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Charles Ives: Piano, Chamber & Vocal Works is Naxos American Classics' reissue of a stimulating and magnificently well-played album originally appearing on the Musical Heritage Society label, recorded in 1986 and 1987. Joel Sachs and Cheryl Seltzer are pianists who play as a duo, and separately, within the Continuum ensemble. In the selection of six Ives songs presented here they make an intelligent choice: that four hands (or at least three) are better than two when it comes to some of Ives' blackest piano music, whether scored on two staves or not. The Housatonic at Stockbridge is one of Ives' loveliest songs, and it is nice to hear it performed without the singer having to hang onto a note or phrase to allow the accompanist to finish rolling out a big chord that has more notes than most pianists have fingers.
Two of Ives' rarest and most difficult songs are performed here; On the Antipodes, recorded, not well, as a choral piece back in the '60s by the Gregg Smith Singers and Aeschylus and Sophocles, and seemingly not recorded before or since. A remarkable strength possessed by Continuum is its modularity. If Ives suggests in some stray patch that a string quartet playing a single chord can be added to the last two bars of a song written for voice and piano, Continuum will say "let's do it" rather than "this is too much trouble just for one chord." The chamber pieces are a real delight -- you'll not find better recordings of In Re Con Moto et al or Hallowe'en than this one. In Hallowe'en, Continuum takes special care to observe Ives' dynamic indications, and it makes all the difference in the world. The chamber version of The Gong on the Hook and Ladder, originally published in 1936 under the erroneous title of "Calcium Light," is like Aeschylus and Sophocles unique to this collection.
The recital concludes with fine performances of Ives' Five Take-Offs and Three-Quarter Tone Pieces. If you love the music of Charles Ives, it is an imperative to obtain Continuum's Charles Ives: Piano, Chamber & Vocal Works.
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The Housatonic at Stockbridge (Charles Ives)
Charles Ives, Composer - Robert Underwood Johnson, Lyricist - Joel Sachs, Performer - Cheryl Seltzer, Performer - Continuum, Ensemble - Victoria Villamil, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
Soliloquy (Charles Ives)
Charles Ives, Composer - Joel Sachs, Performer - Cheryl Seltzer, Performer - Continuum, Ensemble - Victoria Villamil, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
On the Antipodes (Charles Ives)
Charles Ives, Composer - Joel Sachs, Performer - Cheryl Seltzer, Performer - Continuum, Ensemble - Victoria Villamil, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
The Gong on the Hook and Ladder, "Firemen's Parade on Main Street" (Charles Ives)
Rachel Evans, Performer - Charles Ives, Composer - Mia Wu, Performer - Joel Sachs, Performer - Continuum, Ensemble - Beverly Lauridsen, Performer - Eva Gruesser, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
Hallowe'en (Charles Ives)
Rachel Evans, Performer - Charles Ives, Composer - Mia Wu, Performer - Joel Sachs, Performer - Cheryl Seltzer, Performer - Continuum, Ensemble - Beverly Lauridsen, Performer - Eva Gruesser, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
In Re Con Moto et al (Charles Ives)
Rachel Evans, Performer - Charles Ives, Composer - Mia Wu, Performer - Cheryl Seltzer, Performer - Continuum, Ensemble - Beverly Lauridsen, Performer - Eva Gruesser, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
Sunrise (Charles Ives)
Charles Ives, Composer - Mia Wu, Performer - Cheryl Seltzer, Performer - Continuum, Ensemble - Sheila Schonbrun, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
Remembrance (Charles Ives)
Charles Ives, Composer - Cheryl Seltzer, Performer - Continuum, Ensemble - Eva Gruesser, Performer - Sheila Schonbrun, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
Aeschylus and Sophocles (Charles Ives)
Rachel Evans, Performer - Charles Ives, Composer - Mia Wu, Performer - Cheryl Seltzer, Performer - Continuum, Ensemble - Beverly Lauridsen, Performer - Walter Savage Landor, Lyricist - Victoria Villamil, Performer - Eva Gruesser, Performer - Sheila Schonbrun, Performer
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
Set of 5 Take-offs (Charles Ives)
Charles Ives, Composer - Joel Sachs, Performer - Continuum, Ensemble
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
Charles Ives, Composer - Joel Sachs, Performer - Continuum, Ensemble
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
Charles Ives, Composer - Joel Sachs, Performer - Continuum, Ensemble
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
Charles Ives, Composer - Joel Sachs, Performer - Continuum, Ensemble
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
Charles Ives, Composer - Joel Sachs, Performer - Continuum, Ensemble
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
3 Quarter-Tone Pieces (Charles Ives)
Charles Ives, Composer - Joel Sachs, Performer - Cheryl Seltzer, Performer - Continuum, Ensemble
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
Charles Ives, Composer - Joel Sachs, Performer - Cheryl Seltzer, Performer - Continuum, Ensemble
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
Charles Ives, Composer - Joel Sachs, Performer - Cheryl Seltzer, Performer - Continuum, Ensemble
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
Album review
Charles Ives: Piano, Chamber & Vocal Works is Naxos American Classics' reissue of a stimulating and magnificently well-played album originally appearing on the Musical Heritage Society label, recorded in 1986 and 1987. Joel Sachs and Cheryl Seltzer are pianists who play as a duo, and separately, within the Continuum ensemble. In the selection of six Ives songs presented here they make an intelligent choice: that four hands (or at least three) are better than two when it comes to some of Ives' blackest piano music, whether scored on two staves or not. The Housatonic at Stockbridge is one of Ives' loveliest songs, and it is nice to hear it performed without the singer having to hang onto a note or phrase to allow the accompanist to finish rolling out a big chord that has more notes than most pianists have fingers.
Two of Ives' rarest and most difficult songs are performed here; On the Antipodes, recorded, not well, as a choral piece back in the '60s by the Gregg Smith Singers and Aeschylus and Sophocles, and seemingly not recorded before or since. A remarkable strength possessed by Continuum is its modularity. If Ives suggests in some stray patch that a string quartet playing a single chord can be added to the last two bars of a song written for voice and piano, Continuum will say "let's do it" rather than "this is too much trouble just for one chord." The chamber pieces are a real delight -- you'll not find better recordings of In Re Con Moto et al or Hallowe'en than this one. In Hallowe'en, Continuum takes special care to observe Ives' dynamic indications, and it makes all the difference in the world. The chamber version of The Gong on the Hook and Ladder, originally published in 1936 under the erroneous title of "Calcium Light," is like Aeschylus and Sophocles unique to this collection.
The recital concludes with fine performances of Ives' Five Take-Offs and Three-Quarter Tone Pieces. If you love the music of Charles Ives, it is an imperative to obtain Continuum's Charles Ives: Piano, Chamber & Vocal Works.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 00:48:44
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artist: Victoria Villamil
- Composer: Charles Ives
- Label: Naxos
- Genre: Classical
- Collection: Naxos American Classics
2005 Naxos 2005 Naxos
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