Complete Music For Prepared Piano
John Cage's prepared piano works represent a radical reimagining of the instrument—bolts, rubber, and everyday objects transform the piano into an entirely new percussion instrument. This 2007 Brilliant Classics three-disc set features Italian pianist Giancarlo Simonacci performing Cage's complete works for prepared piano, a comprehensive document of these groundbreaking compositions. The sounds are often beautiful despite experimental origins—delicate clatters, pitched resonances, unexpected timbral possibilities. Cage's work pioneered extended instrumental techniques decades before they became commonplace. Essential for contemporary classical collectors and anyone curious about 20th-century artistic innovation.
Item Details+
| Genre | Classical |
| Style | Contemporary |
| Notes | Good Plus (VG+) Mint (NM or M-) |
| Media | Very Good Plus (VG+) |
| Sleeve | Near Mint (NM or M-) |
| Label | Brilliant Classics |
| Year | 2007 |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Format | 3xCD |
Tracklist+
Genre:
Classical
Style:
Contemporary
Label:
Brilliant Classics
Country:
Netherlands
Year:
2007
1-1. Bacchanale (1940) 7:29
1-2. And The Earth Shall Bear Again (1942) 2:55
1-3. Primitive (1942) 3:53
1-4. In The Name Of The Holocaust (1942) 5:32
1-5. Our Spring Will Come (1943) 4:15
1-6. Totem Ancestor (1943) 1:48
1-7. A Room (1943) 1:50
1-8. Tossed As It Is Untroubled (1943) 2:20
. The Perilous Night (1943-44)
1-15. Root Of An Unfocus (1944) 4:52
1-16. The Unavailable Memory Of (1944) 2:11
1-17. Spontaneous Earth (1944) 3:04
1-18. Tripled Paced (Second Version) (1944) 1:56
. A Valentine Out Of Season (1944)
1-22. Prelude For Meditation (1944) 0:50
1:23. Mysterious Adventure (1945) 8:25
. Sonatas And Interludes (1946-48)
. Amores For Prepared Piano And Percussion (1943)
3-1. Daughters Of The Lonesome Isle (1945) 8:29
3-2. Music For Marcel Duchamp (1947) 5:23
. Works Of Calder (1949-50)
. Two Pastorales (1952)
. Concerto For Prepared Piano And Chamber Orchestra (1950-51)
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