★ 32 Cannon Street, Poughkeepsie NY

Your cart

Your cart is empty

Check out these collections

New Vinyl
Coming Soon
Back In The Bins

Steven Mayer- Concord Sonata (CD)

SKU: 636943922125
₩32,000
the album cover for Steven Mayer - Concord Sonata
the album cover for Steven Mayer - Concord Sonata

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.

Tracklist:

  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
Format: New CD/Classical

Steven Mayer- Concord Sonata (CD)

SKU: 636943922125
₩32,000

Release Date: 08.17.2004

 
Shipping calculated at checkout.

> Due to the current limited nature of music titles, ALL CD & Vinyl purchases are limited to FOUR copies per customer, per item. If you place multiple orders for multiples of the same title, your subsequent orders will be canceled.

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.

Tracklist:

  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