Listers, I've made a few updates to my CEI site. If you're interested, take a look. http://www.musicweb.uk.net/Ives/12_Whats_New.htm I hope everyone's having...
... Once you have been in a hall with the 4th, any recordings that you have will become reminders as to what you aren't getting from those recordings. When...
Once you have been in a hall with the 4th, any recordings that you have will become reminders as to what you aren't getting from those recordings. When you...
BTW, I have read different things containing the number of conductors required - is it 2 or 3? ... Stoki used 2 assistants for his recording. But MTT only...
This piece has really been growing on me lately - it may have become one of my favorite Ives pieces. It is remarkable how the third movement was inspired by...
Just picked up the Violin Sonatas 1-4 on Naxos for $7 - never heard a note of any of these before. I will give you my first impressions. Frankie [Non-text...
Scott (or anybody) - Do you know how I can get a hold of the DG Orpheus CD with Ives 3rd on it? I know it is OOP, so it is probably virtually impossible to...
Frankie, The Orpheus disc is not out of print in the UK. Try either of the following retailers: www.mdt.co.uk www.crotchet.co.uk Shipping to the USA is very...
... Amazon has it listed with a three to four week wait. Also, one of the "new and used" click throughs has it with a 2 - 3 day delay from the Netherlands. ...
... heard a note of any of these before. I will give you my first impressions. ... Thanks for mentioning this. The Sonatas for Violin and Piano have been a...
I agree with you, Frankie. The 2nd Orch Set didn't hit me as hard on first hearing. For example, the First Set ("3 Places") and the Fourth Sym immediately...
Maybe this is obvious, but when does the song "In the Sweet Bye and Bye" began in the "From Hanover Square North" movement of OS#2? The answer is: pretty...
Christian, ... Did you get your selected Concord Sonata CD? I'm thinking about the work today and wondering how you have taken to it. Regards, quart...
... LOL! I made my choice and a second choice. While I was hemming and hawing, both went out of print and out of circulation! I know that I can track...
Vaughn Williams is someone I have never really paid much attention to. Let's see. CEI 1874-1954 RVW 1872-1958 They had pretty much overlapped timelines, with...
On "Charles Ives: An American Journey", is the choral arrangement of the third movement of Three Places (The Housatonic at Stockbridge) written by Ives or was...
Christian, I agree with you about the Ives/Mahler connection. I think that the similarities can easily be exaggerated. There's a great deal about them that is...
Fill in the blank: If you like the music of Charles Ives, then you'll probably also like the music of ________________ . How about this for an answer: Charles...
Frankie, I don't think that the choral arrangement on the MTT recording is Ives' work. At the very least, it's not mentioned in Sinclair's "Descriptive...
Mahler and Ives occupied very different personal worlds. Yet some characteristics are shared. Mahler was a complete performance musician, while Ives was...
Fill in the blank: If you like the music of Charles Ives, then you'll probably also like the music of ________________ . How about this for an answer: Charles...
Wow, Tom Waits and Charles Ives ! But what a cool idea ! Obviously we'll never know, but I think Ive4s would have understood what Waits is about. Waits music...
Here's a review on MusicWeb of a collection of songs by Henry Cowell: http://www.musicweb.uk.net/classrev/2003/Oct03/cowell_songs.htm Anyone familiar with...
It would be interesting to read a review by someone who knows who Henry Cowell is, and how his songs relate to his other works, and to his contemporaries -...
We touched on Ives a little bit earlier, could you tell me a little bit more about your relationship with Charles Ives? Charles Ives, I knew him when I was...