Charles Ives: The String Quartets

Charles Ives (Composer), Daniel Stepner (Conductor), Lydian String Quartet (Performer), Sally Pinkas (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Lydian String Quartet, Sally Pinkas
• Conductor: Daniel Stepner
• Composer: Charles Ives
• Audio CD (September 1, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Centaur
• ASIN: B0000057TL
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #466,881 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. String Quartet No. 1: From the Salvation Army, for string quartet, S. 57 (K. 2A1): 1st Movement. Andante con moto

2. String Quartet No. 1: From the Salvation Army, for string quartet, S. 57 (K. 2A1): 2nd Movement. Allegro

3. String Quartet No. 1: From the Salvation Army, for string quartet, S. 57 (K. 2A1): 3rd Movement. Adagio cantabile

4. String Quartet No. 1: From the Salvation Army, for string quartet, S. 57 (K. 2A1): 4th Movement. Allegro marziale

5. A Set of 3 Short Pieces, for string quartet, double bass & piano, S. 84 (K. 2B16): Hymn - Lydian Str Qt/Edwin Barker

6. String Quartet No. 2, for string quartet, S. 58 (K. 2A3): 1st Movement. Discussions

7. String Quartet No. 2, for string quartet, S. 58 (K. 2A3): 2nd Movement. Arguments

8. String Quartet No. 2, for string quartet, S. 58 (K. 2A3): 3rd Movement. The Call of the Mountains

9. Hallowe'en, for string quartet, piano & optional drum, S. 71 (K. 2B13) - Lydian Str Qt/Sally Pinkas/Lee Hyla

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you want to learn the Ives quartets, get this CD, May 8, 1999

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L. Toth (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Charles Ives: The String Quartets (Audio CD)

This is an excellent recording of the Ives quartets, pieces which are very approachable, classically, compared to the rest of Ives' works. The quartet, recorded in their accustomed home at Brandeis, is very well balanced, and the beautiful viola and cello playing is heard clearly. The short pieces 'Hymn' and 'Halowe'en' are a bonus.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Ives quartets, ever, January 7, 2004

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James B. Sinclair (New Haven, CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Charles Ives: The String Quartets (Audio CD)

I think this is the best recording of the Ives quartets, Emerson Qt. notwithstanding.