John Cage (1912-1992) | ||
Three Easy Pieces for piano |
5:58 I. Round (for E.P.S.) 2:44 II. Duo (for M.M.) 1:24 III. Infinite Canon (for C.M.) 1:50 Haydée Schvartz, piano |
(1933) Rec.: 1995 Mode 123 (2003) |
Sonata for two voices soprano and tenor saxophones |
4:43 Ulrich Krieger et al |
(1933) Rec.: 2000 Mode 160 (2006) |
Solo with obbligato accompaniment of two voices in canon, and six short inventions on the subjects of the solo for alto saxophone, Bb clarinet and english horn |
15:39 Ulrich Krieger et al |
(1933) Rec.: 2003 Mode 160 (2006) |
Solo with obbligato accompaniment of two voices in canon, and six short inventions on the subjects of the solo for any 3 or more instruments encompassing the range g below middle c to g one and a half octaves above middle c |
15:49 Trio Dolce |
(1933-1934) Rec.: 1998 Mode 186 (2007) |
Composition for three voices for soprano saxophone, accordion and cello |
5:02 Ulrich Krieger et al |
(1934) Rec.: 2003 Mode 160 (2006) |
Quartet |
21:24 Third Coast Percussion |
(1935) Rec.: 2011 Mode 243 (2012) |
Trio |
4:30 Third Coast Percussion |
(1936) Rec.: 2011 Mode 243 (2012) |
Two Pieces for Piano |
3:20 Thomas Schultz, piano |
(1936) Rec.: 2017 Mode 304 (2018) |
Music for an Aquatic Ballet for flutes, percussion and tape |
9:36 Roberto Fabbriciani, flutes Jonathan Faralli, percussion, tape |
(1938) Rec.: 2011 Brilliant Classics 9284 (2012) |
First construction in metal |
8:51 Manhattan Percussion Ensemble David Tudor, piano |
(1939) Rec.: 1958 El Records ACMEM 194 CD (2010) |
First construction [in metal] |
11:25 Third Coast Percussion Gregory Beyer, Ross Karre, percussion |
(1939) Rec.: 2011 Mode 243 (2012) |
Imaginary Landscape No. 1 for 2 variable-speed turntables, frequency recordings, muted piano and cymbal, to be performed as a recording or broadcast |
6:52 Percussion Group Cincinnati |
(1939) Rec.: 2008 Mode 229 (2011) |
Bacchanale for prepared piano |
9:28 Philipp Vandré, Prepared Piano |
(1940) Rec.: 2001-2002 Mode 180/81 (2007) |
Fads and Fancies in the Academy |
18:03 Essential Music |
(1940) Rec.: 1994-1995 Mode 55 (1996) |
A Chant with Claps |
1:02 Essential Music |
(1940) Rec.: 1994-1995 Mode 55 (1996) |
Living room music |
8:04 Third Coast Percussion |
(1940) Rec.: 2011 Mode 243 (2012) |
Living room music for percussion and speech quartet |
7:51 Gert Sorensen, percussion Vocal Group Ars Nova Dir.: Támas Vetö |
(1940) Rec.: 1997 Mode 71 (1998) |
Second construction |
7:50 Third Coast Percussion |
(1940) Rec.: 2011 Mode 243 (2012) |
Third construction |
10:17 Third Coast Percussion |
(1941) Rec.: 2011 Mode 243 (2012) |
Credo in Us for percussion quartet (including piano and radio or phonograph) first version, with Dimitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 |
12:58 Percussion Group Cincinnati |
(1942) Rec.: 2006 Mode 229 (2011) |
Credo in Us for percussion quartet (including piano and radio or phonograph) second version, with 78-rpm recordings of Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4; Wagner: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III; Suppe: Light Cavalry Overture |
15:00 Percussion Group Cincinnati |
(1942) Rec.: 2006 Mode 229 (2011) |
Imaginary Landscape No. 3 (with Mauricio Kagel) Sechs Schlagzeuger, elektronische Klänge |
3:34 Kölner Ensemble für Neue Musik Dir.: Mauricio Kagel Siemens Studio für elektronische Musik, Realisation |
(1942) Rec.: 1942 Siemens (1998) |
Totem Ancestor for prepared piano |
2:02 Philipp Vandré, Prepared Piano |
(1942) Rec.: 2001-2002 Mode 180/81 (2007) |
Totem Ancestor for prepared piano |
1:55 Margaret Leng Tan, Prepared Piano |
(1942) Rec.: 2001 Mode 106 (2002) |
Jazz Study for piano |
3:03 Margaret Leng Tan, Piano |
(1942) Rec.: 2001 Mode 106 (2002) |
Primitive for prepared piano |
4:06 Philipp Vandré, Prepared Piano |
(1942) Rec.: 2001-2002 Mode 180/81 (2007) |
In the Name of the Holocaust for prepared piano |
6:17 I. 4:09 II. 2:08 Philipp Vandré, Prepared Piano |
(1942) Rec.: 2001-2002 Mode 180/81 (2007) |
And the Earth Shall Bear Again for prepared piano |
3:25 Philipp Vandré, Prepared Piano |
(1942) Rec.: 2001-2002 Mode 180/81 (2007) |
The city wears a slouch hat A radio play by Kenneth Patchen |
28:58 |
(1942) Rec.: 1942 El Records ACMEM 194 CD (2010) |
The city wears a slouch hat A radio play by Kenneth Patchen |
39:57 Essential Music |
(1942) Rec.: 1994-1995 Mode 55 (1996) |
Imaginary Landscape No. 2, “March No. 1” for percussion quintet |
6:49 Percussion Group Cincinnati |
(1942) Rec.: 2006 Mode 229 (2011) |
Imaginary Landscape No. 3 for percussion sextet |
4:06 Percussion Group Cincinnati |
(1942) Rec.: 2006 Mode 229 (2011) |
Imaginary Landscape No. 4, “March No. 2” for 12 radios first version |
