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.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Two Pieces: I. Slowly
    2:18
  2. 2.
    Two Pieces: II. Quite Fast
    1:20
  3. 3.
    Metamorphosis
    16:17
  4. 4.
    Bacchanale
    9:24
  5. 5.
    The Perilous Night
    13:24
  6. 6.
    Tossed as It Is Untroubled
    2:36
  7. 7.
    A Valentine Out of Season
    4:01
  8. 8.
    Root of an Unfocus
    4:22
  9. 9.
    Two Pieces for Piano: I.
    4:42
  10. 10.
    Two Pieces for Piano: II.
    7:32

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Prelude for Meditation
    2:27
  2. 3.
    Music for Marcel Duchamp
    6:00
  3. 4.
    Suite for Toy Piano: I.
    1:30
  4. 5.
    Suite for Toy Piano: II.
    1:24
  5. 6.
    Suite for Toy Piano: III.
    2:04
  6. 7.
    Suite for Toy Piano: IV.
    1:53
  7. 8.
    Suite for Toy Piano: V.
    0:53
  8. 9.
    Dream
    9:17
  9. 10.
    Piece for Four Pianos
    7:25
  10. 11.
    Intersection 3 for Piano
    2:50
  11. 12.
    Extensions 4 for Three Pianos
    6:13
  12. 13.
    Two Pieces for Two Pianos: I.
    1:13
  13. 14.
    Two Pieces for Two Pianos: II.
    1:16
  14. 15.
    Projection 4 for Violin and Piano
    5:08
  15. 16.
    Structures for String Quartet
    5:16
  16. 17.
    Extensions 1 for Violin and Piano
    5:58
  17. 18.
    Three Pieces for String Quartet: I.
    4:30
  18. 19.
    Three Pieces for String Quartet: II.
    6:14
  19. 20.
    Three Pieces for String Quartet: III.
    3:54

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