Ives

On the 150th anniversary of the birth of Charles Ives - acclaimed by his champion Leonard Bernstein as the 'first great American composer', who, 'all alone in his Connecticut barn, created his own private musical revolution' - Sony Classical presents the most authoritative recording collection ever released of works by this eccentric, prophetic genius. The 5-CD box set 117 tracks 'Charles Ives - The Anniversary Edition' is a unique and provocative introduction.

On the 150th anniversary of the birth of Charles Ives - acclaimed by his champion Leonard Bernstein as the 'first great American composer', who, 'all alone in his Connecticut barn, created his own private musical revolution' - Sony Classical presents the most authoritative recording collection ever released of works by this eccentric, prophetic genius. The 5-CD box set 117 tracks 'Charles Ives - The Anniversary Edition' is a unique and provocative introduction.

On the 150th anniversary of the birth of Charles Ives - acclaimed by his champion Leonard Bernstein as the 'first great American composer', who, 'all alone in his Connecticut barn, created his own private musical revolution' - Sony Classical presents the most authoritative recording collection ever released of works by this eccentric, prophetic genius. The 5-CD box set 117 tracks 'Charles Ives - The Anniversary Edition' is a unique and provocative introduction.

On the 150th anniversary of the birth of Charles Ives - acclaimed by his champion Leonard Bernstein as the 'first great American composer', who, 'all alone in his Connecticut barn, created his own private musical revolution' - Sony Classical presents the most authoritative recording collection ever released of works by this eccentric, prophetic genius. The 5-CD box set 117 tracks 'Charles Ives - The Anniversary Edition' is a unique and provocative introduction.

Burl Ives parlayed his talent as a folksinger into a wide-ranging career as a radio personality and stage and screen actor. He made his Broadway debut in the Rodgers & Hart musical The Boys from Syracuse in 1938, had his own radio show by 1940, and made his major-label recording debut in 1944. His first charting single was 1948's "Blue Tail Fly" with the Andrews Sisters, and he soon took traditional folk tunes like "Lavender's Blue (Dilly Dilly)" and "On Top of Old Smoky" to the U.S. Top 20.

2CD set. 40 tracks including the folk gems Big Rock Candy Mountain, Foggy Foggy Dew, The Little Green Valley & more

Burl Ives parlayed his talent as a folksinger into a wide-ranging career as a radio personality and stage and screen actor. He made his Broadway debut in the Rodgers & Hart musical The Boys from Syracuse in 1938, had his own radio show by 1940, and made his major-label recording debut in 1944. His first charting single was 1948's "Blue Tail Fly" with the Andrews Sisters, and he soon took traditional folk tunes like "Lavender's Blue (Dilly Dilly)" and "On Top of Old Smoky" to the U.S. Top 20.

A Little Bitty Tear (5-CD) He is a man of many talents: singer, author, Academy Award winning actor, folk music scholar and performer. He was a companion of Woody Guthrie, and one of the few who laid the foundation for the Folk Boom of the late '50s and '60s. Surprisingly, Burl Ives spent most of the early '60s recording in Nashville with legendary producer Owen Brad-ley. Beginning with A Little Bitty Tear this collection captures Big Daddy in the studio with the cream of the Nashville session men: Grady Martin, Floyd Cramer, Hank Garland etc. Burl was able to draw songs from the best Nashville writers like Hank Cochran, Roger Miller and Harlan Howard, and this collection features his complete recor-dings between 1961 and 1965 when he had three top 10 country singles. Don't dismiss this one! It's some of the most purely enjoyable country music from that period.

2CD set. 40 tracks including the folk gems Big Rock Candy Mountain, Foggy Foggy Dew, The Little Green Valley & more

A Little Bitty Tear (5-CD) He is a man of many talents: singer, author, Academy Award winning actor, folk music scholar and performer. He was a companion of Woody Guthrie, and one of the few who laid the foundation for the Folk Boom of the late '50s and '60s. Surprisingly, Burl Ives spent most of the early '60s recording in Nashville with legendary producer Owen Brad-ley. Beginning with A Little Bitty Tear this collection captures Big Daddy in the studio with the cream of the Nashville session men: Grady Martin, Floyd Cramer, Hank Garland etc. Burl was able to draw songs from the best Nashville writers like Hank Cochran, Roger Miller and Harlan Howard, and this collection features his complete recor-dings between 1961 and 1965 when he had three top 10 country singles. Don't dismiss this one! It's some of the most purely enjoyable country music from that period.