4:26 CCM Percussion Ensemble Dir.: James Culley |
(1942) Rec.: 2006 Mode 229 (2011) |
The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs for voice and closed piano |
2:25 Anna Clementi, voice Steffen Schleiermacher, piano |
(1942) Rec.: 2000 MDG 613 1076-2 (2001) |
Our Spring Will Come for prepared piano |
4:30 Philipp Vandré, Prepared Piano |
(1943) Rec.: 2001-2002 Mode 180/81 (2007) |
Ad Lib for piano |
3:14 Margaret Leng Tan, Piano |
(1943) Rec.: 2001 Mode 106 (2002) |
Triple-Paced first version, for piano |
2:53 I. 1:07 II. 1:01 III. 0:45 Margaret Leng Tan, Piano |
(1943) Rec.: 2001 Mode 106 (2002) |
Tossed As It Is Untroubled (Meditation) for prepared piano |
2:35 Philipp Vandré, Prepared Piano |
(1943) Rec.: 2001-2002 Mode 180/81 (2007) |
A Room for prepared piano |
2:48 Philipp Vandré, Prepared Piano |
(1943) Rec.: 2001-2002 Mode 180/81 (2007) |
She is asleep Duet: voice and piano |
6:54 Anna Clementi, voice Steffen Schleiermacher, piano |
(1943) Rec.: 2000 MDG 613 1076-2 (2001) |
The Perilous Night for prepared piano |
13:58 I. 2:31 II. 0:51 III. 3:58 IV. 2:22 V. 0:36 VI. 3:40 Philipp Vandré, Prepared Piano |
(1944) Rec.: 2001-2002 Mode 180/81 (2007) |
Triple-Paced second version, for prepared piano |
2:04 Margaret Leng Tan, Prepared Piano |
(1944) Rec.: 2001 Mode 106 (2002) |
Spontaneous Earth for prepared piano |
2:49 Philipp Vandré, Prepared Piano |
(1944) Rec.: 2001-2002 Mode 180/81 (2007) |
A Valentine Out of Season for prepared piano |
3:47 I. 1:38 II. 1:02 III. 1:07 Philipp Vandré, Prepared Piano |
(1944) Rec.: 2001-2002 Mode 180/81 (2007) |
The Unavailable Memory Of for prepared piano |
3:19 Philipp Vandré, Prepared Piano |
(1944) Rec.: 2001-2002 Mode 180/81 (2007) |
Prelude for Meditation for prepared piano |
1:02 Philipp Vandré, Prepared Piano |
(1944) Rec.: 2001-2002 Mode 180/81 (2007) |
Root of an Unfocus for prepared piano |
5:01 Philipp Vandré, Prepared Piano |
(1944) Rec.: 2001-2002 Mode 180/81 (2007) |
Chess Pieces for piano |
7:48 Margaret Leng Tan, Piano |
(1944) Rec.: 2005 Mode 158 (2006) |
Four Walls for voice and piano |
1:02:37 Jack Bruce, voice Haydée Schvartz, piano |
(1944) Rec.: 1995 Mode 123 (2003) |
Four Walls for voice and piano |
58:54 Anna Clementi, voice Steffen Schleiermacher, piano |
(1944) Rec.: 2000 MDG 613 1076-2 (2001) |
Soliloquy for piano |
3:09 Haydée Schvartz, piano |
(1944) Rec.: 1995 Mode 123 (2003) |
Nowth upon Nacht for voice and piano in memoriam Cathy Berberian |
1:33 Anna Clementi, voice Steffen Schleiermacher, piano |
(1944) Rec.: 2000 MDG 613 1076-2 (2001) |
Experiences II for voice |
2:47 Anna Clementi, voice |
(1944-1948) Rec.: 2000 MDG 613 1076-2 (2001) |
Daughters of the Lonesome Isle for prepared piano |
9:33 Philipp Vandré, Prepared Piano |
(1945) Rec.: 2001-2002 Mode 180/81 (2007) |
Mysterious Adventure for prepared piano |
8:36 Philipp Vandré, Prepared Piano |
(1945) Rec.: 2001-2002 Mode 180/81 (2007) |
Two Pieces for Piano |
10:34 Thomas Schultz, piano |
(1946) Rec.: 2017 Mode 304 (2018) |
Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano |
59:58 Margaret Leng Tan, Prepared piano |
(1946-1948) Rec.: 2003 Mode 158 (2006) |
Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano |
1:04:16 Phillip Vandré, Prepared piano |
(1946-1948) Rec.: 1994 Mode 50 (1996) |
Music for Marcel Duchamp for prepared piano |
5:50 Philipp Vandré, Prepared Piano |
(1947) Rec.: 2001-2002 Mode 180/81 (2007) |
Music for Marcel Duchamp for prepared piano |
5:45 Margaret Leng Tan, Prepared Piano |
(1947) Rec.: 1999 Mode 106 (2002) |
The Seasons Ballet in One Act |
18:31 Stephen Drury, piano |
(1947) Rec.: 1993 Mode 63 (1998) |
Nocturne for violin and piano |
3:31 Irvine Arditti, violin Stephen Drury, piano |
(1947) Rec.: 1998 Mode 100 (2001) |
Suite for Toy Piano |
6:54 I. 1:22 II. 1:33 III. 1:22 IV. 1:34 V. 1:03 Martine Joste, Piano |
(1948) Rec.: 2003-2004 Mode 147 (2005) |
In a Landscape for harp or piano solo |
9:17 Gabriele Emde, harp |
(1948) Rec.: 1985 Edition RZ 1033-35 (2017) |
String Quartet in Four Parts |
20:12 Arditti String Quartet |
(1949-1950) Rec.: 1989 Mode 27 (1992) |
Works of Calder for prepared piano |
21:10 I. Prepared Piano 5:05 II. Film soundtrack with narration 3:09 III. Film soundtrack with percussion 2:19 IV. Prepared Piano 10:37 Burgess Meredith, Narrator John Cage, Percussion & tape collage Margaret Leng Tan, Prepared Piano |
(1949-1950) Rec.: 1999 Mode 106 (2002) |
Party pieces composed with Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison and Virgil Thomson arrangement for saxophone quartet |
10:10 Ulrich Krieger intersax and other musicians |
(1949-1950) Rec.: 2003 Mode 222/223 (2010) |
