Orchestra New England, James Sinclair - Ives: Complete Sets for Chamber Orchestra (2023)

Tracklist

01. Set No. 1 for Chamber Orchestra: I. Scherzo: The See'r
02. Set No. 1 for Chamber Orchestra: II. A Lecture (Tolerance)
03. Set No. 1 for Chamber Orchestra: III. The Ruined River (The New River)
04. Set No. 1 for Chamber Orchestra: IV. Like a Sick Eagle
05. Set No. 1 for Chamber Orchestra: V. Calcium Light Night
06. Set No. 1 for Chamber Orchestra: VI. Allegretto sombreoso (Incantation)
07. Set No. 2 for Chamber Orchestra: I. Largo "the Indians"
08. Set No. 2 for Chamber Orchestra: II. "Gyp the Blood" or Hearst!? Which is Worst?!
09. Set No. 2 for Chamber Orchestra: III. Andante "the Last Reader"
10. Set No. 3 for Chamber Orchestra: I. Adagio sostenuto "At Sea"
11. Set No. 3 for Chamber Orchestra: II. Luck and Work
12. Set No. 3 for Chamber Orchestra: III. Premonitions
13. Set No. 4 for Chamber Orchestra "Three Poets and Human Nature" (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra by James Sinclair): I. Robert Browning (Paracelsus)
14. Set No. 4 for Chamber Orchestra "Three Poets and Human Nature" (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra by James Sinclair): II. Walt Whitman
15. Set No. 4 for Chamber Orchestra "Three Poets and Human Nature" (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra by James Sinclair): III. Matthew Arnold (West London)
16. Set No. 5 for Chamber Orchestra "the Other Side of Pioneering, or Side Lights on American Enterprise" (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra by James Sinclair): I. The New River
17. Set No. 5 for Chamber Orchestra "the Other Side of Pioneering, or Side Lights on American Enterprise" (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra by James Sinclair): II. The Indians
18. Set No. 5 for Chamber Orchestra "the Other Side of Pioneering, or Side Lights on American Enterprise" (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra by Kenneth Singleton): III. Charlie Rutlage
19. Set No. 5 for Chamber Orchestra "the Other Side of Pioneering, or Side Lights on American Enterprise" (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra by James Sinclair): IV. Ann Street
20. Set No. 6 for Chamber Orchestra "From the Side Hill" (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra by Kenneth Singleton): I. Mists
21. Set No. 6 for Chamber Orchestra "From the Side Hill" (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra by James Sinclair): II. The Rainbow
22. Set No. 6 for Chamber Orchestra "From the Side Hill" (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra by David Gray Porter): III. Afterglow
23. Set No. 6 for Chamber Orchestra "From the Side Hill" (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra by Kenneth Singleton): IV. Evening
24. Set No. 7 for Chamber Orchestra "Water Colors" (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra by James Sinclair): I. At Sea
25. Set No. 7 for Chamber Orchestra "Water Colors" (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra by James Sinclair): II. Swimmers
26. Set No. 7 for Chamber Orchestra "Water Colors" (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra by Kenneth Singleton): III. The Pond
27. Set No. 7 for Chamber Orchestra "Water Colors" (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra by James Sinclair): IV. Full Fathom Five
28. Set No. 8 for Chamber Orchestra "Songs without Voices" (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra by James Sinclair): I. The New River
29. Set No. 8 for Chamber Orchestra "Songs without Voices" (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra by James Sinclair): II. The Indians
30. Set No. 8 for Chamber Orchestra "Songs without Voices" (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra by James Sinclair): III. Ann Street
31. Set No. 9 Of 3 Pieces for Chamber Orchestra (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra by James Sinclair): I. Andante con moto "the Last Reader"
32. Set No. 9 Of 3 Pieces for Chamber Orchestra (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra by James Sinclair): II. Scherzo "the See'r"
33. Set No. 9 Of 3 Pieces for Chamber Orchestra (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra by James Sinclair): III. Largo to Presto "the Unanswered Question"
34. Set No. 10 Of 3 Pieces for Chamber Orchestra (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra by James Sinclair): I. Largo molto "Like a Sick Eagle
35. Set No. 10 Of 3 Pieces for Chamber Orchestra (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra by James Sinclair): II. Allegro - Andante "Luck and Work"
36. Set No. 10 Of 3 Pieces for Chamber Orchestra (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra by James Sinclair): III. Adagio "the Indians"
37. Set for Theatre Orchestra: I. In the Cage
38. Set for Theatre Orchestra: II. In the Inn (Potpourri)
39. Set for Theatre Orchestra: III. In the Night

This album contains world premiere recordings of Charles Ives’s complete Sets for Chamber Orchestra and Set for Theatre Orchestra. Though Charles Ives wrote large-scale works, he also thrived on miniatures. Ives’ Sets for Chamber Orchestra are largely based on his songs and display a panoply of style and technique that proves to be among the most colorful and creative of his entire compositional life. The Sets are rife with allusions and borrowings, notably hymn tunes, and reuse several pieces in slightly altered treatments. Set 9 includes The Unanswered Question in its original form. Ives was willing to embrace substitution of instruments, and this recording contains premiere recordings of new realizations and editions.

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