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

Label:	WERGO – WER 6247-2
Series:	Edition John Cage
Format:	3 x CD, Album, Reissue
Country:	Germany
Released:	1994
Genre:	Electronic, Classical
Style:	Contemporary, Modern, Electroacoustic

Tracklist

1-1	Six Short Inventions For Seven Instruments Alto Flute – Andrew Lolya Cello – Joan Brockway Clarinet – Albert Kaufman Trumpet – Melvyn Broiles Viola – Burton Fisch, William Gromko Violin – Anahid Ajemian	5:24
1-2	[First] Construction In Metal Percussion – Douglas Allan, Manhattan Percussion Ensemble, Marvin Rosenberg (2), Michael Colgrass, Warren Smith Piano – David Tudor Piano [Assistant] – Merce Cunningham	9:06
1-3	Imaginary Landscape No. 1 Performer – Doris Dennison, John Cage, Margaret Jansen, Xenia Cage	9:00
1-4	The Wonderful Widow Of Eighteen Springs Contralto Vocals – Arline Carmen Piano – John Cage	2:33
	She Is Asleep	(13:11)
1-5	Quartet Percussion – Michael Colgrass, Paul Price, Philip Brown, Warren Smith	5:01
1-6	Duo Contralto Vocals – Arline Carmen Piano – John Cage	8:09
	Sonatas And Interludes Piano – Maro Ajemian	(28:35)
2-1	Sonata I	2:50
2-2	Sonata II	2:19
2-3	Sonata III	2:53
2-4	Sonata IV	2:56
2-5	First Interlude	3:29
2-6	Sonata V	1:28
2-7	Sonata VI	2:11
2-8	Sonata VII	2:25
2-9	Sonata VIII	2:52
2-10	Second Interlude	5:07
3-1	Music For Carillon [No.1] Electronics [Electronic Carillon] – David Tudor	4:46
3-2	Williams Mix Performer [Realization] – David Tudor, Earle Brown, John Cage Technician [Technical Assistance] – Colonel Richard Ranger, Louis A. Stevenson, Jr.	5:43
3-3	Concert For Piano And Orchestra Bass – Jesse Taiko* Bassoon, Baritone Saxophone – Sy Schwartzberg Cello – Joan Brockway Clarinet [In B Flat] – Albert Kaufman Conductor – Merce Cunningham Flute, Piccolo Flute, Alto Flute – Andrew Lolya Piano – David Tudor Trombone [Sliding] – Frank Rehak Trumpet [Trumpets In F, E Flat, D, C And B Flat] – Melvyn Broiles Tuba [In F And B Flat] – Don Butterfield Viola – Burton Fisch, William Gromko Violin – Allan Martin, Anahid Ajemian, Isadore Cohen Bass – Jesse Taiko* Bassoon, Baritone Saxophone – Sy Schwartzberg Cello – Joan Brockway Clarinet [In B Flat] – Albert Kaufman Conductor – Merce Cunningham Flute, Piccolo Flute, Alto Flute – Andrew Lolya Piano – David Tudor Trombone [Sliding] – Frank Rehak Trumpet [Trumpets In F, E Flat, D, C And B Flat] – Melvyn Broiles Tuba [In F And B Flat] – Don Butterfield Viola – Burton Fisch, William Gromko Violin – Allan Martin, Anahid Ajemian, Isadore Cohen	26:26

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – Town Hall, New York

Credits

Composed By – John Cage
Liner Notes – George Avakian, John Cage, Rolf W. Stoll
Photography By – Aram Avakian
Producer – George Avakian
Producer [Concert] – Emile de Antonio, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg
Recorded By – Robert E. Blake
Remastered By [Digital Restoration] – Allan Tucker

Notes

First release of "Imaginary Landscape No, 1", composed by Cage in 1939.
This piece is the oldest published composition in history to be considered as an electronic work. It combined pre-recorded sinus frequencies (played on two variable speed turntables) with some percussions.

Re-issue of a 3-record set, which was privately issued by George Avakian and contains recordings made at the "25-Year Retrospective Concert of the Music of John Cage", at Town Hall, New York, May 15, 1958. Includes a 94-page booklet with notes by in English and German.

Monaural.

Six Short Inventions for Seven Instruments (1934)
[First] Construction in Metal (1939)
Imaginary Landscape No. 1 (1939) - a recording for constant and variable frequency records, cymbal and piano
The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs (1942) - text adapted from Finnegans Wake
She is Asleep (1943)
Sonatas and Interludes (1946-48)
Music for Carillon [No.1] (1952)
Williams Mix (1952) - four stereophonic magnetic tape playbacks, eight loudspeakers

This edition is dedicated to John Cage, Emile de Antonio and Maro Ajemian.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 4 010228 624724

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	The 25-Year Retrospective Concert Of The Music Of John Cage (3×LP, Mono, Box Set, )	Not On Label	none	US	1959
Recently Edited	The 25-Year Retrospective Concert Of The Music Of John Cage (3×LP, Stereo, Box Set, )	Not On Label	none	US	1959
New Submission	The 25-Year Retrospective Concert Of The Music Of John Cage (3×CD, Stereo, Box Set, Stereo)	WERGO	none	Germany	2003
Recently Edited	The 25-Year Retrospective Concert Of The Music Of John Cage (2×LP)	Doxy	DOZ407DLP	Europe	2011
New Submission	The 25-Year Retrospective Concert Of The Music Of John Cage (2×LP, Limited Edition, Numbered, Unofficial Release, Box Set, )	modern silence	OI011	Malta	2016