Steffen Schleiermacher -John Cage: Piano Works -PHILHARMON CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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Disc 01

01. Schleiermacher, Steffen "Music for piano 4-19 (1953)"

02. Schleiermacher, Steffen "Music for piano 20 (1953)"

03. Schleiermacher, Steffen "Music for piano 21-36, 37-52 (1955)"

04. Schleiermacher, Steffen "Variations 1 (1958)"

05. Schleiermacher, Steffen "Solo for piano (1958)"

Disc 02

01. Christof, Josef "One (1987)"

02. Christof, Josef "Twoý (1989)"

03. Schleiermacher, Steffen "One (1987)"

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John Cage schrieb sein 'Solo for Piano' in den Jahren 1957/58. Es dient zugleich als Solostimme des durch heftige Skandale berÃ¼hmt gewordenen Concert for piano and orchestra. In seiner ErlÃ¤uterung zur Klavierstimme schreibt der Komponist: "Jede Seite ist ein System fÃ¼r einen einzelnen Pianist. Das ganze muss als ein KÃ¶rper von Material aufgefasst werden, der an irgendeinem Punkt zwischen Minimum (nichts gespielt) und Maximum (alles gespielt) gezeigt werden kann, sowohl horizontal als auch vertikal: Ein innerhalb einer bestimmten Zeitdauer gemachtes Programm kann jedwelche Lesart sich schlieÃ?en, z.B. jede Reihenfolge von Teilen oder deren Stimmen." Die Ã¤uÃ?erst umfangreiche Stimme ist ein Kompendium aller von Cage in dieser Zeit benÃ¼tzten Kompositionstechniken. Eine GesamtauffÃ¼hrung kÃ¶nnte viele Stunden dauern. -

In the last years of his life, John Cage wrote a great many so-called 'Number Pieces' - the title indicating the number of performing musicians. While most of these pieces indicate which instruments are to be played, as well as the sounds that are to be produced, other pieces offer only general tone descriptions or a framework for choosing the tones oneself. What these pieces do have in common is time-organization: Cage designates the measure within which the tones must be played. Should one play these sound-sequences within the interval quickly, then one must wait for the beginning of the next measure in order to continue; should one play with an even slowness, the separate intervals are joined without interruption. And so, each performance of the same piece is different: in one instance an even flow of sounds, in another a pulsation of rapid responses accompanied by pauses (including all variations). An exception is 'Two²'. Here the two pianists do not play according to a stopwatch, but rather by reacting to one another: Although the piece indicates measure, it does not assign tempo or even pulse. While both interpreters play independently of each other, they may continue on to the next measure only when the other player has finished his. Cage decided on the number of tones within a measure by drawing upon the rules of Renga, Japanese linked poetry, in which the number of syllables per verse are set at 5, 7, 5, 7, 7. As the pedal is continuously depressed, the notes sound into one another and this inner structure remains undetected.

Early Piano Works recorded at Cornet Studio, June 18/19, 1993 Late Piano Works recorded in Leipzig

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PHIL06026

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