Michael Tilson Thomas Conducts Ives

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Contents

Ives, C: Symphony No. 1

Chicago Symphony Orchestra /Michael Tilson Thomas

Webster, J P: In the Sweet By and By

Richard R. Webster (organ), Chicago Symphony Chorus /Michael Tilson Thomas

John R. Sweney: Beulah Land

Richard Webster (organ), Michael Tilson Thomas

Heinrich Christopher Zeuner: Ye Christian Heralds

Richard R. Webster (organ), Chicago Symphony Chorus /Michael Tilson Thomas

Simeon Butler Marsh: Jesus, Lover of My Soul

Richard R. Webster (organ), Chicago Symphony Chorus /Michael Tilson Thomas

Mason, L: Nearer My God to Thee

Richard R. Webster (organ), Chicago Symphony Chorus /Michael Tilson Thomas

Ives, C: Symphony No. 4

Richard Webster (organ), Mary Sauer (piano), Chicago Symphony Orchestra /Michael Tilson Thomas

Ives, C: Symphony No. 2

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra /Michael Tilson Thomas

Ives, C: Symphony No. 3 ‘The Camp Meeting’

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Geert Van Keulen /Michael Tilson Thomas

Ives, C: Orchestral Set No. 2

Geert Van Keulen (director), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Members of the Choir of the Concertgebouw Orchestra /Michael Tilson Thomas

Ives, C: A Symphony – New England Holidays

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fred Spector /Michael Tilson Thomas

Ives, C: The Unanswered Question

Adolph Herseth (trumpet), Chicago Symphony Orchestra /Michael Tilson Thomas

Ives, C: Central Park in the Dark

Chicago Symphony Orchestra /Michael Tilson Thomas

Ives, C: The Unanswered Question (Original Version)

Adolph Herseth (trumpet), Chicago Symphony Orchestra /Michael Tilson Thomas

Ives, C: From the Steeples and the Mountains

San Francisco Symphony /Michael Tilson Thomas

Ives, C: The Things our Fathers Loved

Thomas Hampson (baritone), Michael Tilson Thomas (piano)

Ives, C: The Pond (remembrance)

Thomas Hampson (baritone), San Francisco Symphony /Michael Tilson Thomas

Ives, C: 114 Songs: No. 102, Memories

Thomas Hampson (baritone), Michael Tilson Thomas (piano)

Ives, C: Charlie Rutlage

Thomas Hampson (baritone), San Francisco Symphony /Michael Tilson Thomas

Ives, C: The Circus Band

Vance George (chorus master), San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Girls Chorus, San Francisco Symphony Chorus /Michael Tilson Thomas

Ives, C: Orchestral Set No. 1 – 3 Places in New England

Vance George (chorus master), San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony /Michael Tilson Thomas

Ives, C: In Flanders Fields

Thomas Hampson (baritone), San Francisco Symphony /Michael Tilson Thomas

Ives, C: They Are There!

Thomas Hampson (baritone), San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony /Michael Tilson Thomas

Ives, C: Tom Sails Away

Thomas Hampson (baritone), Michael Tilson Thomas (piano)

Ives, C: Symphony No. 4: III. Fugue

San Francisco Symphony /Michael Tilson Thomas

Ives, C: Psalm 100

San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Girls Chorus /Michael Tilson Thomas

Ives, C: Serenity

Thomas Hampson (baritone), San Francisco Symphony /Michael Tilson Thomas

Ives, C: General William Booth Enters into Heaven

Thomas Hampson (baritone), San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Girls Chorus, San Francisco Symphony /Michael Tilson Thomas

Ives, C: The Unanswered Question

Glenn Fischthal (trumpet), San Francisco Symphony /Michael Tilson Thomas

Sony Classical’s new release features yet another authoritatively idiomatic interpreter, Michael Tilson Thomas, conducting three great orchestras in the major orchestral and choral works of his compatriot Charles Ives on 4 albums. The recordings featuring the Chicago Symphony and Amsterdam Concertgebouw orchestras date from 1981 to 1989; those with the San Francisco Symphony from 1999. Gramophone called the disc containing Three Places in New England with the San Francisco Symphony “as fine a collection of [Ives’s] songs and short orchestral pieces as I’ve found on one release”. Also from Gramophone: “A stellar performance of the Fourth [Symphony with the Chicago orchestra]. Not only are all the elements in place – no easy feat in itself – but the performance revels in the piece’s American roots, with marches and ragtime passages tossed off with as much apparent simplicity as the piece’s modernist language” and “Tilson Thomas moves through his seasonal year [the “New England Holidays”] with fine flourish that balances the musical fireworks of ‘The Fourth of July’ and the sombre moments of ‘Decoration Day’. [He] is blessed with Chicago’s legendary brass section … and the CSO Chorus under [Margaret] Hillis – about as unapologetically American in their musicality as a conductor could find.” And the Penguin Guide called this last disc “among the most impressive Ives records in the catalogue”.CD 1Symphony No. 1Hymns (quoted by Charles Ives in his Symphony No. 4)Symphony No. 4Chicago Symphony Orchestra & ChorusCD 2Symphony No. 2Symphony No. 3 “The Camp Meeting”Orchestral Set No. 2Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & ChorusCD 3A Symphony: New England HolidaysThe Unanswered Question (rev.)Central Park in the DarkThe Unanswered Question (orig.)Chicago Symphony Orchestra & ChorusCD 4From the Steeples and the MountainsThe Things Our Fathers LovedThe Pond · Memories · Charlie RutlageThe Circus Band · Orchestral Set No. 1:Three Places in New EnglandIn Flanders Fields · They Are There!Tom Sails Away · Symphony No. 4 (Mvt. III)Psalm 100 · SerenityGeneral William Booth Enters into HeavenThe Unanswered QuestionThomas Hampson baritoneSan Francisco Symphony & Chorus.