- Audio CD (July 1 1997)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Nonesuch
- ASIN: B000005IVV
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #73,994 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Concord Mass: Emerson |
| 2. Concord Mass: Hawthorne |
| 3. Concord Mass: The Alcotts |
| 4. Concord Mass: Thoreau |
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5.0 out of 5 stars
still Ive's masterpiece,
This review is from: Piano Sonata (Audio CD)
I have always been fond of John Kirkpatrick's recording of the Concord Sonata. I was most pleased to discover the quality of this performance and recording.The obligato parts really soften the effect of the piece emotionally. This is also a slower version of the Concord, timing out at almost 49 minutes to Kirkpatrick's 38. Charlie himself played this even faster. A lovely performance, indeed I like "Emerson" the best, and I think Gilbert Kalish was right to include the viola part for this recording.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The standard for the Concord Sonata,
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This review is from: Piano Sonata (Audio CD)
I first became familiar with Ives Concord Sonata through the recording by Aloys Kontarsky. Soon afterward, I heard Kalish's recording.Immediately I was impressed that I was in the presence of a musician who clearly understood Ives and could convey the beauty of this music from within the enigmatic writing. I came to love the piece through this recording. The recorded sound is spacious and the piano sound is realistic. This CD is a Concord Sonata worth owning even if it were selling at full price. I highly recommend it.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Worth a listen, well performed, well recorded,
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This review is from: Piano Sonata (Audio CD)
This quirky, 48-minute Piano Sonata by the enigmatic Ives is a good example of Ives' penchant for creating transcendental feeling within often discordant polyphony. I say "transcendental" with intent because the four movements are inspired by and named after the American Transcendentalists, "Emerson", "Hawthorne", "The Alcotts" and "Thoreau". There is something quintessentially and poetically American about this work, despite, or perhaps because of, the quirks. Ives' craggy writing is thorny but not without its flowers, as well, and the lyrical landmarks establish themselves in the memory after a few listenings. "The Alcotts" features a theme that is folksy in the Ivesian manner and reprises another theme that is treated cyclically in this work. The final movement, "Thoreau", offers the kind of meditative repose,--like the consciousness waning into the ether--that is reminiscent of the final movement of his Fourth Symphony.Be assured that Kalish handles the technical interpretive difficulties of the work in stride. He conveys affection and joy and this performance includes the brief viola part (in the first movement) and flute part (in the fourth movement) that Ives made optional. Very good sound.
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