rrizzo@bbncca.ARPA (Ron Rizzo) (06/21/85)
I want to begin a small record collection of major works by Charles Ives (orchestral pieces, the "Concord" piano sonata, some chamber works, songs) and would like to know what are considered the best, or at least very good, recordings available. I realize that not many pieces of Ives have been recorded, & that not many alternate performances of a given piece exist. So, information on any recordings, regardless of quality, not usually listed say in Schwann's catalog would also be useful. I'm particularly interested in fine performances of early pieces for small ensembles (like, eg, "Calcium Light Night") & of the orchestral suites (that include, eg, "The Hoosatonic at Stockbridge", "Central Park in the Dark", "The Unanswered Question"). Regards, Ron Rizzo
rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) (06/26/85)
> I want to begin a small record collection of major works by Charles > Ives (orchestral pieces, the "Concord" piano sonata, some chamber works, > songs) and would like to know what are considered the best, or at least > very good, recordings available. I realize that not many pieces of Ives > have been recorded, & that not many alternate performances of a given > piece exist. So, information on any recordings, regardless of quality, > not usually listed say in Schwann's catalog would also be useful. > > I'm particularly interested in fine performances of early pieces for > small ensembles (like, eg, "Calcium Light Night") & of the orchestral > suites (that include, eg, "The Hoosatonic at Stockbridge", "Central > Park in the Dark", "The Unanswered Question"). Ron Rizzo CBS' Masterworks Portrait series has an edition of Ives that includes Symphony No. 3 plus both "The Unanswered Question? (whither tonality?) and "Central Park in the Dark" that I am fast wearing through to its other side. "Central Park in the Dark" is an exquisite piece that starts off strange and gets stranger (suddenly interspersing "Hello My Honey Hello My Sweetie Hello My Ragtime Gal" in the middle of everything in a very bizarre way). (It's currently the background music on my answering machine announcement, succeeding "Perfect Love" and Partch's "Daphne of the Dunes".) The record's number is (CBS Masterworks Portrait) MP 38777. Highly recommended. -- Like aversion (HEY!), shocked for the very first time... Rich Rosen ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr
dep@allegra.UUCP (Dewayne Perry) (06/28/85)
<> For Ive's choral music, I have a Columbia recording with the Gregg Smith Singers taht is quite good. On the one side it has General William Booth Entering Heaven and on the other side a collection of varied pieces including various psalm settings. Dont know if it is still in print though, but Gregg Smith usually does a first class job if you happen on some other Ives performed by him. Dewayne