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

Label:	WERGO – none
Format:	3 x CD, Stereo Box Set, Stereo
Country:	Germany
Released:	2003
Genre:	Electronic, Classical
Style:	Contemporary, Modern, Electroacoustic

Tracklist

A1	Six Short Inventions For Seven Instruments	5:24
A2	Construction In Metal Percussion – Manhattan Percussion Ensemble	9:06
A3	Imaginary Landscape No. 1	9:00
B1	The Wonderful Widow Of Eighteen Springs Contralto Vocals – Arline Carmen Piano – John Cage	2:33
	She Is Asleep	(13:11)
B2	Quartet For Twelve Tom Toms Tom Tom – Manhattan Percussion Ensemble	5:01
B3	Duo Contralto Vocals – Arline Carmen Piano – John Cage	8:09
	Sonatas And Interludes Piano – Maro Ajemian	(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
E1	Music For Carillon Electronics [Electric Carillon] – David Tudor	4:46
E2	Williams Mix	5:43
F	Concert For Piano And Orchestra Conductor – Merce Cunningham Piano – David Tudor	26:26

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – Town Hall, New York

Credits

Composed By – John Cage
Design – Jerry Lieberman
Liner Notes – George Avakian, John Cage
Photography By – Bob Cato, George Moffett, Remy Charlip, Bob Rauschenberg*
Producer [Album] – George Avakian
Producer [Concert] – Emile de Antonio, Jasper Johns, Bob Rauschenberg*
Recorded By – Robert E. Blake
Typography [Typesetting] – The Composing Room, Inc.

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

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 4010228624724

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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
Recently Edited	The 25-Year Retrospective Concert Of The Music Of John Cage (3×CD, Album, Reissue, Mono)	WERGO, WERGO	WER 6247-2, 286 247-2	Germany	1994
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