1926, vol. 12: Ives, Holst, Rachmaninoff

Just as Mark Twain had been the first writer to create a indigenous American style in literature — the first American author who wasn’t just a transplanted European — Charles Ives was the first composer to create an indigenous American style in classical music. His music is experimental and aggressively Modernist, so it’s not as immediately agreeable as Duke Ellington or Aaron Copland, but it evokes the American experience with an eloquence and candor that few other classical composers have matched, and none have exceeded. […] Click here to continue reading a transcript of this podcast. Listen to Podcast: Shop for CD Recordings Recommended on This Episode: Ives, Sunrise Ives, Orchestral Set no. 3 Holst, The Golden Goose Holst, The Planets (1923) Holst, The Planets (1926) Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto no. 4 (1926) Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto no. 4 (1927) Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto no. 4 (1941) Rachmaninoff, Three Russian Songs Listen Online to Music Featured on This Episode: AYICM: 1926, vol. 12 Click the link above to listen to the music discussed on this episode on a Classical Archives (www.classicalarchives.com) playlist. A subscription to the Classical Archives streaming service ($7.99 per month) allows unlimited online listening to these AYICM playlists, and to recordings of more than 620,000 other classical works. They offer a free two-week trial period to this service, so you can try before you buy. (The recordings we recommend on the AYICM shows are not always available for online listening; in these cases we include the best available alternate recording whenever possible. Please note that some of the recordings on these playlists are available only to Classical Archives subscribers in the U.S.)