The Number Pieces 2
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Despite the plural of the title, this disc contains only one work, Five3, for trombone and string quartet, performed with customary rigor by Monique Buzzarté and the Arditti Quartet. Dating from...
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Music for Two Pianos
Released: 1997
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Released: 1997
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There are few critics of the great American composer John Cage because his music holds such an iconic position in the avant-garde world. Like any composer, his work often suffers from...
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John Cage - CRAMPS
Released: 1974
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Released: 1974
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On this 1970s recording, John Cage directs his compositions "Music for Marcel Duchamp," "Music for Amplified Toy Pianos," "Radio Music," "4:33," and "Sixty Two Mesostics Re Merce Cunningham." The...
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Litany for the Whale
Released: 1998
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Released: 1998
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Named after the longest work on the CD, this is an excellent and beautifully performed collection of familiar and rarely given vocal works by John Cage. It is performed by the Theatre of Voices,...
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The Lost Works: The City Wears a Slouch Hat/Fads & Fancies in the Academy/A Chant with Clap
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Energetic and sensitive performances by the Essential Music ensemble. Lost Works: The City Wears A Slouch Hat is a wonderfully imaginative work, presented as part of the Columbia Workshop (CBS...
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Music for Marcel Duchamp (1947)/Music for Amplified Toy Pianos (1960)...
Released: 1991
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Released: 1991
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Wonderful performances of these modern classics by composer/performers Juan Hidalgo, Marchetti, Simonetti, and Stratos. 4'33," with its alternative realization 0'00" (Solo to Be Performed in Any...
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