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Ives: Symphony No. 3, Orchestral Set No. 1 ("Three Places in New England"), March III, The Unanswered Question, Central Park in the Dark, Fugue in Four Keys

Charles Ives, Leonard Slatkin, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Ives: Symphony No. 3, Orchestral Set No. 1 ("Three Places in New England"), March III, The Unanswered Question, Central Park in the Dark, Fugue in Four Keys
Genres: Special Interest, Classical

Track Listings (10) - Disc #1
1. Orchestral Set No. 1: Three Places in New England, for orchestra, S. 7 (K. 1A5): The 'St. Gaudens' In Boston Common
2. Orchestral Set No. 1: Three Places in New England, for orchestra, S. 7 (K. 1A5): Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connect
3. Orchestral Set No. 1: Three Places in New England, for orchestra, S. 7 (K. 1A5): The Housatonic at Stockbridge
4. March No. 3 (II) with 'My Old Kentucky Home', for theater orchestra, S. 31 (K. 1C6)
5. The Unanswered Question (I & II), for trumpet, winds & string orchestra, S. 50 (K. 1C25)
6. Central Park in the Dark, for orchestra, S. 34 (K. 1C27)
7. Fugue in Four Keys on 'The Shining Shore', for flute, cornet & strings, S. 69 (K. 1C10a)
8. Symphony No. 3: The Camp Meeting, for orchestra, S. 3 (K. 1A3): Andante Maestoso: 'Old Folks Gathering'
9. Symphony No. 3: The Camp Meeting, for orchestra, S. 3 (K. 1A3): Allegro: 'Children's Day'
10. Symphony No. 3: The Camp Meeting, for orchestra, S. 3 (K. 1A3): 'Communion'

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All Artists: Charles Ives, Leonard Slatkin, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Title: Ives: Symphony No. 3, Orchestral Set No. 1 ("Three Places in New England"), March III, The Unanswered Question, Central Park in the Dark, Fugue in Four Keys
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 1
Label: RCA
Release Date: 10/9/1992
Genres: Special Interest, Classical
Styles: Marches, Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Concertos, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 090266122226

Synopsis

Amazon.com essential recording

These are the major works of Charles Ives (1874-1954), done in magnificent sound--and superlative performances--by Louis Slatkin and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Three Places in New England--and perhaps this version--belongs in every collection of 20th-century American music. Also a treat here are The Unanswered Question and Central Park in the Dark. These aren't tone poems, quite. (It's hard to say what they are.) But Ives had the knack for providing even his most discordant works a tonal C major core. Usually. This would allow him--as in Symphony 3--to wander occasionally astray. Highly recommended. --Paul Cook

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CD Reviews

Just right

D. Jack Elliot | Omaha, Nebraska | 10/22/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"There's something really all-American about the way Slatkin and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra play Ives here. The very timbre of the orchestra is idiomatic; the Boston Symphony or the Philadelphia Orchestra, by contrast, have opulent, Old World sounds that don't suit these scores as well as the direct, no-nonsense, clean-cut, grassroots, Midwestern sort of sonority produced by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra here. I mean it... it may sound doubtful as written on the page and it's difficult to put it into words, but you'll hear for yourself that St. Louis has got the right sort of sound for this music where other orchestras don't. Furthermore, Slatkin has a real knack for getting intimate, controlled, chamber music-type playing out of large orchestras and sprawling scores. This allows for some really interesting interpretations, and it only serves to enhance the sound of an orchestra already well suited to playing Ives. Add this one to your collection without delay."

A fine representative set of Ives' orchestral music.

Howard G Brown | Port St. Lucie, FL USA | 08/27/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The recording is excellent, the performances are as fine as any I can remember. If you have the Orpheus recording, you won't need this one -- and vice-verse -- as far as the two major works are concerned. The pieces are arranged well for a complete Ives concert on a single disc. Highly recommended, but I wish it were midprice like the Eastman disc on Mercury."