Ives: Symphony No. 2; Creston: Symphony No. 2

On this CD:

1. Symphony No. 2, for orchestra, S. 2 (K. 1A2)
Composed by Charles Ives
Performed by Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Neeme Jarvi

2. Symphony No. 2, Op. 35
Composed by Paul Creston
Performed by Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Neeme Jarvi

Editorial Reviews
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This release is part of Chandos's excellent American Music Series (#8) and it features two fine readings of works by Creston and Ives. Neeme Jarvi seems able to conduct just about any composer with feeling (is there anybody he hasn't put his baton to?), and the Ives here is handled with reverence and skill. But the Creston is the true standout, since he doesn't get the kind of attention these days that he deserves. His Symphony 2 (1945) is confident and stately in its unfolding. His music falls right in there with Roy Harris, Howard Hanson, and Walter Piston. --Paul Cook

Ives: Symphony No. 2; Creston: Symphony No. 2, Music, Paul Creston, Charles Ives, Neeme Järvi, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, 20th/21st Century Symphony, Classical, Orchestral & Symphonic, Symphonic
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Release Date: 1994-08-23

Tracks:

  1. Country Band March - J. Sinclair/Orch New England
  2. Fall River Legend Movt III-Church Social - J. Sedares/New Zealand SO
  3. Sym No.3 in a Movt III-Allegro vivace - A. Schenck/New Zealand SO
  4. Christmas Cantata Movt III-Allegro - B. Cecilia/D. Teeters
  5. To the Green Mountains Movt I-Prelude - V. Jordania/KBS SO
  6. Adagio for Strs - J. Sedares/New Zealand SO
  7. Persian Set Movt IV-Presto - R.A. Clark/Manhatten CO
  8. I Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child - Alexa Still/Susan DeWitt Smith
  9. The Last Judgement Movt I-The Resurrection of Eve - J. Falletta/London SO
  10. Three Latin American Sketches Third Sketch-Danza de Jalisco - J. Sedares/Pheonix SO
  11. Some Other Time - New York Festival of Song
  12. Apocalypse Movt III-Gli Angel Militanti - J. DePreist/Oregon Sym
  13. Fanfare for Paratroopers - J. Mester/London PO
  14. The Lovers-Close Your Eyes - A. Schenck/Chicago SO & Chorus
  15. Sym Movt II-Scherzo - J. Sedares/Pheonix SO
  16. Blue Lontains - Alexa Still/Susan DeWitt Smith
  17. Sin for Str Orch & Timp Movt II-Lento - I. Jackson/Berliner Sym
  18. Serenade, Op.35 - N. Braithwaite/A. Still/New Zealand CO
  19. The Vintner's Daughter Variation 7-Alla marcia ongarese - J. Sedares/New Zealand SO
  20. New England Tryptich Movt III-Chester - J. Sedares/Pheonix SO

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A Must-Have CD.......2000-11-14

This is a must-have album. Why is this not available? You have Copland, Ives, Gould, Herrmann, Moross and others. These are great American composers. I have never seen such a well rounded and representive body of works from so many great Americans. Go out and find a copy of this one. It's great!
Ives: Symphony No. 2; Creston: Symphony No. 2
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • An ýOdd Coupleý of Great American Symphonies
 Ives: Symphony No. 2; Creston: Symphony No. 2

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Release Date: 1995-09-19

Tracks:

  1. Symphony No. 2 For Large Orchestra: I. Andante moderato
  2. Symphony No. 2 For Large Orchestra: II. Allegro
  3. Symphony No. 2 For Large Orchestra: III. Adagio cantabile
  4. Symphony No. 2 For Large Orchestra: IV. Lento maestoso
  5. Symphony No. 2 For Large Orchestra: V. Allegro molto vivace
  6. Symphony No. 2, Op. 35: I. Introduction And Song: Slow, With Deep Emotion
  7. Symphony No. 2, Op. 35: II. Interlude And Dance: Moderately Slow

Amazon.com

This release is part of Chandos's excellent American Music Series (#8) and it features two fine readings of works by Creston and Ives. Neeme Jarvi seems able to conduct just about any composer with feeling (is there anybody he hasn't put his baton to?), and the Ives here is handled with reverence and skill. But the Creston is the true standout, since he doesn't get the kind of attention these days that he deserves. His Symphony 2 (1945) is confident and stately in its unfolding. His music falls right in there with Roy Harris, Howard Hanson, and Walter Piston. --Paul Cook

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars An ýOdd Coupleý of Great American Symphonies.......2001-03-10

The Ives Second Symphony is a largely tuneful work; in fact it is made up of wisps and fragments of tunes popular at the time Ives wrote it. But it's far more than a clever pastiche. Ives weaves the tunes together in a way that causes them to build, one upon another, and the whole thing ends in an ultimate, life-affirming, joyous rendering of "O Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean."

Since Leonard Bernstein gave the premiere of the painstakingly reconstructed work in 1951, the Bernstein recordings have always been given pride of place among all existing recordings. But this is one piece where there's plenty of room for widely differing interpretations, and anyway I'm coming to feel that Bernstein's realization can be embarrassingly unsubtle at times. Suffice it to say, regarding the present recording, Estonian conductor Neeme Jarvi "got it." That is, he correctly understands the music and addresses it from the right perspective, letting the work's beauty and playfulness speak for itself. And where Bernstein practically plods along in the final movement, Jarvi takes it at a good healthy clip, a breath of fresh air for sure. Jarvi's is also a bit better than Michael Tilson Thomas' performance with the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam (Sony Classical). (MTT also takes the final movement at a hot tempo, but then he rushed some other passages for no apparent reason.)

The booklet accompanying the CD tells us that Paul Creston's Second Symphony (1945) is probably the most durable of all Creston's works, and I have, in fact, participated in discussions about whether this is indeed THE Great American Symphony. It is certainly a strong contender. It's short (at 22 minutes) but jam-packed with the kind of rhythmic vitality that is Creston's hallmark. The Detroit Symphony gives it a sumptuous, spacious, utterly committed reading, with the edges a bit smoother than those of the Ukrainians on Naxos.

The Ives and Creston make for two odd bedfellows on this CD, appealing as they do to very different aesthetic senses. But they both, in their own way, satisfy immensely, over time with repeated listenings. I just can't imagine playing them back-to-back is all. Buy it and transport yourself back to a time when people would be happy to tell you that the term "post-modern" really is as dumb as it sounds...

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