Charles Ives Like a Sick Eagle (original version for voice chamber ensemble)
Never reissued on CD, this exemplary 1970 performance featuring mezzosoprano Adrienne Albert represents the premiere remains, perhaps, the only recording of Ives original 1909 version of this brief but groundbreaking piece (apparently inspired by the hospitalization and potentially lifethreatening surgery being undergone at that time by the composer s recently wed wife Harmony). Featuring the Columbia Chamber Ensemble conducted by Gregg Smith. As for the video, excluding the first 20 seconds, it
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