Ives: Orchestral Works Orchestra New England, Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra & James Sinclair

• Charles Ives (1874 - 1954): Ragtime Dance:
• 1 Ives: Ragtime Dance: No. 1 04:00
• 2 Ives: Ragtime Dance: No. 2 02:29
• 3 Ives: Ragtime Dance: No. 3 (Performance with Alternative Start) 02:57
• 4 Ives: Ragtime Dance: No. 4 03:02
• Fugue in Four Keys on The Shining Shore:
• 5 Ives: Fugue in Four Keys on The Shining Shore 03:30
• The Pond:
• 6 Ives: The Pond 01:10
• The Rainbow (Version 1):
• 7 Ives: The Rainbow (Version 1) 01:55
• An Old Song Deranged:
• 8 Ives: An Old Song Deranged 02:42
• Skit for Danbury Fair (Arr. for Orchestra by James Sinclair):
• 9 Ives: Skit for Danbury Fair (Arr. for Orchestra by James Sinclair) 02:24
• The Gong on the Hook and Ladder, or Firemen's Parade on Main Street (Version for Orchestra):
• 10 Ives: The Gong on the Hook and Ladder, or Firemen's Parade on Main Street (Version for Orchestra) 01:49
• Chromâtimelôdtune (Arr. for Orchestra by Kenneth Singleton):
• 11 Ives: Chromâtimelôdtune (Arr. for Orchestra by Kenneth Singleton) 06:30
• Tone Roads No. 1 (Version for Chamber Orchestra):
• 12 Ives: Tone Roads No. 1 (Version for Chamber Orchestra) 03:41
• Tone Roads No. 3:
• 13 Ives: Tone Roads No. 3 03:50
• Set of Incomplete Works and Fragments (Arr. for Orchestra by Kenneth Singleton & James Sinclair):
• 14 Ives: Set of Incomplete Works and Fragments (Arr. for Orchestra by Kenneth Singleton & James Sinclair) 06:42
• March No. 2, with Son of a Gambolier:
• 15 Ives: March No. 2, with Son of a Gambolier 03:03
• March No. 3, with My Old Kentucky Home:
• 16 Ives: March No. 3, with My Old Kentucky Home 03:00
• March, The Circus Band:
• 17 Ives: March, The Circus Band 02:13
• 3 Marches militaires, Op. 51, D. 733:
• 18 Schubert: 3 Marches militaires, Op. 51, D. 733: No. 1 in D Major (Arr. for Orchestra by Charles Ives & James Sinclair) 05:50
• Carnaval, Op. 9:
• 19 Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 4, Valse noble (Arr. for Orchestra by Charles Ives) 02:49
• 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899:
• 20 Schubert: 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 1 in C Minor (Arr. for Orchestra by Charles Ives) 11:57
• Total Runtime 01:15:33

Info for Ives: Orchestral Works

Charles Ives was a master of the miniature form, and this programme brings together a variety of numerous shorter pieces, including seven world premieres. Ives' “Four Ragtime Dances” embrace ragtime before it became a trend at the end of the 19th century, juxtaposing the sacred and the profane as part of his lifelong quest for unity in all humanity. ‘Chromâtimelôdtune’ is one of Ives' most startling creations and appears here alongside experiments, marches, arrangements and tantalisingly incomplete fragments, forming a musical selection of remarkable variety.

Orchestra New England (tracks 1-17)
Orquesta Sinfonica de Navarra (tracks 18-20)
James Sinclair, conductor

James Sinclair
has served as the Music Director of Orchestra New England since its founding in 1974. His versatility in delivering superb performances in styles ranging from Baroque to pops literature has driven the remarkable success of Orchestra New England.

Maestro Sinclair is currently recording for the Naxos label the complete orchestral music of Charles Ives, an eight-CD project. The first six discs have been released. Naxos is the leading repertoire provider in the recording world; their catalogue comprises more than 150,000 releases. In June 2023 Naxos released his already-acclaimed new recording with Orchestra New England of Ives’s complete Sets for Chamber Orchestra.

James Sinclair is among the world's pre-eminent scholars and champions of the music of Charles Ives. He is the Executive Editor for the Charles Ives Society, supervising the work of Ives scholars throughout the United States. Maestro Sinclair has served as music director for four PBS television documentaries, including the Peabody Award-winning film about Ives, A Good Dissonance Like a Man.

In 1999, Yale University Press published Sinclair’s 800-page A Descriptive Catalogue of the Music of Charles Ives; the Association of American Publishers cited the catalogue as the best publication of 1999 in arts scholarship.

A native of Washington, DC, James Sinclair earned his bachelor’s degree in music at Indiana University and taught at the University of Hawaii where he earned his master’s degree. He relocated to New Haven in 1972, where he has served as an Assistant Professor and a Visiting Lecturer in Music at Yale University. Sinclair is an Associate Fellow of Berkeley College (Yale) and is married to Sylvia Van Sinderen.

In 1999, Maestro Sinclair was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of New Haven. Recently he was honored with The American Prize National Arts Award for 2023. During 2024, Maestro Sinclair is teaching an Ives course at Yale University.

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