John Cage: compilation POSTCAGE

• 1Fuerzas for violin17:28
• 2For Morton Feldman05:18
• 3November Test Pattern, the ecstasy of electric trees weeping in the twilight including recumbent bright insects and relevant footnotes10:01
• 4Meditation14:31
• 5I Sail'd Out to Sea11:01
• 6for violin and piano03:47
• 7Viola, Klavier05:34
• 85 Decadal Studies for Dick and Clyde, No. 102:02
• 95 Decadal Studies for Dick and Clyde, No. 200:55
• 105 Decadal Studies for Dick and Clyde, No. 301:48
• 115 Decadal Studies for Dick and Clyde, No. 400:46
• 125 Decadal Studies for Dick and Clyde, No. 502:34
• 13Under Stars12:06
• 14My Idea of Fun06:45
• 15Modern Love Waltz (arr. R. Moran for 8 keyboards minus piano)04:22
• 16for 1 or 7 pianists (version for 7 pianists)06:50
• 17Antimusical Book of Recipes, IV. Electronic Antimusic02:31
• 18Antimusical Book of Recipes, XIV. Antimusic of the Spheres02:31
• 19Antimusical Book of Recipes, XXI. Disco Antimusic02:31
• 20Antimusical Book of Recipes, XXIX. Merengue Antimusic02:31
• 21dharmachakramudra08:02
• Total Runtime02:03:54

Info for John Cage: compilation

This eclectic compilation of minimalist music was released in the 100th year celebration of John Cage's birth. There are 14 pieces offering a wide variety of satisfaction for just about every kind of listener. Pioneering composer John Milton Cage Jr died in 1992, an incredible innovator of indeterminancy and electroacoustic creations.

Cage has been a major influence on such diverse artists as Brian Eno, Frank Zappa, and Sonic Youth. This collection clearly continues his amazing legacy. Such composers as David Beardsley, Walter Horn, David Kotlowy, John Prokop, and David Toub are included.

Single sustained notes, lasting moments of silence, poignant pauses, and softly persisting combinations of one, two, or three instruments have been recorded here. One by Robert Moran and Philip Glass is "Modern Love Waltz" (1977) has an Ambient theme of electronic keyboards and synthesizers. Combinations and variations of violin, piano, glockenspiel, viola, vibraphone, clarinet, and cello proffer an amazing variety of styles and colors.

Those fans who practice yoga and meditation will especially appreciate the mood enhancing offerings of POSTCAGE. Solitary mournful tunes, along with quiet contemplative soul searching, can and will happen. This is another in the fine series of 21st Century preservations of musical genius. The album is two hours of enjoyment, entertainment, and education.

"John Cage would have been 100 in September. This project, which has been in process for several years, is a marvelous contribution to the occasion. No work seems duplicated by another, and almost every one repays repeated listening. The performers are quite committed and acquit themselves admirably." (Rob Haskins, American Record Guide)

"This album proffers more than two hours of "post-Cageian" music; that is, music composed after the death of John Cage. Interestingly, much of it seems to have no link to Cage's style, but these are all 'new music' works by a wide variety of composers. All in all, fans of new music will find this disc interesting." (Kirk McElhearn, MusicWeb International)

"I'm not quite sure what, if anything, the pieces here have to with Cage aside from the fact that, more or less, they were composed after his death and presumably contain some amount of his influences (what doesn't?). There's quite a bit of music here (over two hours). And, by and large, it's very enjoyable. All in all, a strong set of music from a range of composers likely not too well known to most readers here but worth delving into more deeply, no matter what one's opinion is of Mr. Cage." (Brian Olewnick, Just Outside)

Christina Fong, violin
Arved Ashby, piano
Glenn Freeman, glockenspiel
David Beardsley, electronics
Paul Hersey, piano
Barbara Witham McCargar, vocals
Gwendolyn Faasen, vocals
Michael Kornacki, clarinet
Keith Fredlund, vocals
David Toub, keyboards
Karen Krummel, cello
Glenn Freeman, vibraphone
Christina Fong, viola
Glenn Freeman, percussion
Chance Operations Collective of Kalamazoo

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