Patriotic Fervor
Brett A. Kniess | Madison, WI | 05/21/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"David Zinman along with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra provide a convincing recording of three works by American composer Charles Ives. The sound and performance are top notch.If you are unfamiliar with the works of Charles Ives, be fore-warned that his music is rittled with a-tonality, poly-tonality (a result of cross rhythms and melodies) and unusual sounds. His music is not pretty and melodic, it is intense and drammatic; not for the weak at heart.Nevertheless, the performers have unrelentlessly taken strides to keeping Ive's terribly difficult rhythms tight without giving way to de-musicality. In the liner notes, an interview with David Zinamn is printed, giving details into his studies of Charles Ives; a very interesting account of Ives intentions in his music and a glimpse into his view of society and music."