Symphony No. 2; Central Park in the Dark; The Unanswered Question; Tone Roads No. 1; Hymn for Strings; Hallowe'en; The Gong on the Hook and Ladder

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Leonard Bernstein, a major champion of Charles Ives's work, conducts a masterful exploration of the American composer's radically idiosyncratic catalog. The performances perfectly illuminate Ives's pioneering use of polytonality and dissonance, seamlessly blending traditional marching band melodies with profoundly eerie, avant-garde orchestral textures.