“…The music has what we all recognize as the true Ives character: the riotous colors, the wild imagination and free-spirited feistiness that made him the prototypical American composer. At other times, it is thoughtful, mysterious, or tender. There’s no point in analyzing each of these 39 tracks, or even commenting on any. This is the most wonderful Ives recording to appear in ages. Go out and buy it.”

“…Playful, poignant, sinister and disorientating, works such as Calcium Light Night and The Other Side of Pioneering (or Side Lights on American Enterprise) spring fresh surprises, their combination of traditionalism and futurism at once baffling and beguiling.” ****

Performance *****     Recording *****

“… This invaluable recording from pre-eminent Ives expert and conductor james Sinclair with Orchestra New England brings together for the first time , the composer’s complete chamber sets, including premieres of several new editions and realisations  by Sinclair. Performed with exuberance…”

"...This is a valuable and indeed important addition to Naxos’ extensive catalogue of the music of Charles Ives and is likely to function as the reference set for these works for the foreseeable future…"