Oh, I agree absolutely......a fast rushed account is just as bad as some of the
awfully slow ones we all know about. However, Kontarsky has shown what a great
pianist can do at tempi resembling Ives' own, and Dominique is pretty impressive
too in his two movements recorded at this recital. Anyone else out there been
able to hear the truly magnificent CD of the Concord by Daan Vandewalle? - at
present this is probably my favourite of all that I've heard.......Tony
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From: barkleysbug60
To: charlesives@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 10:43 AM
Subject: [charlesives] Re: speedy ives from stockholm


Seems interesting...
I'm a little dubious, though, about playing "Emerson" at high speed.
Isn't there a risk of making it a complete mess?
I think (like nearly every Ives' piano pieces) it requires a lot of
thought and careful attention throughout, by the pianist: some
passages are better if played at high speed, some are better when
played slowly...
IMHO, obviously
F.

--- In charlesives@yahoogroups.com, "Tony Cole" <tony@...> wrote:
>
> A fascinating lp has come my way - Carl-Axel Dominique is a Swedish
pianist whose 1979 live concert in Stockholm contains the
swiftest/shortest Emerson and Alcotts I have ever heard - at 11:03
and 4:30 respectively they even beat Herr Kontarsky to the winners
tape....the sound is pretty murky & bathroomish, BUT, as in the case
of Aloys K., I rather enjoy the quick versions (& I suspect Charley
would have done too). Carl-Axel also plays a movement from Sonata
No.1 (listed as movt 5, but is No.4 to most of us), as well as Alkan,
Satie & a fantasy of his own - fascinatin' stuff, and I'd love to
hear him in the whole Concord, which he certainly gave on a number of
occasions. Tony
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