One of the strangest albums ever from JohnCage – but one of the most compelling too – and a record that really gets at the larger person behind his incredible music! The album has a very spare format – and features JohnCage reading 90 stories – all short, spoken bits that are woven withCage's theories on art, music, chance, and existence – backed by music from DavidTudor, who plays piano passages from Cage's "Concert For Piano & Orchestra" and tape sections from the classic "Fontana Mix". Cage's voice alone is worth the price of admission – especially on some of the more autobiographical sections! CD
Prepared piano, standard piano, and even toy piano – all played beautifully by Jeanne Kirstein in a double-length collection of classics by JohnCage! The set's one of the best illustrations of the power of Cage's work in the early days – and many of these numbers have more force than silence, particularly the prepared piano compositions – which ring out with an other-worldly sound that still holds up beautifully all these many years later. Also includes a collection of earlier recordings of Feldman's work, most of which feature DavidTudor on piano, with occasional other instrumentation, like violin or string quartet. CD
(Small tear on the booklet from one of the plastic tabs – very minor and otherwise in great shape!)
The first release of a groundbreaking performance – DavidTudor's 1956 recording of "Music Of Changes" – one of JohnCage's first experiments of writing based around the I Ching! The work is based heavily on chance – following charts of possibilities put together by Cage, and extrapolated dramatically by Tudor – who was, at the time, one of the few pianists who really understood Cage's impulses – and could bring them to fruition with a performance like this! CD
(Out of print, sleeve has some edgewear.)
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