Works for Percussion, Volume 2: 1941-1950

Album by John Cage & Amadinda Percussion Group & Katalin Károlyi & Zoltán Kocsis

Works for Percussion, Volume 2: 1941-1950 collects John Cage’s percussion works from the 1940s, presenting experimental, avant-garde explorations of timbre and rhythm with non‑traditional instruments and found sound sources. The release foregrounds his structured rhythmic systems and use of early electronics within modern classical percussion.
First released: 2000

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Third Construction
    10:08
  2. 2.
    Credo in Us
    12:54
  3. 3.
    Imaginary Landscape no. 3
    3:17
  4. 4.
    Imaginary Landscape no. 2
    5:43
  5. 5.
    The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs
    2:31
  6. 6.
    Forever and Sunsmell
    5:11
  7. 7.
    Amores: I. Solo: Prepared Piano
    1:06
  8. 8.
    Amores: II. Trio: Nine Tom-Toms, Pod Rattle
    3:02
  9. 9.
    Amores: III. Trio: Seven Wood-Blocks
    1:20
  10. 10.
    Amores: IV. Solo: Prepared Piano
    3:45
  11. 11.
    She Is Asleep: I. For 12 Tom-Toms
    4:31
  12. 12.
    She Is Asleep: II. For Voice and Prepared Piano
    7:29
  13. 13.
    A Flower
    3:05

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