Six Melodies for violin and keyboard |
12:38 Irvine Arditti, violin Stephen Drury, piano |
(1950) Rec.: 1998 Mode 100 (2001) |
Six Melodies for violin and keyboard |
12:37 Annelie Gahl, violin Klaus Lang, keyboard (Fender Rhodes) |
(1950) Rec.: 2009 Col Legno WWE 1CD 20292 (2010) |
A flower for voice and closed piano |
2:58 Anna Clementi, voice Steffen Schleiermacher, piano |
(1950) Rec.: 2000 MDG 613 1076-2 (2001) |
Haiku |
4:43 Jovita Zähl, Piano |
(1950-1951) Rec.: 2012-2013 Mode 259 (2013) |
Sixteen Dances version for piano solo (with alternate versions of XV and XVI for piano and percussion) |
50:18 Jovita Zähl, Piano Thomas Meixner, Percussion |
(1950-1951) Rec.: 2012-2013 Mode 259 (2013) |
Music of Changes Buch I-IV |
46:40 Herbert Henck, Piano |
(1951) Rec.: 1982 Wergo WER 60099-50 (1988) |
Music of Changes |
43:41 I. 4:04 II. 18:36 III. 10:02 IV. 10:59 Martine Joste, Piano |
(1951) Rec.: 2003-2004 Mode 147 (2005) |
Music of changes |
22:12 David Tudor, piano |
(1951) Rec.: 1953 El Records ACMEM 194 CD (2010) |
Concerto for Prepared Piano |
23:40 Part 1. 9:12 Part 2. 9:30 Part 3. 10:02 Stephen Drury, Prepared piano Callithumpian Consort of New England Conservatory Dir.: Charles Peltz |
(1951) Rec.: 1992 Mode 57 (1997) |
Imaginary Landscape No. 4, “March No. 2” for 12 radios second version |
4:29 CCM Percussion Ensemble Dir.: James Culley |
(1951) Rec.: 2006 Mode 229 (2011) |
Two Pastorales for prepared piano |
13:16 I. 5:55 II. 7:21 Philipp Vandré, Prepared Piano |
(1951-1952) Rec.: 2001-2002 Mode 180/81 (2007) |
Seven Haiku for Piano |
1:56 Nils Vigeland, piano |
(1951-1952) Rec.: 1991 hat ART CD 6101 (1992) |
Seven Haiku |
1:57 I. 0:17 II. 0:19 III. 0:17 IV. 0:16 V. 0:17 VI. 0:16 VII. 0:15 Martine Joste, Piano |
(1952) Rec.: 2003-2004 Mode 147 (2005) |
Music for carillon no. 1 |
3:58 David Tudor, electronic carillon |
(1952) Rec.: 1958 El Records ACMEM 194 CD (2010) |
Williams Mix For four stereophonic magnetic tapes and eight loudspeakers |
4:22 Earle Brown, John Cage, David Tudor, Realisation |
(1952) Rec.: 1958 El Records ACMEM 194 CD (2010) |
Imaginary Landscape No. 5 for any 42 recordings, score to be realized as a magnetic tape first version, using period jazz records |
3:09 Michael Barnhart, Realisation |
(1952) Rec.: 2007 Mode 229 (2011) |
Imaginary Landscape No. 5 for any 42 recordings, score to be realized as a magnetic tape second version, using recordings of Cage’s music |
3:07 Michael Barnhart, Realisation |
(1952) Rec.: 2007 Mode 229 (2011) |
Imaginary Landscape No. 5 Tape |
3:00 Langham Research Centre |
(1952) Rec.: 2013 Sub Rosa SR361 (2014) |
4'33" (open windows version) version for saxophone trio |
4:33 Ulrich Krieger intersax |
(1952) Rec.: 2005 Mode 222/223 (2010) |
4'33" (studio version) version for saxophone trio |
4:33 Ulrich Krieger intersax |
(1952) Rec.: 2005 Mode 222/223 (2010) |
4'33" version for organ |
6:16 Gary Verkade, organ |
(1952) Rec.: 2007 Mode 253 (2013) |
Music for piano 47 |
4:35 Pi-Hsien Chen, Piano |
(1952-1956) Rec.: 2007 hat[now]Art 175 (2010) |
Music for piano 4-19/53-68 |
9:00 Pi-Hsien Chen, Piano |
(1953-1956) Rec.: 2007 hat[now]Art 175 (2010) |
The Ten Thousand Things |
45:07 . 45' for a speaker John Cage, Narrator . 31'57.9864" for a pianist Vicky Ray, Prepared piano . 34'46.776" for a pianist Aron Kallay, Prepared piano . 26'1.1499" for a string player Tom Peters, Double bass . 27'10.554" for a percussionist William Winant, Percussion |
(1953-1956) Rec.: 2008-2012 Microfest Records MF 1 (I Ching Edition) (2013) |
12'55.6078" for two pianists (prepared piano) |
13:11 David Tudor, Klavier John Cage, Klavier |
(1954) Rec.: 1954 Col Legno CD1 31902 (1996) |
31'57.9864" for a pianist |
31:58 Vicky Ray, Prepared piano |
(1954) Rec.: 2012 Microfest Records MF 1 (I Ching Edition) (2013) |
34'46.776" for a pianist |
31:58 Aron Kallay, Prepared piano |
(1954) Rec.: 2012 Microfest Records MF 1 (I Ching Edition) (2013) |
45' for a speaker |
45:00 John Cage, Narrator |
(1954) Rec.: 1962 Microfest Records MF 1 (I Ching Edition) (2013) |
Music for piano 42 |
5:24 Pi-Hsien Chen, Piano |
(1955) Rec.: 2007 hat[now]Art 175 (2010) |
26'1.1499" for a string player |
26:01 Tom Peters, Double bass |
(1955) Rec.: 2008 Microfest Records MF 1 (I Ching Edition) (2013) |
Music for piano 53-84 |
10:12 Pi-Hsien Chen, Piano |
(1956) Rec.: 2007 hat[now]Art 175 (2010) |
27'10.554" for a percussionist |
27:11 William Winant, Percussion |
(1956) Rec.: 2012 Microfest Records MF 1 (I Ching Edition) (2013) |
27'10.554" for percussion and tape |
27:18 Jonathan Faralli, percussion, tape |
(1956) Rec.: 2011 Brilliant Classics 9284 (2012) |
Winter Music for 20 pianos |
