American Elegies [Import]

~ Charles Ives (Composer), Ingram Marshall (Composer), Frank Martin (Composer), John Adams (Conductor), Orchestra of St. Luke's (Orchestra), et al.

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Performer: Dawn Upshaw, Paul Crossley
Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke's
Conductor: John Adams
Composer: Charles Ives, Ingram Marshall, Frank Martin
Audio CD (May 1 1997)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Import
Label: Nonesuch
ASIN: B000005J0I

Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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1. Unanswered Question

2. Five Songs: Thoreau

3. Five Songs: Down East

4. Five Songs: Cradle Song

5. Five Songs: At the River

6. Five Songs: Serenity

7. Fog Tropes - Ingram Marshall

8. Madame Press Died Last Week at Ninety - Frank Martin

9. Eros Piano - John Adams

10. Elegy in Memory of Maurice Ravel - David Diamond

On this CD:

The Unanswered Question, for trumpet, 4 flutes, & strings, Kv 23
Composed by Charles Ives
Performed by Orchestra of St. Luke's
Conducted by John Adams
Thoreau for voice & piano, Kz99 Thoreau
Composed by Charles Ives
Performed by Orchestra of St. Luke's
with Dawn Upshaw
Conducted by John Adams
Down East for voice & piano, Kz 108 Down East
Composed by Charles Ives
Performed by Orchestra of St. Luke's
with Dawn Upshaw
Conducted by John Adams
Cradle Song for voice & piano, Kz 110 Cradle Song
Composed by Charles Ives
Performed by Orchestra of St. Luke's
with Dawn Upshaw
Conducted by John Adams
At the River for voice & piano, Kz101 At The River
Composed by Charles Ives
Performed by Orchestra of St. Luke's
with Dawn Upshaw
Conducted by John Adams
Serenity for voice & piano, Kz 109 Serenity
Composed by Charles Ives
Performed by Orchestra of St. Luke's
with Dawn Upshaw
Conducted by John Adams
Fog Tropes, for brass sextet, fog horns & tape
Composed by Ingram Marshall
Performed by Orchestra of St. Luke's
Conducted by John Adams
Ballade for cello & piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Frank Martin
Performed by Orchestra of St. Luke's
Conducted by John Adams
Eros Piano, for piano & orchestra
Composed by John Adams
Performed by Orchestra of St. Luke's
with Paul Crossley
Conducted by John Adams
Elegy in Memory of Maurice Ravel, for brass, strings, & percussion (or strings & percussion)
Composed by David Diamond
Performed by Orchestra of St. Luke's
Conducted by John Adams

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Collection of Music Apropos of our Time, April 18 2003

By	Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

With this country once again stunned by a yet another war, we find ourselves in a place where solace and nurturing are necessary and deeply needed. This collection of American composers' works that span a century has been lovingly assembled by John Adams and is performed by the usually conductorless Orchestra of St Lukes here under Adams' direction. The disc opens with the hauntingly beautiful Charles Ives' THE UNANSWERED QUESTION and proceeds with five of his best loved songs for voice and small orchestra performed with subtle clarity and undersatement by Dawn Upshaw in tandem with the orchestra. The last of these songs 'Serenity' blooms into the Ingram Marshall moody and exspansive exploration of fog and foghorns in FOG TROPES. Morton Feldman's quietly simple elegy for his piano teacher 'MADAME PRESS DIED LAST WEEK AT NINETY' is followed with John Adams own 'EROS PIANO', a work written as a memoriam/elegy at the death of Morton Feldman. The disc closes with David Diamond's plangent orchestral work 'ELEGY IN MEMORY OF MAURICE RAVEL'. Only on a CD could such programming exist and we are indebted to John Adams for creating this tenderly profound concert which, though recorded in 1989, seems immensely suitable for listening to today.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Pleasant, But Uneven, Jan 17 2001

By	Daniel G. Berk (West Bloomfield, Michigan) - See all my reviews

The major work on this CD in terms of length is John Adams' Eros Piano, approximately 15 minutes. As a solo piano work, it is somewhat more purcussive than his orchestral compositions, but, nonetheless, well worth the listen.

The five Charles Ives songs sung by Dawn Upshaw are a treat, as she brings fine musicianship to anything she approaches. The works by Feldman and Diamond are interesting, new experiences, but I find that I will have to expend considerable effort to be able to come to terms with and appreciate the work by Marshall.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best Ives, Jan 30 2000

By	Susan R Murray (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

If you want to find out about Charles Ives this isn't the best CD to start out with. Try, "Charles Ives: Quarta sinfonia" or a recording of "The Unanswered Question" these are the works that caused me to fall in love with Ives and only then did his songs make any sense.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Might as well be in a cemetery~!
This CD is GREAT. It's moody, almost creepy, but never boring. It would be the perfect music for Halloween or to listen while taking a stroll in the cemetery. Read more

Published on Oct 23 1998