Ives / Berman / Dickson- Songs 1 (CD)
This CD is the first of a new cycle of Ives's songs on the budget-priced Naxos label. The format of the series mirrors the audacity and creativity of the music. The songs are arranged in alphabetical order which presents them in a way which is musically random. Songs from Ives's youth are interspersed with works of his maturity. In addition the songs are performed by a collection of young singers, ranging from bass to soprano with a countertenor included for good measure. There is a similar variety of pianists and other accompanists. Thus, this recording features 13 vocalists accompanied by four different pianists, a string quartet, an organ, and a glockenspiel on 29 Ives songs beginning with the "A's" (actually with the numbers in a half-minute song called "1.2.3" and ending in the "C's" with an Ives Lullaby, the "Cradle Song" of 1919.
Tracklist:
- 1, 2, 3
- Abide with me
- Aeschylus and Sophocles
- Afterglow
- Allegro
- The All-Enduring
- Amphion
- Ann Street
- At Parting
- At Sea
- At the River
- August
- Autumn
- Because of You
- Because Thou Art
- Berceuse
- The Cage
- The Camp Meeting
- Canon I
- Canon II
- Chanson de Florian
- Charlie Rutlage
- The Children's Hour
- Edith Osborne Ives - Christmas Carol
- A Christmas Carol
- The Circus Band
- The Collection
- Country Celestial
- Cradle Song
This CD is the first of a new cycle of Ives's songs on the budget-priced Naxos label. The format of the series mirrors the audacity and creativity of the music. The songs are arranged in alphabetical order which presents them in a way which is musically random. Songs from Ives's youth are interspersed with works of his maturity. In addition the songs are performed by a collection of young singers, ranging from bass to soprano with a countertenor included for good measure. There is a similar variety of pianists and other accompanists. Thus, this recording features 13 vocalists accompanied by four different pianists, a string quartet, an organ, and a glockenspiel on 29 Ives songs beginning with the "A's" (actually with the numbers in a half-minute song called "1.2.3" and ending in the "C's" with an Ives Lullaby, the "Cradle Song" of 1919.
Tracklist:
- 1, 2, 3
- Abide with me
- Aeschylus and Sophocles
- Afterglow
- Allegro
- The All-Enduring
- Amphion
- Ann Street
- At Parting
- At Sea
- At the River
- August
- Autumn
- Because of You
- Because Thou Art
- Berceuse
- The Cage
- The Camp Meeting
- Canon I
- Canon II
- Chanson de Florian
- Charlie Rutlage
- The Children's Hour
- Edith Osborne Ives - Christmas Carol
- A Christmas Carol
- The Circus Band
- The Collection
- Country Celestial
- Cradle Song