CD1
Sonata No. 2 (Concord, Mass. 1840-1890) [45:21]
Four Emerson Transcriptions [14:59]
CD2
Piano Sonata No. 2 [30:59]
Variations on "America" (1891, Arr. Nina Deutsch) [5:08]
March in G and D (1896) "Here's to Good Old Yale" [2:59]
The Bells of Yale (1898, Arr. Nina Deutsch) [2:17]
The Seen and Unseen [2:55]
The 3-Page Sonata (1905) [6:53]
Nina Deutsch, Piano
VoxBox2 CDX 5089 (1993) 2-Disc set [recorded June, 1976]
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The New York Times's ambivalent--even backhanded--attitude toward Ives was still somewhat common in 1968 when they reviewed Deutsch's debut of his First Sonata:
IVES PIECE GIVEN BY NINA DEUTSCH; Pianist in Recital Bow Here Performs First SonataMore interestingly, Ives himself wrote extensively on this Sonata No. 2 (Concord) in his "Essays Before a Sonata," which the publisher says "was conceived by Ives as a preface of sorts to the composition. Ives's musings also explore the nature of music, discuss the source of a composer's impulses and inspiration, and offer some biting comments on celebrated masters."
September 27, 1968
It is almost unthinkable that any pianist would [open] a New York debut recital with Charles Ives's First Sonata, but that is what Nina Deutsch did in Carnegie Hall last night. The work is typically Ivesian, a half-hour of rummaging around within his own private musical attic, lighting here and there on a fondly remembered tune that has fallen into shreds and patches.
Ives starts the essays right away with a typically unorthodox "Introductory Footnote" that is biting indeed: "These prefatory essays were written by the composer for those who can't stand his music—and the music for those who can't stand his essays; to those who can't stand either, the whole is respectfully dedicated."
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