Charles Ives, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Marcus Creed

Psalms - Complete Recording

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CD/ Track	Title	Duration
1.1	Psalm 90 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place - for mixed chorus, organ and bells	10:13
1.2	Psalm 24 The earth is the Lord´s - for mixed voices a cappella	03:27
1.3	Psalm 67 God be merciful unto us - for mixed voices a cappella	02:30
1.4	Psalm 135 Praise ye the Lord - for mixed chorus, trumpet, trombone, organ, tympani, tenor and bass drum	04:53
1.5	Psalm 14 The fool hath said in his heart - for double chorus a cappella	04:29
1.6	Psalm 25 Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul - for mixed chorus with organ	08:09
1.7	Psalm 100 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord - for choirs and bell	01:52
1.8	Psalm 54 Save me, O God, by thy name - for mixed chorus a cappella	03:31
1.9	Psalm 150 Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary Halleluja! - for four-part treble, mixed choir and optional organ	02:02
1.10	Psalm 42 As pants the Hart - Anthem for mixed chorus, tenor solo and organ	03:29

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18,95 EUR

: SCM Hänssler
Art.-No.:: 093.224.000
: Compact Disc
: 20 S. Booklet
Duration:: 45 min.
: September 2008
: *recommended retail price

Today Charles Ives is remembered as the wildly experimental composer, who was by day a successful insurance executive, composing his visionary scores in near total neglect. The truth of the matter was that Ives was active as a practical musician and that he tried out many of his most audacious sonic experiments while he was employed as a church organist and choir director - first in his hometown of Danbury, Connecticut and later at the fashionable First Presbyterian Church in Bloomfield, New Jersey. The works on this program, composed mostly between 1894 and 1902 already explore poly-tonality (Psalm 67), complex poly-rhythms (Psalm 54), and even serialism (Psalm 24), culminating in the luminous and transcendent Psalm 90, the last piece that Ives was to complete.
This is a sonically thrilling and valuable recording for all fans of the choral and vocal arts and of 20th century music.