Disc 1
1-16. Four Walls (1944) 52:25
Act One
1. I - 3:14
2. II - 3:34
3. III - 2:16
4. Dance 4:01
5. IV - 4:16
6. Dance 2:07
7. V - 2:36
8. VI - 2:32
9. VII - 2:50
10. VIII - 3:11
Act Two
11. IX - 5:01
12. X - 1:49
13. XI - 4:05
14. XII - 1:22
15. XIII - 3:37
16. XIV - 5:54
17. Primitive (1942) 4:17
18. In the Name of the Holocaust (1942) 6:01
19. Quest (1935) 1:01
20. Our Spring Will Come (1943) 4:10
21. Prelude (Piano Sextet) for Six Instruments (1946) 4:56
22. Ophelia (1946) 5:16
Disc 2
1-19. Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946-1948) 50:13
1. Sonata 1 - 2:20
2. Sonata 2 - 1:43
3. Sonata 3 - 2:25
4. Sonata 4 - 2:32
5. First Interlude 2:13
6. Sonata 5 - 1:12
7. Sonata 6 - 1:39
8. Sonata 7 - 1:48
9. Sonata 8 - 2:07
10. Second Interlude 3:06
11. Third Interlude 2:24
12. Sonata 9 - 3:49
13. Sonata 10 - 2:28
14. Sonata 11 - 2:01
15. Sonata 12 - 2:15
16. Fourth Interlude 2:38
17. Sonata 13 - 3:38
18. Sonata 14 & 15 - 4:07
19. Sonata 16 - 5:48
20-22. Three Early Songs (1933) 3:02
20. Twenty Years Ago 0:38
21. It Is as it was 1:16
22. At East and Ingredients 1:08
23-24. Two Pieces for Piano (1946) 9:13
23. I - 4:42
24. II - 4:31
25. Music for Marcel Duchamp (1947) 5:04
26. Spontaneous Earth (1944) 1:36
27-29. Three Easy Pieces for Piano (1933) 2:57
27. Round for E.P.S. 1:32
28. Duo for M.M. 0:43
29. Infinite Canon for C.M. 0:42
30. The Unavailable Memory of (1944) 2:35
31-32. Two Pieces for Piano (1935/rev.1974) 2:43
31. I - 1:31
32. II - 1:12
Joshua Pierce, piano & prepared piano (all tracks); Robert White, tenor (CD1: track 9; CD2: tracks 20-22);
American Festival of Microtonal Music Ensemble: Joshua Pierce, piano. Johnny Reinhard, bassoon. John Nelson, trumpet.
David Eggar, cello. Andrew Bolotowsky, flute. Gregor Kitzis, violin. (CD1: track 21)
All digital recordings. Four Walls: November 2, 1994 at John C.Borden Auditorium, MSM, New York City. All
other works on CD1 (except track 21): November 2, 1994 and March 8, 1995 at John C.Borden Auditorium, MSM, New York
City. Prelude for Six Instruments: May 31, 1994 at John C.Borden Auditorium, MSM, New York City.
Sonatas and Interludes: recorded 'live' May 23, 1999 at New York University, New York City. Two Pieces
for Piano: August 29, 1998 at the Conservatory of Music Recital Hall, SUNY-Purchase, NY. Three Easy
Pieces and Three Early Songs: December 19, 2000 at the Conservatory of Music Recital Hall,
SUNY-Purchase, NY. All other works on CD2: March 11, 2000 at Lefrak Concert Hall, Colden Center for the Performing
Arts, Flushing, New York.
Produced by Joshua Pierce and Bill Siegmund.
Engineered and edited by Bill Siegmund at Digital Paradise Island Studios, New York City, using Sonic Solutions.
Engineered by David L. Barnes (Sonatas and Interludes only).
Mastered by Richard Price, Squires Productions, Elmsford, NY.
Liner Notes (52-page booklet): Eric Salzman and Michele Porzio.
Translations: Equa Trading, François Couture and Giovanni Antognozzi.
Executive Producer: Giovanni Antognozzi.
Artwork & graphics: Giovanni Antognozzi.
Photo credits: Beatriz Schiller, Roberto Sedek, Peter Schaaf, Johan Elbers and Henry Grossman.
"This recording of Four Walls grew out of live performances by Joshua Pierce and dancer/choreographer Sin Cha Hong
at the Seoul NYMAX Festival and Anthology Film Archive's Courthouse Theater in New York City on October 27 and 28,
1994, marking the work's fiftieth anniversary. Plans to extend this album as a double CD came about as a result of
Mr. Pierce's brilliant and relevatory performance of the composer's magnum opus: Sonatas and Interludes recorded
"live" at the Microthon Festival held at New York University on May 23, 1999, marking his twenty-fifth anniversary
of live performances and his association with the music of John Cage, and in particular, Sonatas and Interludes."
(from ants records newsletter).
