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John Cage

Sonates Et Interludes Pour Piano Préparé (LP)

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1980 re-issue as a single LP on Harmonia Mundi's distinctively packaged "Musique d'abord" series of the seminal first album of music by Cage with his landmark 1946-48 compositions performed by Maro Ajemian, originally released in 1951 as a double LP set on Dial. French text.

condition (record/cover): NM / EX - Die-cut sleeve with insert in plastic bag.

A French pressing of John Cage's Sonatas And Interludes on Harmonia Mundi - the label better associated with early music and historical performance practice, whose occasional forays into the 20th-century repertoire carry a particular curatorial weight. That Sonatas And Interludes found a home here speaks to the work's gradual absorption into something like a mainstream classical repertoire, a process that took decades and remains incomplete. A document of the work's European reception.

Details
Cat. number: HM 730
Year: 1980

Release notes

White sleeve with cutout for labels has orange printing on front and text in French. Back cover is a label catalog printed in brown (with a different set of items advertised as compared to [r324190], see right column of back cover). With insert. Label variation with shell logo at top. Made in France. The label lists "Sonate IX" as track B1, but this is actually not on the disc. The track list above lists what is actually on the disc.

Tracklist
A1Sonate I
A2Sonate II
A3Sonate III
A4Sonate IV
A5Interlude I
A6Sonate V
A7Sonate VI
A8Sonate VII
A9Sonate VIII
A10Interlude II
A11Interlude III
B1Sonate X
B2Sonate XI
B3Sonate XII
B4Interlude IV
B5Sonate XIII
B6Sonate XIV
B7Sonate XV
B8Sonate XVI
Credits
John Cage
Composed By
Daniel Charles
Liner Notes
Maro Ajemian
Piano

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