John Cage
Imaginary Landscapes (CD)
LabelHat ArtGenreExperimental
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The five Imaginary Landscapes trace John Cage's early dealings with machines. No. 1 (1939) uses two variable-speed turntables playing frequency test records against muted piano and cymbal, Nos. 2 and 3 (1942) are for percussion groups with amplified coil and electric sounds, No. 4 (1951) is for twelve radios, and No. 5 (1952) is a tape made from any 42 records, here realised from hatART recordings by Anthony Braxton and Peter Pfister.
Jan Williams directs the Maelström Percussion Ensemble, recorded at Slee Concert Hall in Buffalo in May and June 1995, and also plays the long 1985 percussion piece But What About the Noise of Crumpling Paper...
Release notes
Digital Recording: 28 May - 1 June 1995, Slee Concert Hall, University at Buffalo, New York Imaginary Landscape No. 1 (1939) for two variable-speed phono turntables, frequency recordings, muted piano, and cymbal; to be performed as a recording or broadcast Imaginary Landscape No. 2 (1942) for percussion quintet Imaginary Landscape No. 3 (1942) for percussion sextet Imaginary Landscape No. 4 (1951) for 12 radios Imaginary Landscape No. 5 (1952) for any 42 recordings; to be realized as a…
| 1 | Imaginary Landscape No. 1 | 8:45 | |
| 2 | Imaginary Landscape No. 2 | 6:35 | |
| 3 | Imaginary Landscape No. 3 | 3:05 | |
| 4 | Imaginary Landscape No. 4 | 5:00 | |
| 5 | Imaginary Landscape No. 5 | 1:31 | |
| 6 | But What About The Noise... ? | 26:00 |
- Ann Holyoke Lehmann
- Artwork [Cover]
- John Cage
- Composed By
- Jan Williams
- Directed By (1 to 4,6)
- fuhrer vienna
- Layout, Typography
- Art Lange
- Liner Notes [English]
- Franck Mallet
- Liner Notes [French]
- Peter Niklas Wilson
- Liner Notes [German]
- Peter Pfister
- Mastered By [CD-master], Recorded By
- Maelström Percussion Ensemble
- Percussion (1 to 4,6)
- Pia & Werner X. Uehlinger
- Producer
