Sonatas and Interludes

Album by John Cage

Sonatas and Interludes is John Cage’s cycle of twenty pieces for prepared piano, an avant‑garde work in which the instrument is fitted with screws, bolts and rubber to alter its timbre. Influenced by Indian aesthetic theory, it explores the rasa system of eight permanent emotions and tranquillity.

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  1. 1.
    Sonatas and Interludes: Sonata 1
    3:21
  2. 2.
    Sonatas and Interludes: Sonata 2
    2:07
  3. 3.
    Sonatas and Interludes: Sonata 3
    3:31
  4. 4.
    Sonatas and Interludes: Sonata 4
    4:14
  5. 5.
    Sonatas and Interludes: Interlude 1
    3:16
  6. 6.
    Sonatas and Interludes: Sonata 5
    1:21
  7. 7.
    Sonatas and Interludes: Sonata 6
    2:35
  8. 8.
    Sonatas and Interludes: Sonata 7
    2:32
  9. 9.
    Sonatas and Interludes: Sonata 8
    3:16
  10. 10.
    Sonatas and Interludes: Interlude 2
    4:13
  11. 11.
    Sonatas and Interludes: Interlude 3
    3:01
  12. 12.
    Sonatas and Interludes: Sonata 9
    4:25
  13. 13.
    Sonatas and Interludes: Sonata 10
    3:20
  14. 14.
    Sonatas and Interludes: Sonata 11
    3:21
  15. 15.
    Sonatas and Interludes: Sonata 12
    2:58
  16. 16.
    Sonatas and Interludes: Interlude 4
    3:18
  17. 17.
    Sonatas and Interludes: Sonata 13
    5:05
  18. 18.
    Sonatas and Interludes: Sonatas 14 and 15 "Gemini"
    5:55
  19. 19.
    Sonatas and Interludes: Sonata 16
    6:20

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