10:17 The Callithumpian Consort Dir.: Stephen Drury |
(1957) Rec.: 1991 Mode 3/6 (2007) |
Winter Music realisation for four pianos |
40:16 John Tilbury, Philip Thomas, Mark Knoop, Catherine Laws, Piano |
(1957) Rec.: 2014 another timbre at118 (2017) |
Concert for Piano |
30:05 David Tudor, Piano & live electronics Ensemble Modern Dir.: Ingo Metzmacher |
(1957-1958) Rec.: 1992 Mode 57 (1997) |
Solo for Baritone Saxophone (from pages 145-156 of the orchestral parts of Concert for Piano and Orchestra) |
12:08 Ulrich Krieger et al |
(1957-1958) Rec.: 2000 Mode 160 (2006) |
Solo for Flute, Alto Flute and Piccolo from Concert for Piano and Orchestra |
10:40 Eberhard Blum, flute |
(1957-1958) Rec.: 1991 hat ART CD 6101 (1992) |
Solo for Piano from Concert for Piano and Orchestra |
46:13 Thomas Schultz, piano |
(1958) Rec.: 2017 Mode 304 (2018) |
Music Walk for 1 or more pianists, at a single piano, using also radio and/or recordings |
10:53 Stephen Drury, piano & devices |
(1958) Rec.: 1993 Mode 47 (1995) |
Fontana Mix Realisation of the version for magnetic tape alone, prepared by John Cage |
11:34 Studio di Fonologia, RAI, Milan |
(1958) Rec.: 1958 El Records ACMEM 194 CD (2010) |
Fontana Mix with Aria Radio, 2 open-reel tape machines, synthesizer, voice |
13:36 Catherine Carter, mezzo-soprano Langham Research Centre |
(1958) Rec.: 2013 Sub Rosa SR361 (2014) |
Communication Third part of the Darmstadt Lecture “Composition as Process” |
6:07 1. 6:07 2. 6:19 3. 7:25 4. 6:18 5. 1:43 6. 5:48 John Cage, voice |
(1958) Rec.: 1958 Neos 11213 (2012) |
Variations I |
8:50 John Cage, David Tudor, pianos, radio sets |
(1958) Rec.: 1958 Neos 11213 (2012) |
Variations I for David Tudor, on his birthday (tardily) |
20:03 Curtis Dietz, trumpet Nadia Francavilla, violin D’Arcy Philip Gray, percussion Richard Hornsby, clarinet Andrew R. Miller, double bass Gina Patterson, horn Helen Pridmore, prepared piano Motion Ensemble |
(1958) Rec.: 2000 Mode 129 (2003) |
Variations I Realization for Piccolo, Flute, Alto Flute and Bass Flute |
10:04 Eberhard Blum, flutes |
(1958) Rec.: 1991 hat ART CD 6101 (1992) |
Fontana Mix electronic version derived from the pieces recorded in “a Cage of saxophones” vols. 1-4 |
10:00 Ulrich Krieger intersax and other musicians |
(1958-2004) Rec.: 2004 Mode 222/223 (2010) |
Fontana Mix/Sextet for low woodwinds instrumental version for bass flute, contrabass flute, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, bass saxophone, contrabass saxophone |
10:00 Ulrich Krieger intersax and other musicians |
(1958-2005) Rec.: 2004 Mode 222/223 (2010) |
Indeterminacy Ninety Stories by John Cage, with Music |
1:30:22 John Cage, Reading David Tudor, Piano, Tape |
(1959) Rec.: 1959 Smithsonian/Folkways CD SF 40804/5 (1992) |
Cartridge Music Music for Merce Cunningham |
18:53 Takehisa Kosugi, Michael Pugliese, David Tudor, Phonograph cartridges and amplified small objects |
(1960) Rec.: 1988 Mode 24 (1991/2008) |
Cartridge Music Phonograph cartridges, auxiliary sounds |
10:00 Langham Research Centre |
(1960) Rec.: 2013 Sub Rosa SR361 (2014) |
Cartridge Music |
30:00 Gerauschhersteller |
(1960) Rec.: 2018 Noisemaker Records NM2CD (2018) |
Cartridge Music for amplified small sounds |
9:53 Richard Bernas, Hugh Davies, Stuart Jones, Graham Hearn, Michael Robinson, amplified found objects and materials |
(1960) Rec.: 1970 Paradigm Discs PD 35 (2020) |
WBAI Sine wave oscillator, record player, synthesizer, radio |
7:00 Langham Research Centre |
(1960) Rec.: 2013 Sub Rosa SR361 (2014) |
Variations I Record player, cassette tape, radio, spoken word |
10:00 Langham Research Centre |
(1960) Rec.: 2013 Sub Rosa SR361 (2014) |
Cartridge Music/11 Instruments instrumental version for soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, violin, viola, cello, contrabass, accordion, piano, percussion |
15:00 Ulrich Krieger intersax and other musicians |
(1960-2005) Rec.: 2004 Mode 222/223 (2010) |
Atlas Eclipticalis for orchestra |
29:44 The Wesleyan Symphony Orchestra The Hartt Contemporary Players Arditti String Quartet Dir.: Melvin Strauss |
(1961) Rec.: 1988 Mode 3/6 (2007) |
Atlas Eclipticalis (from the pages 193-204 of the orchestral parts of Atlas Eclipticalis) for 3 soprano saxophones and electronics |
24:15 Ulrich Krieger et al |
(1961) Rec.: 1999 Mode 160 (2006) |
Atlas Eclipticalis with Winter Music Performance I, Dec/11/83 6:30 pm |
1:20:00 The New Performance Group Dir.: John Cage |
(1961) Rec.: 1983 Mode 3/6 (2007) |
Three Studies, from Atlas Eclipticalis |
8:30 1. for solo alto flute 3:15 2. for solo flute 3:01 3. for piccolo flute 2:14 Roberto Fabbriciani, flutes |
(1961) Rec.: 2011 Brilliant Classics 9284 (2012) |
