Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ut-sally.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!gatech!ut-sally!robdye From: robdye@ut-sally.UUCP (Rob Dye) Newsgroups: net.music.classical Subject: Re: ives Message-ID: <2185@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 02:49:35 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-sally.2185 Posted: Tue Jun 25 02:49:35 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Jun-85 06:12:09 EDT References: <2843@decwrl.UUCP> Reply-To: robdye@ut-sally.UUCP (Rob Dye) Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 42 Summary: cut the crap! (B-)) and record recommendations In article <2843@decwrl.UUCP> janzen@pipa.DEC writes: > ... The Quarter-Tone Pieces for pianos >are crap. I'll have to write new quarter-tone pieces to have something to >play. I'm sure we are all eager to hear your masterpieces. B-) (I wear glasses.) >The choral stuff is crap. [mild flame on] I don't know about the rest of the net, but I find such glib commentary to be insulting to us as readers and to a fine composer. [mild flame off] >The songs are wonderful, especially on Marni Nixon's album, in which >she takes on the persona and voice of the songs' characters. General >William Booth Enter in heaven, from Vachal Lindsay's poem, is his best song. All jesting and flaming aside, is this the album which includes the song "Charlie Rutledge"? ("Another good cowpuncher has gone to meet his fate..." The song starts out as an innocent little trail tune until it begins to recount the way good-old Charlie's horse fell on him during the spring round-up, when the pianist's part turns into a real knuckle-buster. Great fun.) I blindly ordered the Nonesuch album of Ives songs sung by Jan DeGaetani several months ago, believing that it contained that song (which is one of my favorites, obviously) and was disappointed when it arrived to see that it didn't. (Don't get me wrong. I still enjoy the Gaetani album.) Back to the original query about Ives recordings, I enjoy very much my DGG recording of "Three Places in New England". My favorite is the middle mvt, Putnam's Camp. It is a prime example of Ives' "phantasmagorical" style, with marching bands competing against each other. It's a joyous riot. (Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the BSO.) I also like the RCA (?) recording of this same piece which has a nice flip side as well: Roy Harris' Third Symphony. (I think Ormandy conducts the Philadelphia on this one.) _________________________________________________________ Rob Dye Dept. of CS, UTexas at Austin UUCP: {ihnp4,harvard,gatech,ctvax,seismo}!ut-sally!robdye ARPA: robdye@ut-sally.ARPA