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Cornelius Cardew, John Tilbury
Piano Music 1959-70
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‘Piano Music 1959-70’ is a reissue of an album that enjoys cult status
among Cardew aficionados. The standout piece remains Volo solo (1965),
conceived originally for Tilbury as an attempt to coin a new type of
virtuosity. Cornelius Cardew expected it to be taken at a reckless tempo so that,
as he wrote, ‘the piano should seem to be breaking apart’. But the
material he gives the pianist – 60 inchoate fragments interlinked by
pauses – trips impetus up, the structure left with a hiccuping
splendour. The three February Pieces (195961) find Cardew filtering
(exorcising?) Stockhausen and Boulez; Unintended Piano Music (1970)
reengages with tonality as chords are stripped of their tonal function
and mysteriously placed in time." - Gramaphone
Details
Cat. number: MRCD 29
Year: 1996
Format
The Master SID Code, IFPI L122, is on the inner ring twice.
Release notes
The Master SID Code, IFPI L122, is on the inner ring twice.
Tracklist
| 1 | February Piece 1959 | 3:51 | |
| 2 | February Piece 1960 | 6:15 | |
| 3 | February Piece 1961 | 4:65 | |
| 4 | Volo Solo | 9:43 | |
| 5 | Unintended Piano Music | 5:41 | |
| 6 | Winter Potato No 1 | 3:58 | |
| 7 | Winter Potato No 2 | 8:54 | |
| 8 | Winter Potato No 3 | 2:00 | |
| 9 | Material | 9:59 | |
| 10 | Treatise (Excerpt) | 5:05 |
Credits
- Cornelius Cardew
- Composed By
- Keith Rowe
- Cover
- Mary Hughes
- Engineer
- Michael Parsons
- Liner Notes
- Eddie Prévost
- Percussion (10)
- John Tilbury
- Piano
