Studio Master-Quality SACD!
Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony add an evocative recording of Ives's songful Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 to the SFS Media label's Grammy award-winning discography. With nineteenth-century Americana spirit, MTT and the SF Symphony, pianist Peter Dugan, and the SFS Chorus's musical candor and clarity make for a "gloriously gut-punching" (San Francisco Chronicle) live-concert recording--available on studio master-quality SACD.
Features
- Multi-channel/Stereo Hybrid SACD
- Super Audio CD
- SACD Stereo SACD Layer
- This Hybrid SACD contains a 'Red Book' Stereo CD Layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!
- Total Playing Time: 01:08:53
Musicians
San Francisco Symphony | |
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Michael Tilson Thomas | music director, conductor |
San Francisco Symphony Chorus (1-5, 9-14) | |
Ragnar Bohiln | director |
Peter Dugan | solo piano (15-18) |
Christian Reif | second conductor (15-18) |
Selections
Selected American Hymns
- O For A Thousand Tongues
- What A Friend
- There Is A Fountain
- Happy Land
- Just As I Am
Charles Ives (1874-1954)
Symphony No. 3, The Camp Meeting
- Old Folks Gatherin' (Andante maestoso)
- Children's Day (Allegro)
- Communion (Largo)
Selected American Hymns
- Sweet By And By
- Beulah Land
- Ye Christian Heralds
- Jesus, Lover Of My Soul
- From Greenland's Icy Mountains
- Nearer, My God To Thee
Charles Ives
Symphony No. 4
- Prelude (Maestoso)
- Comedy (Allegretto)
- Fugue (Andante moderato)
- Finale (Largo maestoso)