Charles Ives: Violin Sonatas

Catalogue # 4779435

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.

Ives, C: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-4

Hilary Hahn (violin) & Valentina Listisa (piano)