CD review: 'Concord' Sonata by pianist Alexei Lubimov

Ives: Piano Sonata, No. 2 "Concord, Mass., 1840-1860;" Webern: Piano Variations, Op. 27; Berg: Piano Sonata, Op. 1. Alexei Lubimov, piano. Zig-Zag Territories 362. More than one new music junkie has told me that Anton Webern's 1936 Piano Variations was the gateway to voracious enthusiasm for unfamiliar listening experiences. A compelling new recording of that piece, along with Alban Berg's Sonata, Op. 1 and a summit of American piano music, Charles Ives's "Concord" Sonata, by Russian pianist Ale...