Ives: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 [ Incls Symphony No. 3 'The Camp Meeting']

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Ives: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 [ Incls Symphony No. 3 'The Camp Meeting']
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis

[ CHANDOS SACD / Hybrid SACD ]

Release Date: Friday 3 March 2017

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For this third volume in an Ives series that Sir Andrew Davis and his Melbourne Orchestra have already made globally popular, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet takes on the challenge of the solo piano part in Symphony No. 4. The work is famous for its ubiquitous difficulties, not least the apparent impossibility of realising many of the composer's creative intentions in a live performance, as evidenced by the forty pages of background discussion and practical advice to conductors that introduce the published score.

It is complemented by the less-often-performed triptych Orchestral Set No. 2 and the Pulitzer Prize winning Symphony No. 3. Recorded in Surround Sound in Melbourne just after a 'remarkable, very welcome' (Sydney Morning Herald) performance in concert of the same programme by the same forces, this album is a must-have for anyone who wants to experience this monumental music under optimal conditions.

"This is one of the finest recordings - perhaps the best - of all the many I have heard of Ives. It is also good to have a recording without American performers, not in any way to denigrate US conductors or orchestras, but because a great composer - and Ives is one of the true greats - transcends the parochial and speaks to the world. Great composers are universal treasures and not simply parochial property." Recording of the Month MusicWeb May 2017

"everyone should appreciate Davis's subtle dynamic shadings, heartfelt phrasings, and the finale's magical tapestry of universal harmony…you cannot fault the performance's warmth or the haunting final chimes" BBC Music

"[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)

Tracks:

Orchestral Set No. 2
Symphony No. 3 'The Camp Meeting'
Symphony No. 4
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)