John Cage: Music for Keyboard 1935-1948 / Morton Feldman: The Early Years

Album by John Cage & Morton Feldman

This release pairs John Cage’s early keyboard works (1935–1948), including prepared‑piano pieces, with Morton Feldman’s early piano music, presenting the emergence of post‑war American experimentalism and New York School aesthetics through innovations in timbre, silence and non‑traditional notation.
First released: 5th June 2007

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Two Pieces: I. Slowly
    2:18
  2. 2.
    Prelude for Meditation
    2:27
  3. 3.
    Music for Marcel Duchamp
    6:00
  4. 4.
    Two Pieces: II. Quite Fast
    1:20
  5. 5.
    Suite for Toy Piano: I.
    1:30
  6. 6.
    Metamorphosis
    16:17
  7. 7.
    Suite for Toy Piano: II.
    1:24
  8. 8.
    Bacchanale
    9:24
  9. 9.
    Suite for Toy Piano: III.
    2:04
  10. 10.
    The Perilous Night
    13:24
  11. 11.
    Tossed as It Is Untroubled
    2:36
  12. 12.
    Suite for Toy Piano: IV.
    1:53
  13. 13.
    Suite for Toy Piano: V.
    0:53
  14. 14.
    A Valentine Out of Season
    4:01
  15. 15.
    Dream
    9:17
  16. 16.
    Root of an Unfocus
    4:22
  17. 17.
    Two Pieces for Piano: I.
    4:42
  18. 18.
    Piece for Four Pianos
    7:25
  19. 19.
    Two Pieces for Piano: II.
    7:32
  20. 20.
    Intersection 3 for Piano
    2:50
  21. 21.
    Extensions 4 for Three Pianos
    6:13
  22. 22.
    Two Pieces for Two Pianos: I.
    1:13
  23. 23.
    Two Pieces for Two Pianos: II.
    1:16
  24. 24.
    Projection 4 for Violin and Piano
    5:08
  25. 25.
    Structures for String Quartet
    5:16
  26. 26.
    Extensions 1 for Violin and Piano
    5:58
  27. 27.
    Three Pieces for String Quartet: I.
    4:30
  28. 28.
    Three Pieces for String Quartet: II.
    6:14
  29. 29.
    Three Pieces for String Quartet: III.
    3:54

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