The Seasons

by John Cage

The Seasons cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: ECM New Series
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:15:48
  • Community rating: 3.91/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released as part of the esteemed ECM New Series, this recording highlights early orchestral and ballet compositions by the renowned American avant-garde composer. 'The Seasons' captures Cage's transitional period, demonstrating a structured, almost neoclassical elegance before his full immersion into aleatoric and indeterminate methods. The performance by the American Composers Orchestra offers pristine insight into his mid-century compositional mindset.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, Modern, Suite, seasonal, orchestral, piano, experimental, suite, avant-garde

Tracklist

  1. Seventy-Four, Version 1 (12:11)
  2. The Seasons: Prelude 1, Winter (3:12)
  3. The Seasons: Prelude 2, Spring (3:43)
  4. The Seasons: Prelude 3, Summer (5:51)
  5. The Seasons: Prelude 4, Fall (3:49)
  6. Concerto for Prepared Piano and Chamber Orchestra: First Part (8:08)
  7. Concerto for Prepared Piano and Chamber Orchestra: Second Part (8:09)
  8. Concerto for Prepared Piano and Chamber Orchestra: Third Part (4:22)
  9. Seventy-Four, Version 2 (12:03)
  10. Suite for Toy Piano: I (1:32)
  11. Suite for Toy Piano: II (1:33)
  12. Suite for Toy Piano: III (1:27)
  13. Suite for Toy Piano: IV (1:22)
  14. Suite for Toy Piano: V (1:09)
  15. Suite for Toy Piano (Orch. Lou Harrison): I (1:43)
  16. Suite for Toy Piano (Orch. Lou Harrison): II (1:33)
  17. Suite for Toy Piano (Orch. Lou Harrison): III (1:24)
  18. Suite for Toy Piano (Orch. Lou Harrison): IV (1:35)
  19. Suite for Toy Piano (Orch. Lou Harrison): V (0:55)

Credits

  • John Cage - primary artist, composed by
  • Dennis Russell Davies - conductor
  • Margaret Leng Tan - piano [prepared piano], toy piano

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