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John Cage: 100 / Joshua Pierce; Malcolm Goldstein; Matthias Kaul, Mark Knoop [5 CDs]

5 CD / Wergo / 2012-10-09

Works: John Cage: Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano; Concert, for piano & orchestra, for piano & 13 other instruments in any combination; Atlas eclipticalis; James Joyce, Marcel Duchamp, Erik Satie;...
Performers: Cage, John; Corner, Philip; Curran, Alvin; Didge, Charles [Spoken Word]; Fay, Park Too; Gauwerky, Friedrich; Goldstein, Malcolm; Gould, Melissa; Higgins, Dick; Johnson, Mimi; Kaul, Matthias; Knoop, M...
Conductors: Schoning, Klaus; Kotik, Petr
Ensemble: ; Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble

Wergo was one of the first labels to recognize the avant-garde genius of Cage and offered the début recordings of some of his most important...continue...

Cage: Etudes Boreales; Harmonies

1 CD / Wergo / 2010-07-13

Works: John Cage: Harmonies; Etudes Boreales I-IV, for piano; 26'1.1499" for a String Player; Etudes Boreales I-IV, for solo cello
Performers: Gauwerky, Friedrich; Knoop, Mark

The enormous technical challenges presented by Cage's Etudes Boreales demand careful coordination of fingers, instrument and intellect. On this CD the work is presented twice,...continue...
Recording information: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (09/07/2009-09/10/2009)....continue...

SCENE Cage: Complete Piano Music Vol 6 / Schleiermacher

2 CD / MD&G / 2001-05-22

Works: John Cage: One2, for 1- 4 pianos; One, for piano; Etudes Boreales I-IV, for piano; The Beatles 1962-1970, for six taped channels of piano (materials drawn from The Beatles Songbook); ASLSP, for piano...
Performers: Schleiermacher, Steffen

"The music on Volume 6 is late Cage, supremely abstract and otherworldly. Given over almost entirely to atmosphere and overtone, the music floats from one's...continue...