John CageFeaturing: Yuji Takahashi
Sonatas And Interludes For Prepared Piano (LP)
LabelDenonGenreExperimental
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Insert included. No obi.
John Cage composed the sixteen sonatas and four interludes between 1946 and 1948, inserting screws, bolts, rubber and plastic between the strings so that each key sounds like a small gong, a dry drum or a muted bell. Shaped by his reading on Indian aesthetics, the cycle remains the summit of his writing for prepared piano.
Yuji Takahashi, who had studied with Iannis Xenakis, recorded it in Tokyo in December 1975 with Denon's own PCM digital system, years ahead of Western studios, and the instrument's strange timbres come through with rare clarity. Issued in 1976 in the Music Experimental series.
Release notes
Recording: Nippon Columbia Studio No.1, Tokyo December 1975. Part of Denon - PCM Recording's series Music Experimental.
| A1 | Sonata I | 2:24 | |
| A2 | Sonata II | 2:01 | |
| A3 | Sonata III | 2:22 | |
| A4 | Sonata IV | 2:16 | |
| A5 | First Interlude | 3:43 | |
| A6 | Sonata V | 1:29 | |
| A7 | Sonata VI | 2:09 | |
| A8 | Sonata VII | 2:08 | |
| A9 | Sonata VIII | 2:53 | |
| A10 | Second Interlude | 3:46 | |
| A11 | Third Interlude | 3:12 | |
| B1 | Sonata IX | 4:01 | |
| B2 | Sonata X | 3:17 | |
| B3 | Sonata XI | 3:46 | |
| B4 | Sonata XII | 3:07 | |
| B5 | Fourth Interlude | 2:51 | |
| B6 | Sonata XIII | 3:42 | |
| B7 | Sonata XIV And XV "Gemini" | 6:20 | |
| B8 | Sonata XVI | 5:00 |
- Masao Hayashi
- Engineer
- Yuji Takahashi
- Piano
- Yoshiharu Kawaguchi
- Producer
