Sonatas and Interludes

Album by John Cage & Aleck Karis

Sonatas and Interludes is John Cage’s cycle for prepared piano, with the instrument altered using objects such as screws, bolts and rubber to create percussive timbres in an avant‑garde contemporary classical context. Conceived around proportional rhythmic structures and the Indian rasa aesthetic, it investigates codified emotional states through contrasting sections.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Sonata no. 1
    3:00
  2. 2.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Sonata no. 2
    2:02
  3. 3.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Sonata no. 3
    2:35
  4. 4.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Sonata no. 4
    2:21
  5. 5.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Interlude no. 1
    3:39
  6. 6.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Sonata no. 5
    1:54
  7. 7.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Sonata no. 6
    2:23
  8. 8.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Sonata no. 7
    2:30
  9. 9.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Sonata no. 8
    2:56
  10. 10.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Interlude no. 2
    4:12
  11. 11.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Interlude no. 3
    2:39
  12. 12.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Sonata no. 9
    4:28
  13. 13.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Sonata no. 10
    4:05
  14. 14.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Sonata no. 11
    3:47
  15. 15.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Sonata no. 12
    3:28
  16. 16.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Interlude no. 4
    3:03
  17. 17.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Sonata no. 13
    4:10
  18. 18.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Sonata no. 14
    3:23
  19. 19.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Sonata no. 15
    3:25
  20. 20.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Sonata no. 16
    4:37

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Composition in Retrospect - Lecture by John Cage
    23:10

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