Brilliant Classics 9176 (3CD's)

John Cage
Piano Music
Giancarlo Simonacci



John Cage:

CD1:
1-3. 3 Easy Pieces (1933) 3:11
    1. I Round 1:56
    2. II Duo 0:42
    3. III Infinite Canon 0:47
4. Quest (1935)
5-9. Metamorphosis (1938) 13:29
    5. I 2:16
    6. II 2:37
    7. III 5:05
    8. IV 1:14
    9. V 2:27
10. Jazz Study (1942) 2:34
11-13. Triple-paced No.1 (1943)
    11. I 0:56
    12. II 0:51
    13. III 0:33
14. Ad lib (1943) 3:00
15. Soliloquy (1945) 2:32
16. Ophelia (1946) 6:19
17-18. 2 Pieces for Piano (1946) 7:19
    17. I 3:37
    18. II 3:42
19. In a landscape (1948) 7:58
20. Dream (1948) 6:13
21-25. Suite for toy piano (1948) 6:20
    21. I 1:17
    22. II 1:28
    23. III 1:10
    24. IV 1:33
    25. V 0:52
26-32. Seven Haiku (1951-52) 2:05
    26. I 0:13
    27. II 0:11
    28. III 0:23
    29. IV 0:16
    30. V 0:24
    31. VI 0:18
    32. VII 0:20
33. For M. C. and D. T. (1952) 0:48
34. Waiting (1952) 3:38

CD2:
1-3. Erik Satie/John Cage: Socrate for 2 pianos (1918 - 1944/47/68) 28:57
    1. I. Portrait de Socrate (Le Banquet) 6:28
    2. II. Bords de l’Iliussus (Phèdre) 6:52
    3. III. Morte de Socrate (Phédon) 15:37
4-6. Cheap Imitation (1969) 31:13
    4. I 6:03
    5. II 9:02
    6. III 16:08

CD3:
Etudes Boreales (versions for piano solo, for cello solo, for cello & piano) (1978)
1-4. Solo Piano 22:23
    1. I 5:36
    2. II 5:31
    3. III 5:38
    4. IV 5:38
5-8. Solo Cello 22:14
    5. I 5:28
    6. II 5:40
    7. III 5:29
    8. IV 5:37
9-12. Cello and Piano 22:52
    9. I 5:45
    10. II 5:44
    11. III 5:39
    12. IV 5:44

Giancarlo Simonacci, Gabriella Morelli, piano. Marco Simonacci, cello.

Recording: June 2009 at Fazioli Hall in Sacile, Italy
Producer: Giancarlo Simonacci
Recording Engineers: Matteo Costa, Gabriele Robotti
CD released in June (Europe)/ July (USA) 2010

Sources: Original CD and JPC website