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| Play | 1. Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 - 1. Andante - Allegro vivace | 6:07 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 2. Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 - 2. Largo cantabile | 5:56 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 3. Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 - 3. Allegro | 8:06 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 4. Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 - 1. Autumn. Adagio maestoso - Allegro moderato | 5:09 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 5. Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 - 2. In the Barn. Presto - Allegro moderato | 4:03 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 6. Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 - 3. The Revival. Largo - Allegretto | 3:17 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 7. Sonata for Violin and Piano No.3 - 1. Adagio (Verse I) - Andante (Verse II) - Allegretto (Verse III) - Adagio (Last Verse) | 12:21 | £1.49 | ||
| Play | 8. Sonata for Violin and Piano No.3 - 2. Allegro | 3:30 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 9. Sonata for Violin and Piano No.3 - 3. Adagio (Cantabile) - Andante con spirito | 8:01 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 10. Sonata for Violin and Piano No.4 "Children's Day At The Camp Meeting" - 1. Allegro | 2:04 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 11. Sonata for Violin and Piano No.4 "Children's Day At The Camp Meeting" - 2. Largo - Allegro (con slugarocko) | 4:49 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 12. Sonata for Violin and Piano No.4 "Children's Day At The Camp Meeting" - 3. Allegro | 1:43 | £0.39 | ||
| Play | 13. Borrowed by Ives: Traditional Melodies | 3:26 | Album Only | ||
| Digital Booklet: Charles Ives: Four Sonatas | n/a | Album Only |
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Five BRILLIANT Stars. Three outstanding musical talents in a singular exhilarating encounter. This recording has two classical music superstars, American violin virtuoso Hilary Hahn and Ukrainian-born piano virtuoso Valentina Lisitsa, playing four beautifully evocative and challenging sonatas by America's genius modernist composer Charles Ives (1874-1954). The Pulitzer Prize-winning Ives' idiosyncratic music is an amazing vortex of classical, spiritual, and folk influences blending with early 20th Century Americana into his own unique timeless musical vision. Hilary notes the initial difficulty they had in deciphering Ives' detailed, demanding notations, which makes the wonderful flow of these recorded pieces all the more appreciated. Then they took these sonatas on a well-received world tour over two musical seasons before going into the studio: this enjoyable recording is the outcome of that evolving musical experience. These are musical marvels with the ladies playing wonderfully, individually and collectively, with fire and emotion. The 'best of the best' begins with the brilliantly-played Sonata for Violin and Piano No 1, especially the amazing mercurial 8 minute Allegro movement which sounds avant garde with 2 divergent juxtaposed lines amid florid conventional beauty. In the Sonata for Violin and Piano No 2, Ives' "Autumn" luminously captures the season, "In The Barn" has sprightly country-dance figurations and "turkey in the straw" allusions, and the calm of "The Revival" movement ultimately is whipped into a frenzy and then calmness, all in just over 3 minutes. Sonata No 3 starts with the remarkable 12 minute Adagio, double versed into Andante & Allegretto sub-movements with "Shenandoah" quotes throughout the movements. In Sonata No 4, Children's Day at the Camp Meeting, the wide-ranging Largo movement goes from reverie to revelry to a snipet of "Yes, Jesus". The Allegro movement alludes to and then becomes "Shall We Gather At The River". Charles Ives might have been very pleased with this recording of his music. These enormously-gifted musicians function as a dynamic integrated duo that is well-recorded by Deutsche Grammophon. Bravo, Hilary, Valentina and Charles! My Highest Recommendation. Five MARVELOUS Stars. (mp3 download of 12 tracks; Time: ~64m:45s. Trivia: Charles Ives wrote his last piece, "Sunrise", 27 years before his death. His music comprises over 100 works, detailed in his "114 Songs".)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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The music sounds quite off-the-wall, with the majority of it sounding like improvisation. But it's generally not too hard to swallow; I think because they're playing clearly, and they seem to balance each other nicely and keep it all on track. It never sounds too grating or harsh either, because their playing is lively without being over-the-top.
There are some lively rythyms which sound like they come from traditional American dances, and some 'jazzy' sounds too. Also some quite exciting flourishes and interplay between the violin and piano.
The first three sonatas tend to meander around quite a bit, and it's difficult to tell where one sonata ends and the next begins. The fourth sonata is the most concise and cohesive. It has a catchy rythym in the first movement, and in the second movement, a beautiful wistful melody emerging from a wandering violin line. A playful tune in the last movement gives way to a rather abrupt end to the sonata.
If you like your music with a strict time that you can follow and clearly defined melodies, don't buy it; it'll do your head in. But if you're not too demanding that way, and you want about an hour's worth of music with an edgy, improvisational feel and some catchy bits, give it a go!
There are some lively rythyms which sound like they come from traditional American dances, and some 'jazzy' sounds too. Also some quite exciting flourishes and interplay between the violin and piano.
The first three sonatas tend to meander around quite a bit, and it's difficult to tell where one sonata ends and the next begins. The fourth sonata is the most concise and cohesive. It has a catchy rythym in the first movement, and in the second movement, a beautiful wistful melody emerging from a wandering violin line. A playful tune in the last movement gives way to a rather abrupt end to the sonata.
If you like your music with a strict time that you can follow and clearly defined melodies, don't buy it; it'll do your head in. But if you're not too demanding that way, and you want about an hour's worth of music with an edgy, improvisational feel and some catchy bits, give it a go!
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