Works by Varèse, Chávez, Cage and Harrison

Amadinda Percussion Group - Works by Varèse, Chávez, Cage and Harrison

AMADINDA PERCUSSION GROUP
Zoltán Rácz, Károly Bojtos, Zsolt Sárkány (tracks 1-4, track 9), Zoltán Váczi

track 1 Ionisation
composed by Edgard Varèse
features two sirens
Zoltán Kocsis - piano

track 2 Toccata
composed by Carlos Chávez
traditional music adapted to percussion instruments
Aurél Holló, Benedek Tóth - additional percussion

track 3 4' 33"
composed by John Cage
recorded at Szombathely, Börzsöny Hills
Perhaps Cage's most famous and controversial piece. This piece was written without any music. The musician(s) are supposed to remain silent for 4 minutes and 33 seconds. Any ambient noise in the room would be the music during the performance.

track 4 Double Music
composed by John Cage and Lou Harrison
Both Cage and Harrison wrote two parts for this piece independent of each other.

track 5 Amores: I. Solo for Prepared Piano
composed by John Cage
Zoltán Kocsis - piano
The prepared piano is like a percussion ensemble where each key plays a percussion instrument.

track 6 Amores: II. Trio: Nine Tom-Toms, Pod Rattle
composed by John Cage

track 7 Amores: III. Trio: Seven Woodblocks
composed by John Cage

track 8 Amores: IV. Solo for Prepared Piano
composed by John Cage
Zoltán Kocsis - piano

track 9 Third Construction
composed by John Cage
This piece has 24 sections each with 24 bars.

Tracklisting:

1. Ionisation {5:46}

2. Toccata {11:46}

3. 4' 33" {4:33}

4. Double Music {7:05}

5. Amores: I. Solo for Prepared Piano {1:10}

6. Amores: II. Trio: Nine Tom-Toms, Pod Rattle {3:00}

7. Amores: III. Trio: Seven Woodblocks {1:18}

8. Amores: IV. Solo for Prepared Piano {3:52}

9. Third Construction {10:06}

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