Ives, C: Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 19 'Concord, Mass., 1840-1860'

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Release Date: 24th Feb 2017
Catalogue No: PCL0112
Label: Piano Classics
Length: 49 minutes

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Ives, C: Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 19 'Concord, Mass., 1840-1860'

Work length49:03

$11.00

$14.15

Thomas Hell

I. Emerson

Track length16:55

$4.00

$5.15

II. Hawthorne

Track length13:27

$3.00

$3.85

III. The Alcotts

Track length5:48

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Thoreau

Track length12:53

$3.00

$3.85

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The Concord Sonata by Charles Ives is without doubt the most iconic American piano sonata. Its epic length (appr. 50 minutes), its extreme technical difficulties and its highly unusual form and writing make it one of the greatest challenges for any performing pianist. Any new recording of it is an event. The sonata’s 4 movements represent figures associated with the Transcendentalism movement: Ralph Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Bronson and Louisa Alcott and Henry David Thoreau. The piece demonstrates Ives' experimental tendencies: much of it is written without barlines, the harmonies are advanced, and in the second movement there is a cluster chord created by depressing the piano's keys with a piece of wood. The piece also amply demonstrates Ives' fondness for musical quotation (especially Beethoven’s 5th).

Ives, C: Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 19 'Concord, Mass., 1840-1860'

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