Ives: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 - 4
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CHARLES IVES
Ives: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 - 4
Hilary Hahn (violin) Valentina Listisa (piano)
[ Deutsche Grammophon / CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 20 October 2011
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Hilary Hahn's partnership with pianist Valentina Lisitsa models what two singular artists can accomplish in the interests of a common cause. Quirky, peculiar, rich with Charles Ives's idiosyncratic notion of melody, peppered with prankish dissonance yet also logical − and, in its logic, beautiful − Ives's works for violin and piano turn familiar musical expressions upside down. They are an alternate universe of aesthetic pleasure.
"When a star such as Hilary Hahn takes on the Ives violin-and-piano sonatas it has to be special...she and Lisitsa, accurately balanced, are completely efficient in every way. They understand the Ives idiom saturated with hymn-tunes; they swing with the best of them; and their performances are as convincing as anything on offer."
(Gramophone Award Finalist 2012: Chamber)
Hilary Hahn's partnership with pianist Valentina Lisitsa models what two singular artists can accomplish in the interests of a common cause. Quirky, peculiar, rich with Charles Ives's idiosyncratic notion of melody, peppered with prankish dissonance yet also logical − and, in its logic, beautiful − Ives's works for violin and piano turn familiar musical expressions upside down. They are an alternate universe of aesthetic pleasure.
