Program 6: Ives the Chronicler
Charles Ives was unprecedented at suiting his musical style to the story he wanted to tell, and he created dozens of surprising “snapshots in song” of what it was like to be alive in America during his lifetime.
Song listings with composer / poet, performers, CD label, and CD number:
Memories
Charles Ives / Charles Ives
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano; Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Warner Classics 2564 60297-2
The Circus Band
from Five Street Songs
Charles Ives / Charles Ives
William Sharp, baritone; Steven Blier, piano
Albany Records TROY 077
1, 2, 3
Charles Ives / Charles Ives
Helen Boatwright, soprano; John Kirkpatrick, piano
CRI CD 675
Remembrance
Charles Ives / Charles Ives
Gerald Finley, baritone; Julius Drake, piano
Hyperion CDA 67516
Thoreau
Charles Ives / Charles Ives
Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano
Tanglewood recital recording 22 July 2009
Feldeinsamkeit
Charles Ives / Hermann Allmers
Thomas Hampson, baritone; Armen Guzelimian, piano
Teldec 9031-72168-2
The Camp Meeting
Charles Ives / Charles Ives; Charlotte Elliott
Mary Ann Hart, mezzo-soprano; Dennis Helmrich, piano
Albany Records TROY 079
Serenity
Charles Ives / John Greenleaf Whittier
Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano; Gilbert Kalish, piano
Nonesuch 9-71325-2
The Things Our Fathers Loved
Charles Ives / Charles Ives
Thomas Hampson, baritone; Michael Tilson-Thomas, piano
RCA 9026-63703-2
General William Booth Enters Into Heaven
Charles Ives / Vachel Lindsay
Donald Gramm, baritone; Richard Cumming, piano
Phoenix USA 178
Mists
Charles Ives / Charles Ives
Susan Narucki, soprano; Alan Feinberg, piano
Decca 466 841-2
Ann Street
Charles Ives / Maurice Morris
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Michael Ponti, piano
DG (LP) 2530 696
The Cage
Charles Ives / Charles Ives
Marni Nixon, soprano; John McCabe, piano
EMI 2 06631-2
The Children’s Hour
Charles Ives / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano
Tanglewood recital recording 22 July 2009
Two Little Flowers
Charles Ives / Charles Ives
William Sharp, baritone; Steven Blier, piano
DG (LP) 2530 696
Tom Sails Away
from Three Songs of the War
Charles Ives / Charles Ives
Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano
Tanglewood recital recording 22 July 2009
On the Counter
Charles Ives / Charles Ives
Roberta Alexander, soprano; Tan Crone, piano
Etcetera KTC 1020
In the Mornin’
Charles Ives / Traditional
Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano; Gilbert Kalish, piano
Nonesuch 9-71325-2
LINKS
- INTRODUCTION
- PROGRAMS
American Characters
Stephen Foster
Song of Walt Whitman
Many Are the Voices
War Cries
Ives the Chronicler
Champions of American Song
Arthur Farwell, American Pioneer
"There Is No Gender in Music"
Emily Dickinson: Letter to the World
Songs We've Always Sung
Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance
Places That Sing To Us - Thomas Hampson, Host
- Credits
- News Release