The 25-year retrospective concert of the music of John Cage.
| Author/creator | Cage, John |
| Format | Audio (CD) |
| Publication Info | Mainz : Wergo : [dist. HM USA], ℗1994. |
| Description | 3 audio discs : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Joyce, James, 1882-1941. Finnegans wake. |
| Other author/creator | Carmen, Arline singer. |
| Other author/creator | Cage, John instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Ajemian, Maro, instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Tudor, David, 1926-1996 instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Cunningham, Merce conductor. |
| Included Work | Cage, John. Solo with obbligato accompaniment. Short inventions. |
| Included Work | Cage, John. Construction, no. 1. |
| Included Work | Cage, John. Imaginary landscape, no. 1. |
| Included Work | Cage, John. Wonderful widow of eighteen springs. |
| Included Work | Cage, John. She is asleep. Quartet. |
| Included Work | Cage, John. She is asleep. Duet. |
| Included Work | Cage, John. Sonatas and interludes, piano. Selections. |
| Included Work | Cage, John. Music, carillon, no. 1. |
| Included Work | Cage, John. Williams mix. |
| Included Work | Cage, John. Concert, piano, orchestra. |
| Other author/creator | Manhattan Percussion Ensemble performer. |
| Uniform title | Works. Selections |
| Variant title | Twenty-five-year retrospective concert of the music of John Cage |
| Series | Music 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 note | Wergo: WER 6247-2 (another no.: 296247-2). |
| General note | UPC from label on container. |
| General note | Distributor from label on container. |
| General note | Compact disc; digitally remastered. |
| General note | Program 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 note | Recorded at Town Hall, New York City, May 15, 1958. |
| UPC | 9304695302 |
| Publisher number | 286 247-2 Wergo |
| Publisher number | WER 6247-2 Wergo |