American Elegies

by Charles Ives

American Elegies cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 5 March 1991
  • Label: Nonesuch
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 48:46
  • Community rating: 3.74/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Conducted by renowned contemporary composer John Adams with the Orchestra of St. Luke's, this acclaimed collection interprets several of Charles Ives's most profound orchestral works. Featuring vocal contributions from soprano Dawn Upshaw, the album magnificently captures Ives's uniquely American, pioneering approach to polytonality and dissonance.

Genres

Descriptors: Modern, orchestral, symphonic, melodic, majestic, long-form

Tracklist

  1. The Unanswered Question (Late Version) (4:49)
  2. Thoreau (1:49)
  3. Down East (2:23)
  4. Cradle Song (1:21)
  5. At The River (1:14)
  6. Serenity (1:52)
  7. Fog Tropes (9:59)
  8. Madame Press Died Last Week At Ninety (4:10)
  9. Eros Piano (14:50)
  10. Elegy In Memory Of Maurice Ravel (6:19)

Credits

  • John Adams - primary artist, arranged by, conductor, composed by
  • Dawn Upshaw - primary artist, soprano vocals
  • Paul Crossley - primary artist, piano
  • Charles Ives - composed by, adapted by (text), lyrics by
  • Augusta L. Ives - lyrics by
  • Robert Lowry - lyrics by, music by
  • John Greenleaf Whittier - lyrics by
  • Morton Feldman - composed by

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