Saturday, September 8, 2012

CageCentennial: In Honor of the 100th Anniversary of John Cage's Birth (Collections 3 & 4)



various artists compilation -  CageCentennial: In Honor of the 100th Anniversary of John Cage's Birth (Collections 3 & 4)

The week of Cage is near the end. This week went by really fast. There may be one or two more posts later today. In the meantime, the third and fourth collections arrive. For those who stumbled on this post, all of the background information for this compilation is mentioned in the previous post.

Collection #3 Tracklisting:

1.  Sonic Youth - Four6  {29:59}
from CD Goodbye 20th Century ; composed in 1992 ; released in 1999

2.  American Composers Orchestra - Seventy-Four Version I  {12:14}
from CD The Seasons ; composed in 1992 ; released in 2000

3.  Jonathan Faralli - Cartridge Music  {5:18}
from CD Percussion XX ; composed in 1960 ; released in 1999

4.  Gentle Fire - Music for Carillon 2  {1:25}
from LP Gentle Fire ; composed in 1952; released in 1974

5.  Bertram Turetzky - 26'1.1499" for a String Player  {16:05}
from LP The Contemporary Contrabass ; composed in 1955

Collection #4 Tracklisting:

1.  The Kroumata Percussion Ensemble - Second Construction  {6:51}
from CD The Kroumata Percussion Ensemble ; composed in 1940 ; released in 1983

2.  Sonic Youth - Six 3rd take  {3:03}
from CD Goodbye 20th Century ; composed in 1991 ; released in 1999

3.  Karen Phillips - Dream  {6:54}
from LP Viola Today ; composed in 1948 ; released in 1974

4.  Mieko Kanno - Freeman Etude # IX  {4:33}
from CD metaCage: Essays on and Around Freeman Etudes, Fontana Mix, Aria (accompaniment to book of the same title) ; composed in 1977-1980 ; released in 2009

5.  Victoria Looseleaf - In a Landscape  {11:58}
from LP Harpnosis ; composed in 1948 ; released in 1984

6.  Gentle Fire - Music for Amplified Toy Pianos  {11:57}
from LP Gentle Fire ; composed in 1960 ; released in 1974

7.  Cathy Berberian - The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs  {2:29}
from CD Magnificathy: The Many Voices of Cathy Berberian ; composed in 1942 ; re-released in 1988

8.  The Brandeis University Chamber Chorus - Solos for Voice 2  {12:36}
from LP Extended Voices ; released in 1967

(3) and (4)

1 comment:

  1. Thank you so much, Grey Calx, for all of these Cage shares. You and DrEyescope are the only ones among the blogs I usually visit who are really celebrating the actual 100th anniversary, and I appreciate your great contributions!

    These four compilations you made are very convenient; I didn't have several of the individual tracks from mixed-composer anthologies.

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