Omg! And he memorized this behemoth of a piece!? Bravo!

아이브스 피아노 소나타 2번 콩코드

Such interesting and unusual music indeed. It is genius and innovative. In some sections though, I was playfully thinking that if the pianist made any errors, that no one would ever know except the performer and those who are very familiar with the piece. No disrespect intended, it was just a passing humorous thought possible to those unfamiliar with this amazing style.

0:00 • Emerson

"Beauty in music is too often confused with something that lets the ears lie back in an easy chair." Charles Ives

To those who would press stop as soon as you hear the opening few minutes, please stick with it. Even those with no understanding of dissonant music find incredible beauty in this epic work. It is epic for a reason.

Charles Ives never really wrote anything that you will hear on the radio that you can whistle a tune to, but he was remarkable in his own way. There is nothing easy about his music, even when he uses a familiar tune. Drury does an impressive job with his sonata.

Splendid, amazing performance and I have no sufficient words for how significant a work this is and how fortunate we are to have Ives music.

Moments of beautiful quiet, interrupted by chaos. Quite a tour de force.

he was a student of claudio arrau-- maybe that's why his hand positions and gestures are so lush and romantic -- if you didn't have the sound on, and were just watching, you'd think he was playing Chopin

An Absolutely beautiful and emotional performance.

A brilliant performance! Masterful playing.

such fun and memorable melodies to whistle all day long!

22:49 is a quote from "He is there" also by Ives.

Wonderful performance - Ives as he should be played!

Absolutely stunning! Bravo!! And to think Charles Ives wrote that. Great job. Keep them coming

This is a great performance of this great music. Mr. Drury goes on my list of most respected musicans. 

I don't know how one plays that without a score. Great performance and lots of thanks for posting.

Nicht zu glauben! Fantastico! In any language, an amazing accomplishment!

What an awesome accomplishment. Truly a labor of love, and I understand how one comes to love this piece. I did, through the recordings of Aloys Kontarsky and Gilbert Kalish. This performance is as great as any I’ve heard.