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Cage, J.: Credo in Us / Imaginary Landscapes Nos. 1 and 3 /

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Composer
CAGE, JOHN
Artist
Daniel Charles
Format
CD
Label
Wergo
Released
Sep 01, 2001
Catalog #
WER66512
UPC
4010228665123

About

Ten years after their first highly estimated Cage CD "Works for Percussion" (WER 62032), Quatuor Hêlios are presenting a second one with works by the inventor of the prepared piano. In the wake of this process comes the series of the five "Imaginary Landscapes". "Credo in US" is another heroic work, particularly in the ambiguity of it's title: is Cage patriotically referring to the United States, or is he simply humanistically proving allegiance to the first person plural? And then again, doesn't this Credo relate to the 1937 manifesto whose title it reflects? Collages, layerings and overlaps clash with omnipresent wild and scattered piano bits, strewn with explosions and streaked with silences that are in themselves aggressive. In "Inlets", the performers do offer Nature what we could call a choice gift: letting it do the composing... The crackling fire or the water gurgling in the conches redefine music! Quatuor Hêlios has always been open to collaboration with composers in order to develop new contemporary percussion languages, often associating "classical" instruments, new technologies and musical theater.

Tracklist 5 tracks

  1. 1 Credo in Us 11:58
    Track
    1
    Title
    Credo in Us
    Duration
    11:58
    Composer
    John Cage
  2. 2 Imaginary Landscape No. 1 07:23
    Track
    2
    Title
    Imaginary Landscape No. 1
    Duration
    07:23
    Composer
    John Cage
  3. 3 Inlets, "Improvisation II" 09:17
    Track
    3
    Title
    Inlets, "Improvisation II"
    Duration
    09:17
    Composer
    John Cage
  4. 4 Imaginary Landscape No. 3 03:20
    Track
    4
    Title
    Imaginary Landscape No. 3
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    John Cage
  5. 5 But what about the noise of crumpling paper which he used to do in order to paint the series of Papiers froisses or tearing up paper … 16:51
    Track
    5
    Title
    But what about the noise of crumpling paper which he used to do in order to paint the series of Papiers froisses or tearing up paper …
    Duration
    16:51
    Composer
    John Cage