Ives / Baty / Gardner / Plenk - Songs 3 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The songs of the American composer Charles Ives (1874 - 1954) have been well-served on CD, but they have never before been recorded in their entirety on a budget-priced tag or arranged, for recording purposes, in alphabetical order. The American Classics series of the budget Naxos tag is in the midst of doing both. This CD is the third of a complete recording of the Ives songs arranged, quixotically, in alphabetical order. The performers are a group of young musicians affiliated with the Yale University School of Music. They offer readings of Ives as varied, idiosyncratic, and unpredictable as the songs themselves. In 1922, Ives gathered 114 of his songs, arranged them in reverse chronological order, added comments, and self-published them in a book called simply Inch114 songsInch. All told, Ives composed about 200 songs. The songs dating from his early years frequently draw heavily upon German lieder, parlor music, or hymns. The songs of Ives's maturity are deeply complex, varied, and musically adventurous. Throughout his life, Ives freely shifted musical material between his songs and his other compositions. From the beginning to the end of his career as a composer, Ives drew heavily on other music, incorporating many quotations from both classical and popular sources. Album Tracks 1. Harpalus 2. He Is There! 3. Her Eyes 4. Her Gown Was of Vermilion Silk 5. His Exaltation 6. The Housatonic at Stockbridge 7. Hymn 8. Hymn of Trust 9. I Hear a Tone 10. I Knew and Loved a Maid 11. I Travelled Among Unknown Men 12. Ich Grolle Nicht 13. I'll Not Complain 14. Ilmenau 15. Immortality 16. In April-Tide 17. In Autumn 18. In Flanders Fields 19. In My Beloved's Eyes 20. In Summer Fields 21. In the Alley 22. In the Mornin' 23. The InchIncantationInch 24. The Indians 25. The Innate 26. Kären 27. The Last Reader 28. The L