Variations II |
9:55 Eberhard Blum, flute, sound objects |
(1961) Rec.: 1993 hat ART CD 6146 (1994) |
Variations II with Lecture on Nothing for any number of players and any sound producing means |
29:48 Nadia Francavilla, prepared & amplified violin D’Arcy Philip Gray, percussion Andrew R. Miller, prepared & amplified double bass Helen Pridmore, voice Motion Ensemble |
(1961) Rec.: 2000 Mode 129 (2003) |
Atlas Eclipticalis with Winter Music Performance II, Dec/11/83 8:30 pm |
1:19:59 The New Performance Group Dir.: John Cage |
(1961) Rec.: 1983 Mode 3/6 (2007) |
Music for carillon No. 6 for flute and percussion |
7:04 Roberto Fabbriciani, piccolo flute Jonathan Faralli, percussion |
(1961) Rec.: 2011 Brilliant Classics 9284 (2012) |
Atlas Eclipticalis & Winter Music electronically amplified after Cartridge Music (all simultaneously) |
31:04 Ensemble Musica Negativa Dir.: Rainer Riehn |
(1961-1962) Rec.: 1969 Deutsche Grammophon 4835677 (2023) |
0'00" Amplified objects/action |
2:36 Langham Research Centre |
(1962) Rec.: 2013 Sub Rosa SR361 (2014) |
Variations III for one or any number of people performing any actions |
20:20 John D. S. Adams, D’Arcy Philip Gray, Andrew R. Miller, electronics Motion Ensemble |
(1962-1963) Rec.: 2001 Mode 129 (2003) |
Variations III for one or any number of people performing any actions realization for percussion, version 1 |
9:43 Jan Williams, percussion |
(1962-1963) Rec.: 1995 hat ART CD 6176 (1995) |
Variations III for one or any number of people performing any actions realization for percussion, version 2 |
8:04 Jan Williams, percussion |
(1962-1963) Rec.: 1995 hat ART CD 6176 (1995) |
Klangexperimente (with David Tudor) |
1:48 Siemens Studio für elektronische Musik, Realisation |
(1963) Rec.: 1963 Siemens (1998) |
Variations II for piano and live electronics |
21:18 David Tudor, piano, live electronics |
(1963) Rec.: 1963 New World Records 80737-2 (2013) |
Electronic music for piano |
55:25 Ciro Longobardi, pianoforte Agostino di Scipio, computer e live electronics |
(1964) Rec.: 2011 Stradivarius STR 33927 (2012) |
Electronic music for piano/Music for piano 21-36;37-52 |
1:12:18 Gerauschhersteller |
(1964) Rec.: 2018 Noisemaker Records NM2CD (2018) |
Variations V Filmed in 1966 at the NDR television studio, Hamburg, Germany |
47:14 John Cage, David Tudor, Gordon Mumma, musicians Merce Cunningham, choreography The Merce Cunningham Dance Company Stan Van Der Beek, Nam June Paik, filmed projections and visual effects |
(1965) Rec.: 1966 Mode 258 (2013) |
Variations V Audio only recording of the Paris 1966 performance |
39:39 John Cage, David Tudor, Gordon Mumma, musicians Merce Cunningham, choreography The Merce Cunningham Dance Company Stan Van Der Beek, Nam June Paik, filmed projections and visual effects |
(1965) Rec.: 1966 Mode 258 (2013) |
Variations VII 9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering |
1:25:00 |
(1966) Rec.: 1966 E.A.T. and ARTPIX 978-0-9668010-8-8 (2008) |
HPSCHD (with Lejaren Hiller) for 7 amplified harpsichords and 51 tapes |
1:05:27 Robert Conant, Harpsichord Joel Chadabe, Realization |
(1969) Rec.: 2000 EMF CD 038 (2003) |
Cheap Imitation |
36:41 Stephen Drury, piano |
(1969) Rec.: 1993 Mode 63 (1998) |
Mesostics re Merce Cunningham/Untitled for voice and live electronics (with David Tudor) |
55:17 John Cage, voice David Tudor, live electronics |
(1972) Rec.: 1972 New World Records 80737-2 (2013) |
Etcetera |
20:44 Callithumpian Consort of New England Conservatory Dir.: Tamara Brooks, Stephen Drury, Charles Peltz |
(1973) Rec.: 2001 Mode 86 (2000) |
Series re Morris Graves on Morris Graves |
1:20:05 John Cage, reading |
(1973) Rec.: 1990 Mode 84/85 (1999) |
Empty Words with Music for Piano (1952-56) |
30:06 John Cage, voice Yvar Mikhashoff, piano |
(1973-1974) Rec.: 1991 Mode 200 (2009) |
Etudes Australes Books I-IV |
3:24:00 Steffen Schleiermacher, Piano |
(1974-1975) Rec.: 2001 MDG 613 0795-2 (2002) |
Child of Tree for amplified plant materials |
8:11 D’Arcy Philip Gray, amplified plant materials |
(1975) Rec.: 2008 Mode 272 (2014) |
Apartment House 1776 for four vocalists and chamber orchestra |
25:09 Walter Buckingham, Protestant Darrell Dunn, Native American Semenya McCord, African American Chiam Parchi, Sephardi New England Conservatory Philharmonia |
(1976) Rec.: 1991 Mode 41 (1994) |
44 Harmonies from Apartment House 1776 Arrangement for string quartet |
1:43:26 The Arditti String Quartet |
(1976) Rec.: 2000 Mode 144/145 (2005) |
Quartets I-VIII for 24 instruments |
40:31 Orchester Jakobsplatz München Dir.: Daniel Grossmann |
(1976) Rec.: 2007 Neos 10720 (2007) |
Some of “The Harmonies of Maine” (Supply Belcher) |
