Charles Ives

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brewski

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October 04, 2025, 08:15:22 AM
Quote from: Atriod on October 04, 2025, 08:00:51 AMI've had Ives Concord Sonata back in my heavy rotation due to John Kirkpatrick's recording from the recent Sony Ives mega box. A very good performance though Hamelin remains the best I've heard, with a slight (minuscule) preference for the Hyperion performance. This continues to be one of the most rewarding 20th century piano works I've heard.



I have never heard this recording, despite being a big Ives fan, and see it's on YouTube (sound quality caveat noted). Hamelin is great, totally agree. Would like to hear this one, though, and imagine being in an audience in the 1940s, listening the piece for the first time.
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Cato

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October 21, 2025, 01:30:07 PM



Quote from: Atriod on October 04, 2025, 08:00:51 AMI've had Ives Concord Sonata back in my heavy rotation due to John Kirkpatrick's recording from the recent Sony Ives mega box. A very good performance though Hamelin remains the best I've heard, with a slight (minuscule) preference for the Hyperion performance.

This continues to be one of the most rewarding 20th century piano works I've heard.





Quote from: brewski on October 04, 2025, 08:15:22 AMI have never heard this recording, despite being a big Ives fan, and see it's on YouTube (sound quality caveat noted). Hamelin is great, totally agree. Would like to hear this one, though, and imagine being in an audience in the 1940s, listening the piece for the first time.



YES!  The John Kirkpatrick performance is a must!

And yes, imagine being bowled over by his performance with 1940's ears!

By chance, this came across the screen today via a Charles Ives site:

an essay by Bernard Herrmann (again from the 1940's) on the Four Symphonies of Charles Ives !


https://pmf.regroupement-rcms.org/media/public/documents/ART-HEBa-1945-01.pdf
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brewski

#582
October 21, 2025, 02:06:27 PM
That Herrmann article is a find, thank you. And from 1945! Haven't had time to read and absorb in detail, but I did cheat and skip ahead to the very last sentence, which is great:

Some day, perhaps, the path he has trod as pioneer will be familiar to everyone.

"To everyone" may never happen, but it is kind of amazing that so much of his work has been published, and is performed today.
"I set down a beautiful chord on paper—and suddenly it rusts."
—Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)

Atriod

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October 25, 2025, 03:56:12 PM Last Edit: October 25, 2025, 03:57:53 PM by Atriod
I recently got Gilbert Kalish playing it, phenomenal performance in superb recording quality. Has both the viola and flute. As far as longer piano pieces go, this is like Beethoven's Hammerklavier in how rewarding it is the more I hear it, or sharing that cosmic quality with Beethoven Op. 111. I sure would love to hear the Concord live several more times.
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