{"product_id":"683328","title":"Melbourne So\/davies - Ives: Symphonies, Nos. 1 and 2 [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first volume of a new series dedicated to the music of Charles Ives, performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and its principal conductor, Sir Andrew Davis. An amateur genius of avant-garde composing, who experimented with ground-breaking techniques years ahead of their time, the American composer started out with more conventional works - as shown by the two early symphonies recorded here. Part of the score of the First Symphony was submitted as Ives's graduation project at Yale University in 1898 but its unconventional structure did not match the taste of his professor, Horatio Parker. Looking back at it, Ives felt that Parker had coerced him into writing a pastiche-based work in order to help him achieve his degree. Although the most conservative of Ives's symphonies, it was first performed only in 1953, after the premiere of the Third, in 1946, and the Second, in 1951. The premiere of the Second Symphony was given by the New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein on Washington's birthday, and this momentous event in the overdue discovery of Ives's music matched the nationalistic nature of the piece itself, described by the New York Times at the time as 'rudely, tenderly, fantastically and cantankerously Yankee'.\u003cp\u003e1. Allegro - Pi\\xf9 Moto - Meno Allegro - Largamente - Agitando\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Adagio Molto (Sostenuto) - Pi\\xf9 Moto - Animando Ed Accelerando - Allargando\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Scherzo. Vivace - Trio - D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Allegro Molto - Poco Pi\\xf9 Mosso - Allegro Molto Assai - Animando\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Andante Moderato\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Allegro - Meno Allegro - Pi\\xf9 Animando - Tempo I - Pi\\xf9 Animato\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Adago Cantabile - Animando - Andante - Allargando - Animando\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Lento Maestoso - Pi\\xf9 Andante\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Allegro Molto Vivace - Meno Allegro - Allegro Molto Vivace - Meno Allegro - Gradually Faster\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55361655570817,"sku":"683328","price":18.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/518qmjD1uJL._SL1500.jpg?v=1771878269","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/683328","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}