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...
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...
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...
I only heard 2 renditions of the Concord: Marc-André Hamelin, plus another one which I can't remember at the moment (maybe Kalisch), and my preference goes to...
Hello The french pianist Roger Muraro had recorded for Universal music a new recording of piano music of the XXth century " Regard sur le XXeme siècle" in two...
... Just when I thought I didn't need any more recordings of the Concord... Kirk Author of: iPod & iTunes Garage http://www.mcelhearn.com/ipod.html - -...
... Speaking of which, I just checked eMusic to see if there were any I don't know. I found this: Ives: Concord Sonata by Bojan Gorišek It's on a label called...
... Bojan Gorisek had recorded the complete piano music of Erik Satie. About this recording , it's the longuest version of Concord Sonata, and the Thoreau...
... I'm listening to it now; it's strange. What's weirdest is the way he changes tempo so radically. If he played it all slowly, that would be one thing, but...
... Here is an excerpt of the liner note of the cd written by Jonathan Elliott. « The Concord Sonata represents, in its four movements, a virtual synopsis of...
... Thanks for that. While I could deal with the first three movements, the Thoreau just fell apart because of the tempo... Kirk Author of: Take Control of...
Well, Kirk - Mon ami Patrick will remember that he and I have agreed to differ a little in previous discussions in the group about Mr Gorisek's recording....
... Well, at least it's less onerous than with, say, Mahler, who wrote a lot of symphonies. An obsession with a single sonata (arguably the finest work of...
Bon jour, Patrick - Do you have the details of Universal's Muraro CD? - I can get a bit of info on it but not yet enough to be certain of being able to order...
... Here's a French download site with a track list: http://www.virginmega.fr/musique/album/roger-muraro-regards-sur-le-xxe-siecle-104589772,page1.htm Kirk ...
... CD? - I can get a bit of info on it but not yet enough to be certain of being able to order it.........Thanks, Tony. Bonjour Tony This recording will be...
Dear Everyone (but especially Scott) - do you know how one can order the Ramadori "Concord" CD on the Symposion label? - I am getting nowhere searching for...
Hello On Internet Archives i have found an very interresting document . An interview of the Tenor Mordecai Bauman talking about Charles Ives with the famous...
Many thanks for this information, Patrick - it is fascinating to listen to and a good source of these important early recordings for those who don't have the...
I am very curious to read your review Tony. IMO i rank the Muraro's performance among the spontaneous lectures of the Concord, like Jay Gottlieb, Phillip Mead...
TWO dates and reasons for joining me at London's Barbican Concert Hall next year....... 1st April (no, not April Fool) - Hilary Hahn (with Valentina Lisitsa)...
and.....for those of you interested in Ms Hahn's Ives, and who are marooned on the western side of the millpond, I have found out that she is giving the same...
Happy new year to all of you and all of Charles Ives's fans I have received the new Society Newsletter from James Sinclair With several exciting information. ...
That should have read: <www.ivesvocalmarathon.com> Sorry. :-) ... Ives ... across ... A more up-to-date URL for the Marathon is: <ivesvocalmarathon.com> ...
Did anyone have a chance to download from WGBH (http://www.wgbh.org/)the performance last Saturday evening of the 4th played by the Boston Symphony directed by...
American Festival of Microtonal Music under the direction of Johnny Reinhard 2009 Spring Season _____________________________ In NYC @ St. Luke in the Fields...
Did anybody ever hear a recording and/or performance with a sung part of Lowell Mason's The Watchman in this movement? The score alludes to this, but I have...