From Linn Records Recorded at Wooddale Church, Eden Prarie, Minnesota USA The twentieth century has seen the coming of age of American music. The great names still with us - like Gershwin, Bernstein and Copland or innovators like Cage and Reich - have emerged out of a century filled with the impact of many central European composers relocating to the New World. But before the First World War an entirely different musical landscape predominated. Boston - not New York, Philadelphia, Chicago or Los Angeles - was the most important location with its great orchestra playing the latest music from Europe. It was also the platform for the latest domestic music on interest, such as that of the most well-known composer of late nineteenth century America, Edward MacDowell, who had spent nearly a decade in Europe before returning home. But the composer who almost single-handedly broke the umbilical ties with European composition was Charles Ives. TRACKS: 1. The Celstial Country - Introduction 2. No. 1 Prelude, Trio and Chorus 3. Prelude before No. 2 4. No. 2 for Baritone 5. No. 3 Quartet, Accompanied 6. Interlude before No. 4 7. Intermezzo for string quartet 8. Interlude after No. 4 9. No. 5 Double chorus, a cappella 10. No. 6 Aria for Tenor 11. Introduction to No. 7 12. No. 7 Chorale and Finale 13. Silence Accompanied - Adagio Sostentuto 14. Evening 15. Afterglow 16. The Collection 17. Duty/Vita 18. Carol 19. Sunrise 20. Hymn 21. Mists LINE-UP: Anton Armstrong - Conductor Martha Hart – Mezzo-Soprano Dan Dressen – Tenor Michael Jorgenson – Baritone John Ferguson – Organ Mark S. Johnson – Piano Cynthia Stokes – Alto-Flute STRING QUARTET: Charles Gray – Violin Lucinda Marvin – Violin Annalee Wolf – Viola David Carter – Cello |
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