John Cage : One4, Four [All Versions], Twenty-Nine / Christina Fong, Karen K | ||||
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(List Price: $24.97) Availability: In Stock Sell date: 11/2005 Label: Ogreogress Productions Mfg's Catalog#: 7346293 CDC Part#: 714063 Add to Basket
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1st recording of a final work for chamber orchestra
Full title is: John Cage: One4, Four [all versions], Twenty-Nine All Music Guide Title is: Cage: Four; Twenty-Nine Featured Performer: John Cage SPARS: DDD Length: 66:22 Released: 2002 Booklet: 5 pages Booklet printed in the following languages: English
Tiny, Internet-only OgreOrgress productions label, based in Grand Rapids, MI, has managed to score a coup in introducing at least two Cage premieres on its John Cage: Number Pieces 4. Percussionist Glenn Freeman is heard in the relatively low-key One4, with the player only stepping out on occasion from a six-minute-long veil of silence. It is attractive, but a bit more engaging are the six versions of Cage's final string quartet Four. In Cage's own description: 'There are three five-minute sections, A-C each having flexible time brackets and one which is fixed. There are four parts, each of which can be played by any of the players.' In this performance Christina Fong presumably takes the violin and viola parts through overdubbing and Karen Krummel provides the cello, although Fong is the most prominent player here. Each section is presented twice, and through suggested re-programming of the disc the listener can arrange this performance into versions lasting 10, 20, or 30 minutes. One wonders if the listener will bother to take the time to set up these strategies, but hearing the piece straight through is still a good way to acquaint oneself with Four and its lonely sonorities. The concluding Twenty-Nine lasts in minutes as long as its title. Here Fong and Krummel are joined by Freeman and bassist Michael Crawford. What starts as a disconnected set of pitches evolves into a wheezy, harmonium-like drone by about the 13th minute, and ultimately this sound spreads apart, like the blooming of a flower, for the rest of the duration. Twenty-Nine requires patience, but is a highly rewarding listening experience and very well realized in this recording. The only real letdown with John Cage: Number Pieces 4 is that the liner notes are printed in a broken spiral on the surface of the disc, making them nearly impossible to read by this notoriously far-sighted reviewer; others may not have this problem. Despite the rather fair cost of the disc, John Cage: Number Pieces 4 will prove a premium for Cageans who decide to take the plunge. ~ Uncle Dave Lewis, All Music Guide
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One4, for percussion
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Four, for string quartet: A
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Four, for string quartet: B
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Four, for string quartet: C
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Four, for string quartet: A
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Four, for string quartet: B
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Four, for string quartet: C
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Twenty-Nine, for 4 percussionists, piano & strings (no violins)
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