41:33 Gary Verkade, organ |
(1976) Rec.: 2007 Mode 253 (2013) |
Branches for amplified plant materials |
16:12 D’Arcy Philip Gray, amplified plant materials |
(1976) Rec.: 2008 Mode 272 (2014) |
Branches |
1:12:29 Gerauschhersteller |
(1976) Rec.: 2018 Noisemaker Records NM2CD (2018) |
Writing for the Second Time Through Finnegans Wake |
59:39 John Cage, Speaker |
(1976-1979) Rec.: 1979 Mode 28/29 (2002) |
Dialogues for bass flute and percussion |
6:06 Roberto Fabbriciani, bass flute Jonathan Faralli, percussion |
(1977) Rec.: 2011 Brilliant Classics 9284 (2012) |
Cheap Imitation for violin solo |
31:52 Irvine Arditti, Violin |
(1977) Rec.: 1999 Mode 144/145 (2005) |
Freeman Etudes books 1 & 2 |
49:57 Irvine Arditti, Violino |
(1977-1980) Rec.: 1990 Mode 32 (1993) |
Some of “The Harmony of Maine” (Supply Belcher) for organ and six assistants |
59:05 Jakob Ullmann, organ |
(1978) Rec.: 1990 Edition RZ 1033-35 (2017) |
Chorals for violin solo |
4:32 Irvine Arditti, Violin |
(1978) Rec.: 1999 Mode 118 (2003) |
Roaratorio An Irish Circus on Finnegans Wake |
1:00:30 John Cage, Voice Joe Heaney, Singer Seamus Ennis, Uillean Pipes Paddy Glackin, Fiddle Matt Malloy, Flute Peadher Mercier, Mell Mercier, Bodhran |
(1979) Rec.: 1979 Mode 28/29 (2002) |
Laughtears Conversation on Roaratorio |
30:55 John Cage, Klaus Schöning, Speakers |
(1979) Rec.: 1979 Mode 28/29 (2002) |
What you say on Jasper Johns |
10:34 John Cage, reading |
(1979) Rec.: 1987 Mode 84/85 (1999) |
Hymns and Variations for 12 amplified voices |
28:29 Vocal Group Ars Nova Dir.: Támas Vetö |
(1979) Rec.: 1997 Mode 71 (1998) |
Freeman Etudes books 3 & 4 |
51:11 Irvine Arditti, Violino |
(1980-1990) Rec.: 1993 Mode 37 (1994) |
Postcard from Heaven for one or up to 20 harps |
21:16 Gabriele Emde, 17 harps |
(1982) Rec.: 1985 Edition RZ 1033-35 (2017) |
Thirty Pieces for String Quartet |
33:57 Arditti String Quartet |
(1983) Rec.: 1988 Mode 17 (1989) |
ear for EAR (Antiphonies) for widely separated single voices |
3:55 Vocal Group Ars Nova Dir.: Támas Vetö |
(1983) Rec.: 1997 Mode 71 (1998) |
Ryoanji version for four soloists with orchestra |
18:05 Fenwick Smith, Flute Anthony D’Amico, String bass Michael Miller, Oboe Petur Eiriksson, Bass trombone Avant-Garde Ensemble of New England Conservatory Dir.: Stephen Drury |
(1983-1985) Rec.: 1991 Mode 41 (1994) |
Ryoanji version for voice, flute, oboe, trombone, contrabass and percussion |
1:00:30 John Patrick Thomas, voice Eberhard Blum, flute Gudrun Reschke, oboe Iven Hausmann, trombone Robert Black, contrabass Jan Williams, percussion |
(1983-1985) Rec.: 1995 hat[now] ART 153 (2011) |
Ryoanji |
20:15 Gerauschhersteller |
(1983-1985) Rec.: 2018 Noisemaker Records NM2CD (2018) |
Ryoanji for saxophone, 3 pre-recorded saxophones and percussion |
21:26 Ulrich Krieger et al |
(1984) Rec.: 1999 Mode 104 (2002) |
Souvenir |
6:50 Gary Verkade, organ |
(1984) Rec.: 2007 Mode 253 (2013) |
Music for two for 2 pianos |
29:57 Stephen Drury, Pianos |
(1985) Rec.: 1993 Mode 47 (1995) |
ASLSP |
18:20 Stephen Drury, piano |
(1985) Rec.: 1993 Mode 63 (1998) |
ASLSP |
23:02 Gary Verkade, organ |
(1985) Rec.: 2007 Mode 253 (2013) |
Eight Whiskus for violin |
3:43 Irvine Arditti, violin |
(1985) Rec.: 1999 Mode 100 (2001) |
Thirteen Harmonies for violin and keyboard |
43:18 Annelie Gahl, violin Klaus Lang, keyboard (Fender Rhodes) |
(1985) Rec.: 2009 Col Legno WWE 1CD 20292 (2010) |
But what about the noise of crumpling paper... |
12:08 Gerauschhersteller |
(1985) Rec.: 2018 Noisemaker Records NM2CD (2018) |
Etcetera 2/4 Orchestras |
30:08 New England Conservatory Symphony Orchestra Dir.: Tamara Brooks, Marsha Hassett, Charles Peltz, Laurie K. Redmer |
(1986) Rec.: 2001 Mode 86 (2000) |
Hymnkus for 2 saxophones, accordion, 2 pianos and 2 percussions |
30:04 Ulrich Krieger et al |
(1986) Rec.: 1999 Mode 104 (2002) |
One for piano solo |
10:00 Stephen Drury, Piano |
(1987) Rec.: 1993 Mode 47 (1995) |
Two for soprano saxophone and piano |
10:05 Ulrich Krieger et al |
(1987) Rec.: 1999 Mode 160 (2006) |
Two for flute and vibraphone |
9:59 Roberto Fabbriciani, flute Jonathan Faralli, vibraphone |
(1987) Rec.: 2011 Brilliant Classics 9284 (2012) |
Organ2/ASLSP |
32:56 Gary Verkade, organ |
(1987) Rec.: 2007 Mode 253 (2013) |
cComposed Improvisation for snare drum alone |
8:05 Jan Williams, percussion |
(1987) Rec.: 1993 hat ART CD 6146 (1994) |
Music for Four for string quartet |
31:20 Arditti String Quartet |
(1987-1988) Rec.: 1988 Mode 17 (1989) |
Five Stone Wind Music for Merce Cunningham |
55:02 Takehisa Kosugi, Amplified violin, bamboo flute, live electronics Michael Pugliese, 9 clay pots and tapes David Tudor, Live electronics |
