SACD, Ives, C (composer)
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The overall excellence of Tamara Stefanovich’s interpretations is enhanced by a superb multichannel recording characterised by full-bodied ambience an concert-hall realism. Stefanovich voices... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2019, Editor's Choice
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[Gander] As in the Ives, technical challenges are formidable but dispatched with stunning ease and equal clarity. It could be that the cartilage connecting these works composed a century apart... — More…
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Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Ives & Copland
Paul Jacobs (organ)
San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
The live recording...is absolutely stunning, with the organ clearly spaced in Davies Hall, allowing Paul Jacobs to be in the foreground, and yet an integral part of the orchestra, as the composer... — More…
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It's surprising that Five Take-Offs are not better known...The second one, 'Rough and Ready', is certainly that and O'Donnell is a match for everything. — More…
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Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2 & Violin Sonata No. 4 Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Joonas Ahonen (piano), Sharon Bezaly (flute), Pekka Kuusisto (viola)
This performance by Ahonen and Kuusisto stands up well to these although I think Hahn and Listisa have the edge by virtue of their very clean, balanced and well-integrated sound. Overall, this... — More…
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The present instrument as heard on this disc clearly has great presence and character although it has to be admitted that as heard here the sounds it produces are by no means all pleasant. The... — More…
