The 25-year retrospective concert of the music of John Cage.

Author/creator Cage, John
Format Audio (CD)
Publication InfoMainz : Wergo : [dist. HM USA], ℗1994.
Description3 audio discs : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorJoyce, James, 1882-1941. Finnegans wake.
Other author/creatorCarmen, Arline singer.
Other author/creatorCage, John instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorAjemian, Maro, instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorTudor, David, 1926-1996 instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorCunningham, Merce conductor.
Included WorkCage, John. Solo with obbligato accompaniment. Short inventions.
Included WorkCage, John. Construction, no. 1.
Included WorkCage, John. Imaginary landscape, no. 1.
Included WorkCage, John. Wonderful widow of eighteen springs.
Included WorkCage, John. She is asleep. Quartet.
Included WorkCage, John. She is asleep. Duet.
Included WorkCage, John. Sonatas and interludes, piano. Selections.
Included WorkCage, John. Music, carillon, no. 1.
Included WorkCage, John. Williams mix.
Included WorkCage, John. Concert, piano, orchestra.
Other author/creatorManhattan Percussion Ensemble performer.
Uniform titleWorks. Selections
Variant title Twenty-five-year retrospective concert of the music of John Cage
SeriesMusic of our century
Edition John Cage
Cage, John. Works. Selections (Wergo) ^A506222
Music of our century. ^A414205
Contents Six short inventions for seven instruments (1934) (5:24) (Anahid Ajemian, violin ; Burton Fisch, William Gromko, violas ; Joan Brockway, cello ; Andrew Lolya, alto flute ; Melvyn Broiles, trumpet ; Albert Kaufman, clarinet) -- [First] Construction in metal (1939) (9:06) (Manhattan Percussion Ensemble (Paul Price, director ; Michael Colgrass, Douglas Allan, Warren Smith, Marvin Rosenberg, Philip Brown ; David Tudor, piano, assisted by Merce Cunningham)) -- Imaginary landscape no. 2 (1939) : a recording of constant and variable frequency records, cymbal and piano (9:00) (John Cage, Xenia Cage, Doris Dennison, Margaret Jansen) -- The wonderful widow of eighteen springs (1942) : text adapted from Finnegans Wake (2:33) (Arline Carmen, contralto ; John Cage, piano) -- She is asleep (1943) : Quartet (5:01) (Paul Price, Michael Colgrass, Warren Smith, Philip Brown, percussion) ; Duo (8:09) (Arline Carmen, contralto ; John Cage, piano) -- Sonatas and interludes (1946-48) (28:30) (Maro Ajemian, piano) -- Music for carillon [no. 1] (1952) (4:46) (David Tudor, electronic carillon) -- Williams mix (1952) : four stereophonic magnetic tape playbacks, eight loudspeakers (5:43) (Realization by Earle Brown, John Cage, David Tudor, with technical assistance from Colonel Richard Ranger, Rangertone Inc., and from Louis A. Stevenson) -- Concert for piano and orchestra (1957-58) (26:26) (David Tudor, piano ; orchestra conducted by Merce Cunningham).
General noteWergo: WER 6247-2 (another no.: 296247-2).
General noteUPC from label on container.
General noteDistributor from label on container.
General noteCompact disc; digitally remastered.
General noteProgram notes by Rolf W. Stoll, John Cage, and George Avakian in English and German (91 p. : ill., ports., music) inserted in container.
Performer Various performers.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded at Town Hall, New York City, May 15, 1958.
UPC 9304695302
Publisher number286 247-2 Wergo
Publisher numberWER 6247-2 Wergo