John.Cage--Sonatas.and.Interludes.for.Prepared.Piano-(1977)-diss

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      a r t i s t : John Cage
        t i t l e : Sonatas & Interludes for Prepared Piano
          d a t e : 1977
        l a b e l : Tomato
        g e n r e : Avant-Garde
  r l s.  d a t e : Dec 2003
      t r a c k s : 19
    b i t r a t e : 192kbps
          s i z e : 76,5MB

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      The importance of tradition in all music, especially the
      avant-garde, is often most evident when approaching the masterworks
      of a specific composer. The prepared piano works of John Cage occupy
      such a place in the man's history. These are works simply abloom
      with every aspect of what makes music such a powerful experience.
      The piano, an instrument as traditional in classical music as ties
      and tails, is moved forward into extended playing techniques and new
      sound capabilities simply by connecting directly with the
      instrument's actual place in the percussion instrument family.
      It is a move that, beyond being an essential aspect of great works
      for the composer himself, also changed piano playing forever. Great
      music often becomes that simply because of something essentially
      wondrous about the sound of the instruments involved. This is above
      all true here with the prepared piano, both in the well-known solo
      works and the collection of duo pieces which are presented in their
      first recording on this double-album set. The sounds have references
      in other musics of the world, most noticeably Balinese gamelan, but
      being able to spring out of the classical piano repertoire with that
      type of musical reference is an accomplishment by itself. The Tomato
      label stepped into what had been something of a gap in the recording
      of Cage's works in the '70s with this and several other releases.
      Pianist Joshua Pierce is featured throughout, with Marc Ajemian
      coming in for the duos. Engineer Gretchen Zoeckler gets a pristine
      sound out of the piano, and overall the set compares very well with
      other versions of the prepared music that are available ù none of
      which also include the terrific piano duo pieces. ù AMG Review
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      01-Sonata #1                                              [02:53]
      02-Sonata #2                                              [02:04]
      03-Sonata #3                                              [02:32]
      04-Sonata #4                                              [02:20]
      05-First Interlude                                        [02:58]
      06-Sonata #5                                              [01:24]
      07-Sonata #6                                              [01:53]
      08-Sonata #7                                              [01:52]
      09-Sonata #8                                              [02:41]
      10-Second Interlude                                       [03:43]
      11-Third Interlude                                        [02:47]
      12-Sonata #9                                              [03:58]
      13-Sonata #10                                             [02:29]
      14-Sonata #11                                             [02:38]
      15-Sonata #12                                             [02:45]
      16-Fourth Interlude                                       [02:41]
      17-Sonata #13                                             [03:23]
      18-Sonata #14 & #15 (Gemini)                              [05:11]
      19-Sonata #16                                             [05:22]
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                                                                 55:34 min
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