Ives, Charles > Schermerhorn, Kenneth

The Story of American Classical Music / Scherer, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-06-21

Works: William Henry Fry: Overture to Macbeth; Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Symphony no 1; Edward MacDowell: Concerto for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 23; Arthur Foote: Quartet for Piano and Strings in C major, O...
Performers: Andjaparidze, Eteri; Anthony, Adele; Barbagallo, James; Berman, Boris; Currie, Colin; Eldred, Mike; Feinberg, Alan [Piano]; Gauvin, Karina; Goff, Scott [Flute]; Lewin, Michael; Morrison, Betsi; Peska...
Conductors: Rowe, Tony; Rosenberg, Richard; Fagen, Arthur; ; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Williams, John McLaughlin; Sinclair, James; Brion, Keith; Judd, James; Spalding, Daniel; Schwarz, Gerard; Serebrier, José;...
Ensemble: ; Da Vinci Quartet; Eaken Piano Trio

Think 'American Classical Music and what names spring to mind? Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein? Joplin, Foster Sousa? These great composers are deservedly famous, but from Colonial...continue...

American Classics - Ives: Symphony no 2 / Schermerhorn, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-09-01

Works: Charles Ives: Robert Browning Overture, for orchestra, S. 27 (K. 1B6); Symphony no 2, for orchestra, S. 2 (K. 1A2)
Conductors: Schermerhorn, Kenneth
Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Orchestra

Despite composing in a radically experimental style even before Schoenberg, Berg and Webern, Ives saw himself as the "continuing spirit" in the tradition of Beethoven....continue...