Description
Charles Ives: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 – Juilliard String Quartet CD
UPC: 8718247711970
MPN: 8802197
Brand Name: Newton Classics
Overview
This Newton Classics release brings together two of the most original and daring string quartets ever written by an American composer — Charles Ives’ String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2, performed by the legendary Juilliard String Quartet.
Recorded between 1966 and 1967 at Columbia’s historic 30th Street Studio in New York City, these performances remain among the finest interpretations of Ives’ visionary chamber works. The First Quartet, subtitled “From the Salvation Army,” draws on Protestant hymn tunes woven into an intricate contrapuntal tapestry, while the Second Quartet erupts into a philosophical and musical debate between instruments—culminating in the transcendent movement “The Call of the Mountains.”
Product Features
- Format: 1 Compact Disc (ADD Stereo)
- Total Duration: 43′35″
- Recording Dates: 29 November 1966 – 1 December 1967 (No.1), 20 March 1967 (No.2)
- Recording Location: Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City
- Producer: Richard Killough
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Performers:
Genre: Classical / 20th-Century Chamber Music- Robert Mann – Violin
- Earl Carlyss – Violin
- Raphael Hillyer – Viola
- Claus Adam – Cello
- Style: American Modernism
- Label: Newton Classics B.V. (under license from Sony Music Entertainment)
- Country of Manufacture: European Union
- Publisher: Peer International Corp.
- Cover Image: Charles Ives (ca. July 1950), photograph by George Tyler, outside his West Redding summer home (Yale University, Gilmore Music Library Collection).
Interesting Facts
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A Visionary American Voice Ives’ quartets, composed between 1896 and 1913, broke the conventions of classical form—mixing hymns, marches, and dissonant textures that anticipated musical modernism by decades.
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The Juilliard Connection The Juilliard String Quartet, America’s premier ensemble for 20th-century repertoire, was one of the first to champion Ives’ music internationally, preserving the composer’s radical voice for future generations.
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Historic Columbia Sessions Recorded in Columbia’s legendary 30th Street Studio—the same venue used by Glenn Gould and Miles Davis—these sessions combined analog warmth with the Quartet’s precision and emotional depth.
Track Listing
String Quartet No. 1 “From the Salvation Army”
- Chorale – Andante con moto – 5′50″
- Prelude – Allegro / Allegro con spirito – 5′15″
- Offertory – Adagio cantabile – 6′58″
- Postlude – Allegro marziale – 5′50″
String Quartet No. 2
- Discussions – Andante moderato – 10′10″
- Arguments – Allegro con spirito – 4′12″
- The Call of the Mountains – Adagio – 10′15″
Publishers
© 1967 Sony Music Entertainment © 2013 Newton Classics B.V. under license to STEMRA. Manufactured and printed in the EU. All rights reserved.
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