First Recordings: 1950s


Artist: Morton Feldman

Label: Mode

Price: $14.95

Year: 1999
Format: CD

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A remarkable discovery of over 75 minutes of Morton Feldman's music. This disc presents 13 unrecorded early works spanning 1950 to 1953, many previously unpublished.

Highlights:
• His only work for magnetic tape, Intersection, realized in 8-channels by Feldman with John Cage and Earle Brown. Considered lost, the work has been restored and presented here for the first time in 40 years.
• His score for 2 cellos to Hans Namuth's film of Jackson Pollock, presented in its entirety including narration by Pollock himself.
• The solo piano collection Nature Pieces, which combine elements of Feldman's youth with his mature style, and the Variations written for a dance by Merce Cunningham.
• Previously missing works from the Extensions and Intermission cycles.

The performances are superbly played by pianist Philipp Vandré and the Turfan Ensemble from Frankfurt.

What attracted me to this CD was the prospect of hearing Feldman's only piece for magnetic tape. Brimming with nervous, truculent sounds, "Intersection" was initially notated on graph paper - like much of his acoustic music of the early 1950s. The remainder of the disc boasts several first recordings of Feldman's arresting piano music. Stark, minimal and expolsive.
--- Christopher deLaurenti, The Tenatacle, December 2000/January 2001

ARTISTS
Morton Feldman (composer); Turfan Ensemble, Philipp Vandre (piano)

TRACKS

1.	Intersection by Morton Feldman
	Country of Origin: USA Period: 20th Century Written: 1953

	Notes: This work for magnetic tape was realized by Morton Feldman with John Cage and Earle Brown.


2.	Nature Pieces by Morton Feldman
	Performer: Philipp Vandré (Piano) Country of Origin: USA Period: 20th Century Written: 1951


3.	Variations for Piano by Morton Feldman
	Performer: Philipp Vandré (Piano) Country of Origin: USA Period: 20th Century Written: 1951


4.	Extensions III by Morton Feldman
	Performer: Philipp Vandré (Piano) Country of Origin: USA Period: 20th Century Written: 1952

	Notes: This recording uses an unpublished alternate version of "Extensions III."


5.	Piece for Violin and Piano by Morton Feldman
	Orchestra/Ensemble: Turfan Ensemble Country of Origin: USA Period: 20th Century Written: 1950


6.	Intermission 3 by Morton Feldman
	Performer: Philipp Vandré (Piano) Country of Origin: USA Period: 20th Century Written: 1951


7.	Intermission 6a by Morton Feldman
	Performer: Philipp Vandré (Piano) Country of Origin: USA Period: 20th Century Written: 1953


8.	Jackson Pollock by Morton Feldman
	Orchestra/Ensemble: Turfan Ensemble Country of Origi
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First Recordings: 1950s