American Symphony Recordings
Tue, Jan 15 2013, 11:35AM
#2
RE: American Symphony Recordings
50m, apart from not being that "influential", Ives fails to excite me as a composer who can provide me with some of the beauty of the American music. At the same time, he is not that Germanic or European in his writing. His sort of concentration, if not obsession, on sonorities and at times unnecessary heavy orchestration or, in the case of the "Concord" Sonata an over the top writing, tense and tight writing most of the time.
I appreciate his sincere approach to composition, but I found his music going over the top. However, quite a few people might find it fascinating and an interesting listening experience. In any case, History did not justify his efforts. As Schiller mentioned, at times, his music sounds...pointless (though intriguing to listen to it).
Parla
Tue, Jan 15 2013, 1:24PM
#3
RE: American Symphony Recordings
Played it again, twice over lunch. Seems tame, light and meaningless, and in places just loud and annoying Americans might like it because it reminds them of shopping mall music.
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Ok, I've got his 3rd symphony dumped in a box upstairs, Orpheus chamber orchestra. Ives doing his 'fat boy slim' mixing of old American songs, hymns and stuff. I'll get it out and give it another go, but it all seemed a bit meaningless and pointless as I remember it.