(1988) Rec.: 1989 Mode 24 (1991/2008) |
Five For any five voices or instruments |
5:00 Essential Music |
(1988) Rec.: 1993-1994 Mode 239 (2012) |
Five for 5 voices or instruments |
4:56 Vocal Group Ars Nova Dir.: Támas Vetö |
(1988) Rec.: 1997 Mode 71 (1998) |
Five version for 2 saxophones, accordion and 2 pianos |
5:07 Ulrich Krieger et al |
(1988) Rec.: 1999 Mode 104 (2002) |
Five for viola, accordion, double bass, bassoon and bass clarinet |
5:20 Apartment House |
(1988) Rec.: 2020-2021 another timbre at178x4 (2021) |
Five for violin, viola, accordion, double bass and bass clarinet |
5:30 Apartment House |
(1988) Rec.: 2020-2021 another timbre at178x4 (2021) |
Five for violin, viola, double bass, bassoon and bass clarinet |
5:18 Apartment House |
(1988) Rec.: 2020-2021 another timbre at178x4 (2021) |
Five for two clarinets, bass clarinet, bassoon and oboe |
5:15 Apartment House |
(1988) Rec.: 2020-2021 another timbre at178x4 (2021) |
Seven |
20:00 Essential Music |
(1988) Rec.: 1993-1994 Mode 239 (2012) |
Seven for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola and violoncello |
20:00 Orchester Jakobsplatz München Dir.: Daniel Grossmann |
(1988) Rec.: 2007 Neos 10720 (2007) |
Seven for violin, viola, cello, percussion, piano, clarinet and flute |
20:48 Apartment House |
(1988) Rec.: 2020-2021 another timbre at178x4 (2021) |
Art is either a complaint or do something else on Jasper Johns |
32:38 John Cage, reading |
(1988) Rec.: 1988 Mode 84/85 (1999) |
Four Solos for solo quartet |
15:00 Vocal Group Ars Nova Dir.: Támas Vetö |
(1988) Rec.: 1997 Mode 71 (1998) |
Anarchy |
39:59 Gerauschhersteller |
(1988) Rec.: 2018 Noisemaker Records NM2CD (2018) |
Four for string quartet |
29:58 Arditti String Quartet |
(1989) Rec.: 1989 Mode 27 (1992) |
One2 for 1-4 pianos, 1 performer |
18:51 Margaret Leng Tan, Piano |
(1989) Rec.: 2001 Mode 106 (2002) |
Three for 3 players having a variety of recorders |
31:49 Trio Dolce |
(1989) Rec.: 1998 Mode 186 (2007) |
Two2 for 2 pianos |
1:14:22 Rob Haskins, Piano Laurel Karlik Sheehan, Piano |
(1989) Rec.: 2001 Mode 193 (2008) |
Two2 for 2 pianos |
2:07:55 Philip Thomas, Mark Knoop, Piano |
(1989) Rec.: 2017 another timbre at124x2 (2018) |
101 for large orchestra |
12:13 New England Conservatory Philharmonia |
(1989) Rec.: 1991 Mode 41 (1994) |
Sculptures Musicales version for sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, accordion, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello, didjeridu, various wind instruments, amplified objects, electronics |
37:01 Ulrich Krieger intersax and other musicians |
(1989) Rec.: 2004 Mode 222/223 (2010) |
Sculptures Musicales for an indeterminate number of sound sources |
19:47 Salvatore Carannante, recycled electroacoustics and mechanical elements Chiara Mallozzi, cello and prepared cello Dario Sanfilippo, computer Stefano Silvestri, self-built analog synthesis circuits |
(1989) Rec.: 2012 die Schachtel Zeit C11 (2014) |
Swinging for piano |
0:57 Thomas Schultz, piano |
(1989) Rec.: 2017 Mode 304 (2018) |
Fourteen |
20:00 Stephen Drury, Bowed piano Callithumpian Consort of New England Conservatory Dir.: Stephen Drury |
(1990) Rec.: 1994 Mode 57 (1997) |
Fourteen |
20:25 Apartment House |
(1990) Rec.: 2020-2021 another timbre at178x4 (2021) |
One4 for solo drummer |
6:56 D’Arcy Philip Gray, percussion |
(1990) Rec.: 2008 Mode 272 (2014) |
One5 for piano solo |
19:31 Martine Joste, Piano |
(1990) Rec.: 1994 Mode 44 (1995) |
One6 for violin solo |
46:24 Irvine Arditti, Violin |
(1990) Rec.: 1999 Mode 118 (2003) |
Composed Improvisation for bass guitar, snare drum & one-sided drum - first version |
8:13 D’Arcy Philip Gray, percussion and bass guitar |
(1990) Rec.: 2008 Mode 272 (2014) |
Composed Improvisation for bass guitar, snare drum & one-sided drum - second version |
8:14 D’Arcy Philip Gray, percussion and bass guitar |
(1990) Rec.: 2008 Mode 272 (2014) |
Composed Improvisation for snare drum alone |
8:12 D’Arcy Philip Gray, snare drum |
(1990) Rec.: 2008 Mode 272 (2014) |
Composed Improvisation for Steinberger bass guitar |
8:12 D’Arcy Philip Gray, bass guitar |
(1990) Rec.: 2008 Mode 272 (2014) |
Composed Improvisation for one-sided drums with or without jangles |
8:03 D’Arcy Philip Gray, one-sided drums |
(1990) Rec.: 2008 Mode 272 (2014) |
Europera 3 |
1:10:00 Susan Hanson, soprano Ruby Hinds, Patricia McAfee, mezzo-soprano Michael Lyon, Richard Powell, tenor Kevin Bell, bass Vicki Ray, Brian Pezzone, piano Hannes Geiger, Joseph Giri, William Houston, Dren McDonald, Ronda Rindone, Clarice Ross, record players Scott Fraser, "Truckera" tape Long Beach Opera |
(1990) Rec.: 1993 Mode 38/39 (1995) |
