Songs: The greatest man (1:41) -- At the river (2: 00) -- Ann Street (0:55) -- Christmas carol (2:08) -- From 'The swimmers' (1:32) -- West London (3:31) -- Soliloquy (0:52) -- Evening (1:53) -- Charles Rutlage (2:45) -- Side show (0:37) -- The cage (1:06) -- Farewell to land (1:33) -- General William Booth enters into Heaven (5:59) -- Set no. 1 for small orchestra (8:28) -- Tone roads no. 1 -- Fast 'All roads lead to the centre' (2:42) -- From the steeples and mountains (3:35) -- Tone roads no. 3 -- Slow and fast 'Rondo rapid transit' (3:17) -- Adagio sostenuto 'At sea' (Set no. 3 for small orchestra -- No. 1) (1:06) -- Mists (1:39) -- On the antipodes (2:32) -- The rainbow (So may it be!) (1:51) -- The pond (1:37) -- The bells of Yale, or chapel chimes (2:50) -- The gong on the hook and ladder ('Firemen's parade on Main Street) (1:49) -- All the way around and back (1:01) -- Over the pavements (4:40) -- Set no. 2 for small orchestra (2 :53) -- Aeschylus and Sophocles (3:09) -- Set for theater or chamber orchestra (8:33).
Note
The songs originally issued by Nonesuch as analog disc in 1968; the remainder previously issued in 1992 as CDC 7 54552 2.
Event (note)
The songs recorded July 8-9, 1967, Pye Records Studio no. 1, ATV House, London; the remainder recorded Dec. 2-6, 1991, Saal der Deutschen Bank, Frankfurt.
Language (note)
The vocal works sung in English.
Author
Ives, Charles, 1874-1954.
Title
Songs [electronic resource] : Orchestral sets ; From the steeples and mountains / Charles Ives.
Imprint
[England] : EMI Classics, [2008]
Playing time
007814
Series
Classical music library
American classics
American classics (EMI (Firm))
Performer
Marni Nixon, soprano ; John McCabe, piano ; Henry Herford, baritone ; Ensemble Modern ; Ingo Metzmacher, conductor.
Event
The songs recorded July 8-9, 1967, Pye Records Studio no. 1, ATV House, London; the remainder recorded Dec. 2-6, 1991, Saal der Deutschen Bank, Frankfurt.