John CAGE: Music for Prepared Piano Vol. 2 [FLAC] [s0ryt]

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John CAGE: Music for Prepared Piano Vol. 2


Composer(s): Cage, John
Artist(s): Berman, Boris
Label: Naxos
Genre: Instrumental
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.554562
Barcode: 0636943456224
Physical Release: 01/2001

The twelve works featured on this disc were all composed over a six-year period, 1942 to 1947 The Perilous Night (1944) features an enormous range of timbres with each of its six movements possessing its own distinct mood, such as the moto perpetuo second movement or the fiendish rhythmic complexities of the concluding sixth movement. The changing metrical stresses and melodic characteristics of Tossed as it is Untroubled (1943), dedicated to Merce Cunningham, endows it with a peculiar folk-like quality. For the nineteen continuous sections of the ghostly Daughters of the Lonesome Isle (1945) the piano requires a particularly complex preparation involving a total of thirty-nine pitches. The work was composed for Jean Erdman, and the intermittent use of spread chords and glissandos is extremely effective. The singular Root of an Unfocus (1944), again dedicated to Cunningham, is followed by Primitive (1942), whose beguiling legatissimo opening melody of which could not provide a starker contrast to the orgiastic climax. The extraordinary sound world of Mysterious Adventure (1945) evokes any number of instruments including woodblock, marimba, xylophone and steel pan. The turbulent And the Earth Shall Bear Again (1942) demonstrates a close kinship with the explosive Primitive composed the same year. The Unavailable Memory of (1944) represents its polar opposite: static and contemplative, it is written entirely in the bass clef and consists of various arpeggiations of the same five pitches. In Music for Marcel Duchamp (1947), written for the Duchamp sequence of the film 'Dreams That Money Can Buy' (Hans Richter), silence assumes an almost thematic function, whilst the repeating melodic cells and ostinato patterns of Totem Ancestor (1943) and A Room (1943) offer an intriguing foretaste of Minimalism. This remarkably varied collection is rounded off by the crystalline beauty of the tiny Prelude for Meditation (1944).



The Perilous Night
1. No. 1. — 00:02:32
2. No. 2. — 00:00:52
3. No. 3. — 00:04:14
4. No. 4. — 00:01:15
5. No. 5. — 00:00:42
6. No. 6. — 00:03:36

Tossed as it is Untroubled
7. Tossed as it is Untroubled 00:03:09

Daughters of the Lonesome Isle
8. Daughters of the Lonesome Isle 00:09:25

Root of an Unfocus
9. Root of an Unfocus 00:04:55

Primitive
10. Primitive 00:04:22

Mysterious Adventure
11. Mysterious Adventure 00:08:11

And the Earth shall Bear Again
12. And the Earth shall Bear Again 00:03:27

The Unavailable Memory of
13. The Unavailable Memory of 00:04:07

Music for Marcel Duchamp
14. Music for Marcel Duchamp 00:05:02

Totem Ancestor
15. Totem Ancestor 00:02:04

A Room
16. A Room 00:02:01

Prelude for Meditation
17. Prelude for Meditation 00:01:04

Total Playing Time: 01:00:58