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The Works for Piano 7
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| Artist: John Cage |
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| Label: Mode |
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| Price: $14.95 |
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| Year: 2006 |
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CD
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| Features: "Chess Pieces" (1944) first recording; "Sonatas & Interludes" (1946-48) for prepared piano; plus Vittorio Rieti's "Chess Serenade" (1944) first recording. "In 1944, John Cage was invited to participate in 'The Imagery of Chess' exhibition at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York City. The artists included Calder, Noguchi, Motherwell, Breton, Duchamp, Ernst, Man Ray, Tanning and other leading surrealists. Cage contributed a painting entitled 'Chess Pieces.' It was purchased at the show and went into a private collection. For decades it was deemed lost and was (almost) forgotten by Cage aficionados and scholars. Re-assembling the original artworks for 'The Imagery of Chess Revisited' show (2005-06) at the Isamu Noguchi Museum in New York led to the tracking down of the Cage painting. Cage expert Margaret Leng Tan set about transcribing the music in the painting into a playable score which receives its premiere recording here. 'Chess Pieces' is from 1944, an emotional and creative year for Cage; besides echoes of Satie, 'Chess Pieces' contains prophetic touches of minimalism and has features in common with his monumental piano piece, 'Four Walls,' from the same year." |
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ARTISTS
Margeret Leng Tan (piano, prepared piano) |
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