Complete Piano Music, Volume 1: The Prepared Piano 1940-1952

Album by John Cage & Steffen Schleiermacher

This volume collects John Cage’s prepared piano works from 1940–1952, using objects inserted between the strings to alter timbre and produce percussive sonorities. Set within mid‑twentieth‑century experimental and avant‑garde traditions, it reflects Cage’s work for dance and theatre and his interest in rhythmic structures.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Bacchanale (1940)
    8:05
  2. 2.
    Totem Ancestor (1942)
    2:19
  3. 3.
    And the Earth Shall Bear Again (1942)
    3:31
  4. 4.
    Primitive (1942)
    4:12
  5. 5.
    In the Name of the Holocaust (1942): I
    4:19
  6. 6.
    In the Name of the Holocaust (1942): II
    2:13
  7. 7.
    Our Spring Will Come (1943)
    4:49
  8. 8.
    A Room (1943)
    2:42
  9. 9.
    Tossed as It Is Untroubled (1943)
    2:50
  10. 10.
    The Perilous Night (1943/44): I
    2:28
  11. 11.
    The Perilous Night (1943/44): II
    0:52
  12. 12.
    The Perilous Night (1943/44): III
    4:17
  13. 13.
    The Perilous Night (1943/44): IV
    1:19
  14. 14.
    The Perilous Night (1943/44): V
    0:41
  15. 15.
    The Perilous Night (1943/44): VI
    4:06
  16. 16.
    Root of an Unfocus (1944)
    5:00

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Unavailable Memory Of (1944)
    2:21
  2. 3.
    Spontaneous Earth (1944)
    3:17
  3. 4.
    Triple Paced (1944)
    2:35
  4. 5.
    A Valentine Out of Season (1944): I
    1:35
  5. 6.
    A Valentine Out of Season (1944): II
    1:00
  6. 7.
    A Valentine Out of Season (1944): III
    1:13
  7. 8.
    Prelude for Meditation (1944)
    1:21
  8. 9.
    Mysterious Adventure (1945)
    9:11
  9. 10.
    Daughters of the Lonesome Isle (1945)
    9:39
  10. 11.
    Music for Marcel Duchamp (1947)
    6:01
  11. 12.
    Two Pastorales (1952): I
    6:16
  12. 13.
    Two Pastorales (1952): II
    7:33

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946-1948): Sonata I
    3:17
  2. 4.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946-1948): Sonata II
    1:59
  3. 5.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946-1948): Sonata III
    2:22
  4. 6.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946-1948): Sonata IV
    2:03
  5. 7.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946-1948): Interlude I
    3:28
  6. 8.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946-1948): Sonata V
    1:46
  7. 9.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946-1948): Sonata VI
    2:37
  8. 10.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946-1948): Sonata VII
    2:16
  9. 11.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946-1948): Sonata VIII
    3:36
  10. 12.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946-1948): Interlude II
    4:44
  11. 13.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946-1948): Interlude III
    2:53
  12. 14.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946-1948): Sonata IX
    4:39
  13. 15.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946-1948): Sonata X
    4:01
  14. 16.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946-1948): Sonata XI
    3:36
  15. 17.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946-1948): Sonata XII
    3:22
  16. 18.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946-1948): Interlude IV
    2:30
  17. 19.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946-1948): Sonata XIII
    4:03
  18. 20.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946-1948): Sonata XIV
    3:28
  19. 21.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946-1948): Sonata XV
    3:26
  20. 22.
    Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946-1948): Sonata XVI
    5:15

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