Cage,J. / Kaul,Matthias - Cage After Cage - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

John Cage - Works for Two Keyboards 3 [COMPACT DISCS] date 07/08/2014

Composed by John Cage between 1946 and 1948, InchSonatas and InterludesInch for prepared piano is one of the most famous works of the composer and one of the works most admired by listeners and performers alike, holding a key position in his catalogue of works.Several years earlier, Cage had already developed the technique of piano preparation to explore the possibilities of sound manipulation Preparation tables preceding each of his pieces indicate which materials (e.g. screws, bolts, rubber, felt or plastic elements) have to be used and where they have to be placed between the piano strings. Each object, it's size, strength, fixing method and position changes the pitch, volume, timbre and duration of the original piano sound.In comparison with Cage's earlier pieces, the preparation tables for the InchSonatas and InterludesInch are comprehensive and accurate. The preparation, which takes the pianist from two and a half to three hours, encompasses more than half of all the strings of the piano. At first, Cage thus tried to achieve a specified sound image - an ideal which he later modified InchWhen I first placed objects between piano strings, it was with the desire to possess sounds (to be able to repeat them). But, as the music left my home and went from piano to piano and from pianist to pianist, it became clear that not only are two pianists essentially different from one another, but two pianos are not the same either all led me to the enjoyment of things as they come, as they happen, rather than as they are possessed or kept or forced to be.Inch

The distance separating the composer's pen from the ears of the listeners is an emotional journey. The audience's wish, notably of contemporary music, is to comprehend the way of approaching a new work. On the other hand, the composers' wish is to be understood, welcomed, and anticipated, especially in those precious moments preceding the applause at the end of a performance. So, this time, let's try let's try to go deep inside, going back from the composer's pen to his mind. Let's go back that meter of route from the mouth of the hand to the source of creativity, and let's try to understand the inspiration, the intuitions, and also the emotions that light up Paolo Cavallone's mind. It is possible to do this with his music, because his scores show a vitality condensed in the form of a poetic language, even in the abstraction of his musical thought. The greatest interpreters of the contemporary world scene collaborate in this world premiere recording by the Abruzzese musician.