25-Year Retrospective Concert of the Music of John Cage
LP1: Side A
1. Six Short Inventions for Seven Instruments (1934) 5:24
2. [First] Construction in Metal (1939) 9:06
3. Imaginary Lanscape No.1 (1939) 9:00 Side B
1. The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs (1942) 2:33
2-3. She is Asleep (1943) 5:01+8:09
LP2: Side A
1-5. Sonatas and Interludes (1946-48) 14:27
1. Sonata I 2:50
2. Sonata II 2:19
3. Sonata III 2:53
4. Sonata IV 2:56
5. First Interlude 3:29 Side B
1-5. Sonatas and Interludes (1946-48) 14:03
1. Sonata V 1:28
2. Sonata VI 2:11
3. Sonata VII 2:25
4. Sonata VIII 2:52
5. Second Interlude 5:07
LP3: Side A
1. Music for Carillon [No.1] (1952) 4:46
2. Williams Mix (1952) 5:43 Side B
1. Concert for Piano and Orchestra (1957-58) 26:26
LP1
A1: Anahid Ajemian, violin. Burton Fisch, William Gromko, violas. Joan Brockway, cello. Andrew Lolya, alto flute.
Melvyn Broiles, trumpet. Albert Kaufman, clarinet. John Cage, conductor
A2: Manhattan Percussion Ensemble. David Tudor, piano. Paul Price, conductor.
A3: John Cage, Xenia Cage, Doris Dennison, Margaret Jansen, percussion and electronic devices.
B1: Arline Carmen, voice. John Cage, piano
B2-3: Arline Carmen, voice. John Cage, piano. Manhattan Percussion Ensemble: Paul Price, Michael Colgrass, Warren Smith,
Philip Brown, percussion
LP2: Maro Ajemian, prepared piano
LP3
A1: David Tudor, electronic carillon
B: David Tudor, piano. Anahid Ajemian, violin. Burton Fisch, William Gromko, violas. Joan Brockway, cello. Melvyn Broiles,
trumpets in F, E flat, D, C and B flat. Albert Kaufman, clarinet in B flat. Andrew Lolya, alto flute, flute and piccolo.
Allan Martin, Isadore Cohen, violins. Jesse Taiko, double bass. Sy Schwartzberg, bassoon and baritone saxophone.
Frank Rehak, sliding trombone. Don Butterfield, tubas in F and B flat. Merce Cunningham, conductor
Recorded (mono): May 15, 1958 at Town Hall, New York City.
Artwork by Jerry Lieberman
Artwork by The Composing Room, Inc.
Liner Notes: George Avakian, John Cage
Photography: Bob Cato, Robert Rauschenberg, George Moffett, Remy Charlip
Producers: George Avakian, Emile de Antonio, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg
Recorded by Robert E. Blake
LP released in 1958.
Currently available on CD: Wergo WER 6247-2
