An American Journey

by Charles Ives

An American Journey cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2002-01-01
  • Label: Unknown
  • Country: Unknown
  • Length: 1:04:46
  • Community rating: 3.39/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'An American Journey' is a modern classical live album by Charles Ives, shaped by refined, dramatic moods. Its performances lean on orchestral, complex elements, keeping the focus on the sound and construction of the material itself.

Genres

Descriptors: orchestral, complex, through-composed, instrumental, traditional, modern

Tracklist

  1. From the Steeples and the Mountains (4:13)
  2. The Things Our Fathers Loved (1:47)
  3. The Pond (Remembrance) (1:41)
  4. 114 Songs: No. 102, Memories (2:29)
  5. Charlie Rutlage (2:37)
  6. The Circus Band (3:02)
  7. Orchestral Set No. 1 - 3 Places in New England: I. The St. Gaudens in Boston Common "Col. Shaw and His Colored Regiment" (8:51)
  8. Orchestral Set No. 1 - 3 Places in New England: II. Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut (5:21)
  9. Orchestral Set No. 1 - 3 Places in New England: III. The Housatonic at Stockbridge (4:06)
  10. In Flanders Fields (2:41)
  11. They are There! (2:52)
  12. Tom Sails Away (2:48)
  13. Symphony No. 4: III. Fugue (6:37)
  14. Psalm 100 (1:35)
  15. Serenity (1:59)
  16. General William Booth Enters into Heaven (5:42)
  17. The Unanswered Question (6:18)

Credits

  • Charles Ives - primary artist, composed by
  • Michael Tilson Thomas - primary artist, conductor, piano
  • San Francisco Symphony Chorus - primary artist, chorus
  • Thomas Hampson - primary artist, baritone vocals
  • Sharon J. Paul - directed by [san francisco girls chorus]
  • Vance George - directed by [san francisco symphony chorus]

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