Since you are interested in Ives: Variations on America / Old Home Days / The Alcotts, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
CHARLES IVES
Ives: Emerson Concerto / Symphony No. 1 Alan Feinberg (Piano) / National Symphony Orchestra Of Ireland / James Sinclair [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] "Alan Feinberg is an ideal exponent of Ives's truculent and tender realism. The National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland partners him well... a very strong recommendation" International Record Review |
CHARLES IVES
Ives: Orchestral Sets Nos. 1-3 Malmo Chamber Choir / Malmo Symphony Orchestra / James Sinclair [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2008 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine October 2008 |
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 2 (Incls 'King Cotton' & 'the Royal Welch Fusiliers') Royal Artillery Band, Keith Brion (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 14/Feb/2003 ] "Bottom line: wonderful music, wonderfully presented - and at a bargain price. Naxos' 'American Classics' series deserves to become a classic itself." - infodad.com |
CHARLES IVES
Ives: Songs, Vol. 1 Sara Jakubiak (soprano) Patrick Carfizzi (bass) Mary Phillips (mezzo) Laura Garritson (piano) Biava Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "All of this is immensely praiseworthy… for the many novelties which they include, and for the way in which they demonstrate the range and quality of Ives' songs." --Review by John Sheppard, MusicWeb International |
AMERICAN TAPESTRY
American Tapestry (Incls 'Suite of Old American Dances' & 'Rhapsody in Blue') Lone Star Wind Orchestra / Eugene Migliaro Corporon (with Richard Shuster, piano) [ Naxos Wind Band Classics / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] John Williams' arrangement of the Star-Spangled Banner sets the stage for this collection of American works for wind band spanning 100 years. Featuring traditional compositions from the likes of George Gershwin, Howard Hanson, Robert Russell Bennett... |
CHARLES IVES
Ives: Songs, Vol. 5 Robert Gardner (baritone) Patrick Carfizzi (bass) Ian Howell (counter tenor) Sumi Kittelberger (soprano) Leah Wool (mezzo) Douglas Dickson (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "These songs, with all their quirks and flights of fantasy, [are] among the most important of the 20th century in any language." The Guardian |
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 6 Royal Artillery Band / Keith Brion [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 4/Mar/2007 ] This sixth disc in the series includes The Golden Star, a funeral march dedicated to Mrs Theodore Roosevelt 'in memory of the brave who gave their lives that liberty shall not perish', The Federal, composed for Sousa's 1911 world tour, and The... |
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 1 (Includes hands Across the Sea & Daughters of Texas) Royal Artillery Band / Keith Brion, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Mar/2004 ] "If he has a good band to work with, count on Keith Brion to put an excellent Sousa recording together. The Royal Artillery Band, formed in 1762, is a very good band..." - American Record Guide. |
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 3 (Includes Semper Fidelis & The National Game) Royal Artillery Band; Keith Brion, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Mar/2004 ] "We can only hope Volume 4 will be along very soon; because as Barry Kilpatrick expertly summed up Volume 1, !¢DIf he has a good band to work with, count on Keith Brion to put an excellent Sousa recording together. The Royal Artillery Band, founded... |
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 4 (Includes 'Riders for the Flag' & 'the Stars and Stripes Forever') Royal Artillery Band / Keith Brion, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] The library of Sousa's Band contained over 10,000 titles. Among them are the band compositions of Sousa including the 136 marches and numerous other scores. This new series, Sousa: Music for Wind Band, seeks to record them for the world to hear. |