Daughters of the Lonesome Isle

Album by John Cage & Margaret Leng Tan

Daughters of the Lonesome Isle is an album of John Cage’s prepared piano works, documenting his practice of altering the instrument with inserted objects to produce percussive timbres, often in connection with dance. It situates within avant-garde and experimental classical traditions.
First released: 18th October 1994

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Bacchanale
    6:46
  2. 2.
    In a Landscape
    7:49
  3. 3.
    Daughter of the Lonesome Isle
    8:54
  4. 4.
    The Seasons: Prelude I
    1:28
  5. 5.
    The Seasons: Winter
    1:20
  6. 6.
    The Seasons: Prelude II
    0:47
  7. 7.
    The Seasons: Spring
    2:15
  8. 8.
    The Seasons: Prelude III
    1:34
  9. 9.
    The Seasons: Summer
    3:15
  10. 10.
    The Seasons: Prelude IV
    0:53
  11. 11.
    The Seasons: Fall
    2:24
  12. 12.
    The Seasons: Finale (Prelude I)
    0:56
  13. 13.
    Suite for Toy Piano: 1
    1:35
  14. 14.
    Suite for Toy Piano: 2
    1:41
  15. 15.
    Suite for Toy Piano: 3
    1:34
  16. 16.
    Suite for Toy Piano: 4
    1:24
  17. 17.
    Suite for Toy Piano: 5
    1:04
  18. 18.
    Ophelia
    6:43
  19. 19.
    In the Name of the Holocaust: A
    3:37
  20. 20.
    In the Name of the Holocaust: B
    2:22
  21. 21.
    Music for Piano #2
    11:52

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