Charles Ives - Alexei Lubimov, Pierre-Laurent Aimard - Piano Sonata No. 2 "Concord" / Three Quarter-Tone Pieces flac album

The Second Piano Sonata was composed between 1909 and 1915 and was the first work Ives ever published, requiring the intervention of viola in the first movement and flute in the last. The Three Quarter-Tone Pieces were written in 1923-24 for a special piano with 2 keyboards, but they are now usually performed on 2 pianos, the second being tuned a quarter tone below the first. Paris, France 1996 ℗ Erato Disques .

Piano Sonata No. 2, "Concord, Mass. 1840-60": IV. Thoreau. 5. 3 Quarter-tone Pieces for 2 Pianos: No. 1, Largo. 6. 2, Allegro. 7. 3, Choral.

Alexei Lubimov (piano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano). Catalogue No: 0927495152. Alexei Lubimov (piano). Ives, C: 3 Quarter-tone Pieces for 2 pianos. Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Alexei Lubimov (piano).

Charles Ives left his Concord Sonata for solo piano unfinished for a reason. But what that reason was remains unclear – which, says Philip Clark, presents a challenge to pianists who tackle the work on record. This is a story about knowing when to leave well alone, about a composition that remained unfinished not because of writer’s block or an untimely composerly demise but because Charles Ives chose to finish his Concord Sonata by wilfully leaving it unfinished. We ought, Ives tells us, to think again about the boundaries of a work’s ‘completeness’. Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Ciro Longobardi, both in 2004, also offer broadly ‘modernist’ views. Aimard, though, already feels time-locked, mainly because he micromanages the material and kills the impetuous nature of the Concord Sonata stone dead. Longobardi, by contrast, feels liberated by Ives’s notation – precisely the right approach.

Laurent Verney : Piano Sonata No. 2 'Concord' (Lubimov, Aimard) CD (2003)Title: Piano Sonata No. 2 'Concord' (Lubimov, Aimard) Artist: Laurent Verney Genre: Classical20th Century Duration: 5. 0 mins Format: CD, Album Type: CD No. Read full description. See details and exclusions. See all 11 brand new listings. item 1 Alexei Lubimov - Ives Piano Sonata No 2 Concord and 3 QuarterTone Pieces -Alexei Lubimov - Ives Piano Sonata No 2 Concord and 3 QuarterTone Pieces. item 2 Alexei Lubimov - Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2 'Concord' & And Three Quarter (NEW CD) -Alexei Lubimov - Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2 'Concord' & And Three Quarter (NEW CD). £. 9.

Visions History Other Times & Places. Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2 'Concord'; Three Quarter-tone Pieces. Sonata No. 2: Concord, Mass. 1840-60, for piano (& optional viola, flute), S. 88 (K. 3A2). Quarter-Tone Pieces (3), for 2 pianos, S. 128 (K. 3C3).

Release group information. Artist: Charles Ives; Alexei Lubimov, PierreLaurent Aimard.