Scott Mortensen has updated his Charles Ives site and commented on the Ensemble Modern recording of John Adams (with Frank Ollu) conducting the Fourth Symphony:
No one who hears the final transcendent moments of this symphony will ever forget it, and this performance does a great job of capturing it all on disc.
Scott reports the disc is short and only available on-line. Ordering proved to be a bit of a struggle. What are the German words for "I forgot my Paypal password"? I happened to drive by the PayPal/eBay offices in San Jose today on my way to Rasputin Records and I do sometimes see PayPal'ers on the train, for what it's worth. However, I eventually succeeded by clicking random buttons:
Klicken Sie nach Erhalt der E-Mail auf den enthaltenen Link, um zur PayPal-Website zu gelangen. Anschließend werden Sie dazu aufgefordert, Angaben zu machen, die nur Ihnen als Kontoinhaber bekannt sind.
I found a used copy of Charles Ives Remembered: An Oral History over the weekend. Talking about Ives' first American ancestor:
William Ives was a ship's captain. The Truelove, his ship, brought settlers from England to Boston in 1635 and then the first settlers to New Haven in 1638.
now listening: pockets (minimal version). four tet
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