
Set for Theatre Orchestra
37. I. In the Cage
38. II. In the Inn (Potpourri)
39. III. In the Night
This album contains world premiere recordings of Charles Ives’s complete Sets for Chamber Orchestra and Set for Theatre Orchestra. Though Charles Ives wrote large-scale works, he also thrived on miniatures. Ives’ Sets for Chamber Orchestra are largely based on his songs and display a panoply of style and technique that proves to be among the most colorful and creative of his entire compositional life. The Sets are rife with allusions and borrowings, notably hymn tunes, and reuse several pieces in slightly altered treatments. Set 9 includes The Unanswered Question in its original form. Ives was willing to embrace substitution of instruments, and this recording contains premiere recordings of new realizations and editions.