VA — A Chance Operation: The John Cage Tribute (1993)
FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans) | 2h 20 min | Classical | 604 MB
CD 1:
1. Kronos Quartet — Cage: Excerpt from Thirty Pieces for String Quartet
3. Patrick Moraz — Cage: Three Dances for Two Prepared Pianos, Dance #1
6. Jackson Mac Low / Anne Tardos: First Four-Language Word Event
15. Christian Wolff: Six Melodies Variation for Solo Violin — Roger Zahab, violin
19. Ken Nordine: A Cage Went in Search of a Bird
27. Earle Brown — Cage: Three Solos for Trumpet from the Concert for Piano and Orchestra
41. Laurie Anderson: Cunningham Stories (At the Age of Twelve…)
49. Ryuichi Sakamoto: Haiku FM
53. Larry Austin: art is self-alteration is Cage is… — Robert Black, double bass
64. David Tudor: Webwork, music for the Cunningham dance Shards
70. Yoko Ono: Georgia Stone
CD 2:
1. Laurie Anderson: Cunningham Stories (Merce Cunningham Phoned His Mother…)
5. Oregon: Chance/Choice
11. Takehisa Kosugi: 75 Letters and Improvisation
19. David Van Tieghem — Cage: Living Room Music
27. James Tenney: Ergodos 1 for John Cage
33. Laurie Anderson: Cunningham Stories (Every Morning…)
40. Robert Ashley: Factory Preset
51. Frank Zappa — Cage: 4\’33\’\’
56. John Cale: In Memoriam John Cage — Call Waiting
64. Meredith Monk — Cage: Aria
79. Laurie Anderson: Cunningham Stories (The Cunningham Company…)
82. New York City (recorded outside of John Cage\’s apartment in New York City)
This collection features works by various luminaries in the international avant-garde perfog works by or in memoriam of the iconoclastic composer John Cage. Performances range from David Tudor\’s electronic explorations to Patrick Moraz\’s performance of Cage\’s \»Dances for Prepared Piano.\» The irony will not be lost on fans of Cage\’s work that a recorded tribute album for a composer who disliked the recorded medium is at best a strange tribute. But that said, considering the uniqueness of the collection — and indeed the clout of the listed performers — even the most orthodox of Cage disciples will be pleased with this recording. Each disc of this two-disc set is split up into nearly 100 tracks, making either a special treat or grand annoyance for those with the shuffle-play feature on their CD players. Laurie Anderson is featured reading texts by Cage over her own compositions on several tracks, and these add a fair amount of unity to this sprawling collection. The final work on this recording is entitled \»New York City\» and is an ambient recording of the environment outside Cage\’s apartment.
