Charles Ives: Piano Music

Charles Ives (Composer), Nina Deutsch (Performer)

Product Details

• Performer: Nina Deutsch
• Composer: Charles Ives
• Audio CD (April 3, 1995)
• SPARS Code: ADD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Vox (Classical)
• ASIN: B000001K3W
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #275,918 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Sonata No. 2: Concord, Mass., 1840-60, for piano (& optional viola, flute), S. 88 (K. 3A2): Movement 1

2. Sonata No. 2: Concord, Mass., 1840-60, for piano (& optional viola, flute), S. 88 (K. 3A2): Movement 2

3. Sonata No. 2: Concord, Mass., 1840-60, for piano (& optional viola, flute), S. 88 (K. 3A2): Movement 3

4. Sonata No. 2: Concord, Mass., 1840-60, for piano (& optional viola, flute), S. 88 (K. 3A2): Movement 4

5. Sonata No. 2: Concord, Mass., 1840-60, for piano (& optional viola, flute), S. 88 (K. 3A2): Movement 5

6. Four Transcriptions from 'Emerson', for piano, S. 123 (K. 3B21): No. 1, Slowly

7. Four Transcriptions from 'Emerson', for piano, S. 123 (K. 3B21): No. 2, Moderato

8. Four Transcriptions from 'Emerson', for piano, S. 123 (K. 3B21): No. 3, Largo

9. Four Transcriptions from 'Emerson', for piano, S. 123 (K. 3B21): No. 4, Allegro agitato - Broadly

Disc: 2

1. Sonata No. 1, for piano, S. 87 (K. 3A1): Movement 1

2. Sonata No. 1, for piano, S. 87 (K. 3A1): Movement 2

3. Sonata No. 1, for piano, S. 87 (K. 3A1): Movement 3

4. Sonata No. 1, for piano, S. 87 (K. 3A1): Movement 4

5. Sonata No. 1, for piano, S. 87 (K. 3A1): Movement 5

6. Variations on 'America,' for organ, S. 140 (K. 3D5): arr. for piano, Nina Deutsch

7. March No. 6 with 'Here's to Good Old Yale', for piano, S. 113 (K. 3B13): arr. for piano, Nina Deutsch

8. The Bells of Yale (I), partsong for baritone, male chorus & cello, S. 192/1 (K. 5D11): arr. for piano, Nina Deutsch

9. Set of Five Take-Offs, for piano, S. 122 (K. 3B16): The Seen and Unseen

10. Three-Page Sonata, for piano (& optional glockenspiel), S. 89 (K. 3B15)

Customer Reviews

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the great piano works on one cd, May 7, 2002

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Nina Deutsch gives a sensitive rendition of the important piano works of Ives. Having studied with John Kirkpatrick and William Masselos (who premiered the Second and First Sonatas), Deutsch is intimately familiar with the various conflicting Ives scores.

According to Deutsch, there are over twenty versions of the Emerson movement (of the Concord), and she says Ives never intended to finish it. This performance is based on her own edition of the score.

The problem of the Emerson movement is highlighted in the Four Emerson Transcriptions which are included on the cd. For Ives, Emerson and Beethoven were closely related. The first four notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony appear throughout the Concord, but are central to the Emerson movement.

Ms. Deutsch clocks a fast Concord, 38 minutes (about the same as John Kirkpatrick). There is an error on the cd, listing Ives' Waltz Rondo as the fifth movement of the Concord. While it is the fifth track on the first cd, it is a distinct work from the Concord.