Charles Ives: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Andrew Davis
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Orchestral Set No. 2, S. 8
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1.1
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I. An Elegy to Our Forefathers
Charles Ives; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis |
4:22 | |||
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1.2
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II. The Rockstrewn Hills Join in the People's Outdoor Meeting
Charles Ives; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis |
5:18 | |||
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III. From Hanover Square North, at the End of a Tragic Day, the Voice of the People Again Arose
Charles Ives; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis |
7:49 | |||
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Symphony No. 3, S. 3 "Camp Meeting"
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1.4
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I. Old Folks Gatherin'
Charles Ives; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis |
7:07 | |||
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1.5
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II. Children's Day
Charles Ives; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis |
6:49 | |||
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1.6
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III. Communion
Charles Ives; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis |
7:05 | |||
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Symphony No. 4, S. 4
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1.7
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I. Prelude
Charles Ives; Jean-Efflam Bavouzet; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis |
3:52 | |||
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1.8
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II. Comedy: Allegretto
Charles Ives; Jean-Efflam Bavouzet; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis |
12:23 | |||
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1.9
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III. Fugue
Charles Ives; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis |
6:58 | |||
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1.10
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IV. Finale
Charles Ives; Jean-Efflam Bavouzet; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis |
8:24 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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"Four Stars ... (Davis) focuses the music’s muscularity and its astonishing changes of perspective and mood with total assurance. Capturing all the teeming ideas is as much of a challenge for sound engineers, too, but this recording, with the solo piano, played by Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, more than usually prominent, teases everything out with marvellous clarity ..."
- The Guardian
On this third volume in a globally popular Charles Ives series from Sir Andrew Davis and his Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet takes on the challenge of the solo piano part in the Symphony No. 4. The work is famous for its ubiquitous difficulties, not least the apparent impossibility of realizing many of the composer’s creative intentions in a live performance, as evidenced by the 40 pages of background discussion and practical advice to conductors that introduce the published score. The symphony is complemented here by the less-often-performed triptych Orchestral Set No. 2 and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Symphony No. 3.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Chandos Studio Masters
Recorded at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, June 26, 28 and 30 June 2014 (Orchestral Set No. 2) and June 16 - 18, 2016 (Symphony No. 4), Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, March 22 and 23, 2016 (Symphony No. 3) Executive producer: Ralph Couzens Recording producers: Duncan Yardley (Orchestral Set No. 2) and Stephen Snelleman (other works) Sound engineers: Russell Thomson (Orchestral Set No. 2) and Alex Stinson (other works) Assistant engineer: Garry Havrillay (Orchestral Set No. 2) Editor: Rosanna Fish A & R administrator: Sue Shortridge Front cover: Two adirondack chairs on a river bank, Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA, photograph © Todd Gipstein/Getty Images Back cover photograph of Sir Andrew Davis © Dario Acosta Photography Design and typesetting Cap & Anchor Design Co. (www.capandanchor.com) Booklet editor: Finn S. Gundersen
Recorded at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, June 26, 28 and 30 June 2014 (Orchestral Set No. 2) and June 16 - 18, 2016 (Symphony No. 4), Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, March 22 and 23, 2016 (Symphony No. 3) Executive producer: Ralph Couzens Recording producers: Duncan Yardley (Orchestral Set No. 2) and Stephen Snelleman (other works) Sound engineers: Russell Thomson (Orchestral Set No. 2) and Alex Stinson (other works) Assistant engineer: Garry Havrillay (Orchestral Set No. 2) Editor: Rosanna Fish A & R administrator: Sue Shortridge Front cover: Two adirondack chairs on a river bank, Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA, photograph © Todd Gipstein/Getty Images Back cover photograph of Sir Andrew Davis © Dario Acosta Photography Design and typesetting Cap & Anchor Design Co. (www.capandanchor.com) Booklet editor: Finn S. Gundersen
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -4.33 -16.79 to -0.33 | -26.81 -39.03 to -21.59 | -22.51 -35.60 to -16.60 | 13 12 to 14 | |
| 1 | I. An Elegy to Our Forefathers | -16.79 | -39.03 | -35.6 | 12 |
| 2 | II. The Rockstrewn Hills Join in the People's Outdoor Meeting | -0.33 | -24.31 | -20.0 | 14 |
| 3 | III. From Hanover Square North, at the End of a Tragic Day, the Voice of the People Again Arose | -0.77 | -25.84 | -20.6 | 14 |
| 4 | I. Old Folks Gatherin' | -1.88 | -25.02 | -21.1 | 13 |
| 5 | II. Children's Day | -4.93 | -26.30 | -23.2 | 14 |
| 6 | III. Communion | -4.62 | -27.43 | -23.0 | 13 |
| 7 | I. Prelude | -4.71 | -27.32 | -22.1 | 13 |
| 8 | II. Comedy: Allegretto | -0.94 | -21.59 | -16.6 | 13 |
| 9 | III. Fugue | -7.32 | -27.80 | -24.5 | 13 |
| 10 | IV. Finale | -0.98 | -23.48 | -18.4 | 13 |