Complete Piano Music, Volume 7: Pieces 1933-1950

Album by John Cage & Steffen Schleiermacher

This instalment collects Cage’s solo piano works from 1933 to 1950, charting his shift from early modernist rhythmic experiments to the invention and development of the prepared piano. It reflects his engagement with dance and theatre and features timbre-focused, percussion-derived sonorities and structured approaches prior to his adoption of chance techniques.
First released: 2001

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Soliloquy
    3:04
  2. 2.
    Ophelia
    8:00
  3. 3.
    The Seasons: Prelude I
    1:40
  4. 4.
    The Seasons: Winter
    1:33
  5. 5.
    The Seasons: Prelude II
    0:52
  6. 6.
    The Seasons: Spring
    2:31
  7. 7.
    The Seasons: Prelude III
    1:36
  8. 8.
    The Seasons: Summer
    3:34
  9. 9.
    The Seasons: Prelude IV
    0:51
  10. 10.
    The Seasons: Fall
    2:23
  11. 11.
    The Seasons: Finale (Prelude I)
    0:53
  12. 12.
    Two Pieces for Piano: Slowly
    2:16
  13. 13.
    Two Pieces for Piano: Quite Fast
    1:40
  14. 14.
    Jazz Study
    2:52
  15. 15.
    Metamorphosis: I
    2:49
  16. 16.
    Metamorphosis: II
    2:45
  17. 17.
    Metamorphosis: III
    5:26
  18. 18.
    Metamorphosis: IV
    1:20
  19. 19.
    Metamorphosis: V
    3:16
  20. 20.
    Quest: Second Movement
    1:29
  21. 21.
    Three Easy Pieces: Round (For E.P.S.)
    1:25
  22. 22.
    Three Easy Pieces: Duo (For M.M.)
    1:04
  23. 23.
    Three Easy Pieces: Infinite Canon (For C.M.)
    0:47
  24. 24.
    A Room
    3:25
  25. 25.
    Crete & Dad: Crete
    0:51
  26. 26.
    Crete & Dad: Dad
    0:21
  27. 27.
    Two Pieces for Piano: I
    4:10
  28. 28.
    Two Pieces for Piano: II
    5:16
  29. 29.
    Ad Lib.
    3:56
  30. 30.
    Triple-Paced (First version): I
    1:15
  31. 31.
    Triple-Paced (First version): II
    1:12
  32. 32.
    Triple-Paced (First version): III
    0:41

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