Europera 4 |
30:08 Anne-Marie Ketchum, Daisetta Kim, soprano Brian Pezzone, piano Jerry Wheeler, Victrola (78) Scott Fraser, "Truckera" tape Long Beach Opera |
(1990) Rec.: 1993 Mode 38/39 (1995) |
Seven2 for two percussionists, cello, double bass, bass clarinet, bass flute and bass trombone |
52:10 Apartment House |
(1990) Rec.: 2020-2021 another timbre at178x4 (2021) |
Four2 for mixed chorus version 1 |
6:47 Vocal Group Ars Nova Dir.: Támas Vetö |
(1990) Rec.: 1997 Mode 71 (1998) |
Four2 for mixed chorus version 2 |
6:54 Vocal Group Ars Nova Dir.: Támas Vetö |
(1990) Rec.: 1997 Mode 71 (1998) |
Four6 |
30:00 Gerauschhersteller |
(1990-1992) Rec.: 2018 Noisemaker Records NM2CD (2018) |
Two4 for violin and sho |
30:16 Irvine Arditti, Violin Mayumi Miyata, Sho |
(1991) Rec.: 1994 Mode 88 (2000) |
Two4 for violin and piano |
30:16 Irvine Arditti, Violin Stephen Drury, Piano |
(1991) Rec.: 1995 Mode 88 (2000) |
Four3 for 12 rainsticks, violin and 2 pianos for Merce Cunningham’s dance Beach Birds |
30:36 Ami Flammer, Violin & rainsticks Martine Joste, Piano & rainsticks Dominique Alchourroun, Piano & rainsticks Jean Michaut, Rainsticks |
(1991) Rec.: 1994 Mode 44 (1995) |
Four4 |
1:12:00 Gerauschhersteller |
(1991) Rec.: 2018 Noisemaker Records NM2CD (2018) |
Four5 for saxophone quartet |
12:02 Ulrich Krieger et al |
(1991) Rec.: 1999 Mode 104 (2002) |
Four5 for three clarinets and bassoon |
12:05 Apartment House |
(1991) Rec.: 2020-2021 another timbre at178x4 (2021) |
One5 for piano solo |
20:40 Stephen Drury, Piano |
(1991) Rec.: 1993 Mode 47 (1995) |
One7 for any way of producing sounds |
30:02 John Cage, voice |
(1991) Rec.: 1991 Mode 200 (2009) |
One8 for solo cello with BACH.bow |
43:35 Michael Bach, Cello |
(1991) Rec.: 1994 Mode 141 (2004) |
One9 with 108 for sho and large orchestra |
43:30 Mayumi Miyata, Sho WDR Sinfonie Orchester Köln |
(1991) Rec.: 2000 Mode 108 (2002) |
103 for orchestra |
1:30:00 WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln Dir.: Arturo Tamayo |
(1991) Rec.: 1992 Mode 174 (2006) |
103 for orchestra |
1:30:00 Spoleto Festival Orchestra Dir.: John Kennedy |
(1991) Rec.: 1997 Mode 174 (2006) |
103 for orchestra |
1:30:40 WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln Dir.: Arturo Tamayo |
(1991) Rec.: 1992 Edition RZ 1033-35 (2017) |
Five2 for clarinet, bass clarinet, timpani, cor anglais and clarinet |
5:21 Apartment House |
(1991) Rec.: 2020-2021 another timbre at178x4 (2021) |
Five3 for trombone & string quartet |
39:59 Monique Buzzarté, Trombone The Arditti String Quartet |
(1991) Rec.: 1993 Mode 75 (1999) |
Five3 for viola, cello, two violins and trombone |
40:10 Apartment House |
(1991) Rec.: 2020-2021 another timbre at178x4 (2021) |
Five4 for 2 saxophones and 3 percussions |
5:01 Ulrich Krieger et al |
(1991) Rec.: 1999 Mode 104 (2002) |
Five4 for two percussionists and clarinets |
5:21 Apartment House |
(1991) Rec.: 2020-2021 another timbre at178x4 (2021) |
Five5 for clarinet, bass clarinet, percussion, clarinet and flute |
5:20 Apartment House |
(1991) Rec.: 2020-2021 another timbre at178x4 (2021) |
Six for percussion |
3:25 Apartment House |
(1991) Rec.: 2020-2021 another timbre at178x4 (2021) |
Eight for trumpet, tuba, bassoon, oboe, clarinet, flute, horn and trombone |
1:00:27 Apartment House |
(1991) Rec.: 2020-2021 another timbre at178x4 (2021) |
Ten |
30:12 Apartment House |
(1991) Rec.: 2020-2021 another timbre at178x4 (2021) |
Europera 5 |
1:00:01 Martha Herr, soprano Gary Burgess, tenor Yvar Mikhashoff, piano Jan Williams, victrola (78 rpm) Don Metz, "Truckera" tape |
(1991) Rec.: 1991 Mode 36 (1994) |
Two6 for violin and piano |
19:47 Ami Flammer, Violin Martine Joste, Piano |
(1992) Rec.: 1994 Mode 44 (1995) |
Two6 for violin and piano |
19:57 Irvine Arditti, violin Stephen Drury, piano |
(1992) Rec.: 1995 Mode 100 (2001) |
One7 version for solo saxophone(s): sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and toy saxophones (one performer) |
30:00 Ulrich Krieger |
(1992) Rec.: 2004 Mode 222/223 (2010) |
One10 for violin |
24:36 Irvine Arditti, violin |
(1992) Rec.: 1999 Mode 100 (2001) |
One11 for camera person and light |
1:30:00 |
(1992) Rec.: 1992 Mode 174 (2006) |
Thirteen |
30:00 Essential Music |
(1992) Rec.: 1993-1994 Mode 239 (2012) |
Thirteen |
30:29 Apartment House |
(1992) Rec.: 2020-2021 another timbre at178x4 (2021) |
Four6 version for amplified saxophone quartet |
30:00 Ulrich Krieger intersax and other musicians |
(1992) Rec.: 2004 Mode 222/223 (2010) |
Seventy-Four for orchestra |
12:06 SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg Dir.: Jonathan Stockhammer |
(1992) Rec.: 2011 Edition RZ 1033-35 (2017) |