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John Cage - The 25-Year Retrospective Concert Of The Music Of John Cage

Label: Not On Label
Catalog#: none
Format: 3 x Vinyl, LP
Box Set
Country:US
Released:1959
Genre: Classical, Electronic
Style: Musique Concrète, Contemporary, Modern
Credits: Artwork By [Design] - Jerry Lieberman
Artwork By [Typesetting] - Composing Room, Inc., The
Composed By - John Cage
Other [Liner Notes] - George Avakian , John Cage
Photography - Bob Cato , Bob Rauschenberg , George Moffett , Remy Charlip
Piano - Maro Ajemian (tracks: C1 to D5)
Producer [Album] - George Avakian
Producer [Concert] - Emile de Antonio , Jasper Johns , Bob Rauschenberg*
Recorded By - Robert E. Blake
Notes:Recorded in performance at Town Hall, New York, May 15, 1958.

Six Short Inventions for Seven Instruments (1934)
Construction in Metal (1937)
Imaginary Landscape No. 1 (1939)
The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs (1942) - text adapted from James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake"
She is Asleep (1943)
Sonatas and Interludes (1946-48)
Music for Carillon (1954)
Williams Mix (1952)
Concert For Piano And Orchestra (1957-58)

Includes 18-page booklet with text and photographs, plus 12 inserts each of which illustrates portions of scores along with text explainations
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Tracklisting:

A1   Six Short Inventions For Seven Instruments (5:24)
A2   Construction In Metal (9:06)
    Percussion - Manhattan Percussion Ensemble
A3   Imaginary Landscape No. 1 (9:00)
B1   The Wonderful Widow Of Eighteen Springs (2:33)
    Alto Vocals [Contralto] - Arline Carmen
  Piano - John Cage
 She Is Asleep (13:11)
B2   Quartet For Twelve Tom Toms (5:01)
    Tom Tom - Manhattan Percussion Ensemble
B3   Duo (8:09)
    Alto Vocals [Contralto] - Arline Carmen
  Piano - John Cage
 Sonatas And Interludes (28:35)
C1   Sonata I (2:50)
C2   Sonata II (2:19)
C3   Sonata III (2:53)
C4   Sonata IV (2:56)
C5   First Interlude (3:29)
D1   Sonata V (1:28)
D2   Sonata VI (2:11)
D3   Sonata VII (2:25)
D4   Sonata VIII (2:52)
D5   Second Interlude (5:07)
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E1   Music For Carillon (4:46)
    Electronics [Electric Carillon] - David Tudor
E2   Williams Mix (5:43)
F   Concert For Piano And Orchestra (26:26)
    Conductor - Merce Cunningham
  Piano - David Tudor
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