Composer(s): Cage, John
Artist(s): Berman, Boris
Label: Naxos
Series: American Classics
Genre: Instrumental
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.559070
Barcode: 0636943907023
Release Date: 03/2001

CAGE: Music for Prepared Piano

The American composer John Cage had a seminal influence on the American avant-garde and on music throughout the world. His interests in Zen Buddhism, the I Ching and in Hinduism were reflected in his innovative and experimental music in which he extended the musical vocabulary to include elements of noise and chance.

Tracklist

Cage, John
Berman, Boris (piano)
1 No. 1. — 02:32
Berman, Boris (piano)
2 No. 2. — 00:52
Berman, Boris (piano)
3 No. 3. — 04:14
Berman, Boris (piano)
4 No. 4. — 01:15
Berman, Boris (piano)
5 No. 5. — 00:42
Berman, Boris (piano)
6 No. 6. — 03:36
Berman, Boris (piano)
Berman, Boris (piano)
7 Tossed as it is Untroubled 03:09
Berman, Boris (piano)
Berman, Boris (piano)
8 Daughters of the Lonesome Isle 09:25
Berman, Boris (piano)
Berman, Boris (piano)
9 Root of an Unfocus 04:55
Berman, Boris (piano)
Berman, Boris (piano)
10 Primitive 04:22
Berman, Boris (piano)
Berman, Boris (piano)
11 Mysterious Adventure 08:11
Berman, Boris (piano)
Berman, Boris (piano)
12 And the Earth shall Bear Again 03:27
Berman, Boris (piano)
Berman, Boris (piano)
13 The Unavailable Memory of 04:07
Berman, Boris (piano)
Berman, Boris (piano)
14 Music for Marcel Duchamp 05:02
Berman, Boris (piano)
Berman, Boris (piano)
15 Totem Ancestor 02:04
Berman, Boris (piano)
Berman, Boris (piano)
16 A Room 02:01
Berman, Boris (piano)
Berman, Boris (piano)
17 Prelude for Meditation 01:04
Berman, Boris (piano)

Total Playing Time: 01:00:58