Singer Pur - Modulationes Sex Vocum - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

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. Album Tracks 1. Music for Piano 4-19 2. Music for Piano 20 3. Music for Piano~Music for Piano 21-36, 37-52 4. Variations I 5. Solo for Piano 1. One for piano solo 2. Two for two pianos, four hands 3. One for piano solo

Album Tracks 1. Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 2. Bethany, Nearer, My God, to Thee 3. Propior Deo, Nearer, My God, to Thee 4. Horbury, Nearer, My God, to Thee 5. Pieces D'orgue, Op. 10 No. 1. in Memoriam Titanic 6. Preludes, Book 1 No. 10. La Cathedrale Engloutie (Arr. for Organ) 7. Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 35, Funeral March (Arr. M.E. Bossi) 8. Meeresstille Und Gluckliche Fahrt (Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage), Op. 27 (Arr. for Organ) 9. Meeresstille, Op. 3, No. 2, D. 216 (Arr. for Organ) 10. Der Fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman) (Excerpts) (Arr. F. X. Franz) 1. Toccata in G Major 2. Barcarole, Op. 46 (Arr. E. Lemare) 3. 4 Organ Pieces in Free Style in E minor No. 4. Grand Fantasia, the Storm 4. Barcarolle 5. Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, B. 178, from the New World I. Adagio - Allegro Molto (Arr. F. X. Franz) 6. Eh, Ukhnyem (Song of the Volga Boatmen) (Arr. H. Cady) 7. Alt-Wiener Walzer (Old Vienna Waltz) 8. Le Tango Du Reve (Arr. for Organ) 9. My Isle of Golden Dreams 10. Pawnee (Arr. for Organ) 11. Ting-A-Ling 12. Ay-Ay-Ay, Serenata Criolla (Creole Serenade) 13. Eternal Father, Strong to Save, Melita (Arr. for Organ) 14. Abide with Me (Arr. for Organ)

The outstanding pianist Anna Kavalerova's program on this includes such masterpieces as the deeply philosophical Symphonic Etudes by Robert Schumann, Rachmaninov's highly emotional and tragic Variations on a Theme by Corelli, and brilliant Variations by Kapustin, a cycle full of charm, good humour, and virtuosity. Listening to this album we can enjoy the monumental program of three cycles of variations. Anna Kavalerova's program of Schumann, Rachmaninov and Kapustin's Variations was performed in her recitals around the world and was met with the warmest reception and a fantastic feedback everywhere. Highly professional and an incredibly gifted musician, Anna Kavalerova shows us her own approach to this immortal music and inspires the listeners to ask themselves new questions regarding life, emotions, and the purpose of our existence in this world. Album Tracks 1. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13~Theme. Andante 2. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13~No. 1, Var. 1 3. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13~No. 2, Var. 2 4. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13~No. 3, Vivace 5. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13~No. 4, Var. 3 6. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13~No. 5, Var. 4 7. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13~No. 6, Var. 5 8. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13~Supplemental Var. 4 9. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13~Supplemental Var. 5 10. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13~No. 7, Var. 6 11. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13~No. 8, Var. 7 12. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13~No. 9, Presto possibile 13. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13~Supplemental Var. 2 14. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13~No. 10, Var. 8 15. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13~No. 11, Var 9 16. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13~No. 12, Finale 17. Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42~Theme. Adante 18. Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42~Var. 1. Poco più mosso 19. Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42~Var. 2. L'istesso tempo 20. Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42~Var. 3. Tempo di minuett 21.