Steven Mayer - Concord Sonata - COMPACT DISCS [CD]
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Charles Ives' Piano Sonata No. 2, Concord Mass. 1840-60, popularly known as the Concord Sonata, has been recorded a good many times in the last 55 years, with no two interpretations turning out quite the same. This one, by pianist Steven Mayer, radically departs from most in that between the movements actor Kerry Shale reads relevant passages from Ives' writings on the subject, in addition to a couple of bits drawn from Emerson and Thoreau, transcendentalist authors whose works inspired Ives to compose this sonata. The effect is not distracting and the passages are brief; to those still struggling to come to terms with Ives' difficult work, the spoken interpolations may well prove enlightening. Album Tracks 1. Readings from 'Circles' (R.W. Emerson) and Ives on 'Emerson' 2. Emerson 3. Reading from Ives on 'Hawthorne' 4. Hawthorne 5. Reading from Ives on 'The Alcotts' 6. The Alcotts 7. Readings from 'Walden' and Journal Excerpts By H.D. Thoreau 8. Thoreau 9. Varied Air and Variations 10. The Celestial Railroad 11. Transcriptions from 'Emerson', No. 1
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- GenreClassicalDescriptionCharles Ives' Piano Sonata No. 2, Concord Mass. 1840-60, popularly known as the Concord Sonata, has been recorded a good many times in the last 55 years, with no two interpretations turning out quite the same. This one, by pianist Steven Mayer, radically departs from most in that between the movements actor Kerry Shale reads relevant passages from Ives' writings on the subject, in addition to a couple of bits drawn from Emerson and Thoreau, transcendentalist authors whose works inspired Ives to compose this sonata. The effect is not distracting and the passages are brief; to those still struggling to come to terms with Ives' difficult work, the spoken interpolations may well prove enlightening. Album Tracks 1. Readings from 'Circles' (R.W. Emerson) and Ives on 'Emerson' 2. Emerson 3. Reading from Ives on 'Hawthorne' 4. Hawthorne 5. Reading from Ives on 'The Alcotts' 6. The Alcotts 7. Readings from 'Walden' and Journal Excerpts By H.D. Thoreau 8. Thoreau 9. Varied Air and Variations 10. The Celestial Railroad 11. Transcriptions from 'Emerson', No. 1ArtistSteven MayerTitleConcord SonataFormatCDLabelNaxos American
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