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Cage: Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano

~ John Cage (Composer), Boris Berman (Performer)

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Performer: Boris Berman
Composer: John Cage
Audio CD (1 Oct 1999)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Naxos
ASIN: B000026C18
Other Editions: MP3 Download

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4.0 out of 5 stars Be Prepared!, 9 May 2001

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Those who have never heard Cage's music for prepared piano may be surprised by the beauty and interest of the resulting works. Far from being a mere avant-garde gimmick or conceptual contrivance, Cage's careful manipulations are an authentic augmentation of musical resource, resulting in an inimitable and enjoyable sound world. The music itself inhabits a somewhat Satie-like realm of alternating meditation and whimsy, but it is delightfully enhanced by the range of novel and fascinating sounds produced by inserting objects between the strings and under the hammers of an ordinary piano. These sounds range from metallic chimes recalling glockenspiels or musical boxes to percussive thumps evoking African thumb pianos, woodblocks, and bongo drums. The result is a kind of miniature musical utopia, a gentle blending of the naive (toy music, Satie) and the primitive ("ethnic" rhythms and percussive effects). Performance and recording, though perhaps not of the very highest standard, are thoroughly enjoyable. This disc is a notable bargain and an ideal introduction to the work of a seminal figure in modern music.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Fine introduction to Cage's piano universe, 13 Sep 2009

By	simon mack "simon mack a.k.a. (c)LuTter-funKk" (Liverpool UK) - See all my reviews

John Cage (1912-92) - compositions for prepared piano

Yes i agree with the detailed reviewed already posted here. i bought this cd recently as was such a bargain on amazon and already bought Naxo's other Cage piano cd music for prepared piano vol.2 some years back. i thought it was time to concur that Cage's music is well recorded and played here and was composed in 1940's. this cd at bargain pric e- is a fine intro to his radical sound world.

The sonatas and interludes(which each rarely pass the 4 minute mark) offer a complete overhaul from the excesses of the late romantic school (Rachmaninov,Liszt etc) of piano composition, taking piano music into a insular,mystic inner-world influenced by Hindu + Zen mysticism, and is the all the better for that. Other 20th C masters of piano music and timbres to investigate are Kurtag, Messiaen, Ligeti and Nancarrow. Recommended for the open minded music fan.

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