John Cage Vol.33 The Works for Violin 6
The String Quartets 4
John Cage:
CD1: 44 Harmonies from Apartment House 1776 (1976) 70:17
Arranged for String Quartet by Irvine Arditti (1999-2000)
1. Harmony I: Cookfield - Lyon 1:33
2. Harmony II: Mansfield - Billings 1:25
3. Harmony III: Funeral Anthem - Billings 2:51
4. Harmony IV: Lift up your heads, O ye gates - French 12:00
5. Harmony V: The Lord Descended - Billings 13:19
6. Harmony VI: Psalm 17 - Lyon 1:01
7. Harmony VII: Larr's Lane - Law 0:59
8. Harmony VIII: Tyndale - Law 0:46
9. Harmony IX: Dover - Law 0:44
10. Harmony X: Is there not an appointed time? - Lyon 6:35
11. Harmony XI: Wheeler's Point - Billings 1:04
12. Harmony XII: Littleton - Law 0:51
13. Harmony XIII: Worchester - Billings 1:41
14. Harmony XIV: Brunswick - Lyon 0:41
15. Harmony XV: Bellingham - Billings 1:21
16. Harmony XVI: Detroit - Law 0:33
17. Harmony XVII: Association - French 0:57
18. Harmony XVIII: Old North - Billings 2:11
19. Harmony IXX: New York - Law 4:40
20. Harmony XX: O give thanks - Lyon 5:15
21. Harmony XXI: Heath - Billings 1:45
22. Harmony XXII: Wisdom - French 3:10
23. Harmony XXIII: St. Hellens - Billings 1:05
24. Harmony XXIV: St. Thomas - Billings 2:05
25. Harmony XXV: Rapture - Belcher 1:37
CD2: 44 Harmonies from Apartment House 1776 (1976) 32:35
continued
1. Harmony XXVI: Judea - Billings 1:14
2. Harmony XXVII: Reflection - Belcher 1:15
3. Harmony XXVIII: Greenwich - Law 5:39
4. Harmony XXIX: Trumpet - Law 0:57
5. Harmony XXX: Tempest - Law 1:36
6. Harmony XXXI: New Windsor - Law 0:57
7. Harmony XXXII: Litchfield - Law 0:37
8. Harmony XXXIII: Newburn - Billings 0:36
9. Harmony XXXIV: St. Peters - Lyon 0:32
10. Harmony XXXV: Framingham - Billings 3:37
11. Harmony XXXVI: 57th Psalm Tune - Lyon 0:43
12. Harmony XXXVII: Coelestis - French 1:34
13. Harmony XXXVIII: The Lord is ris'n - Billings 4:49
14. Harmony XXXIX: Weymouth - Billings 3:03
15. Harmony XL: The New 50th Psalm Tune - Lyon 0:58
16. Harmony XLI: Standish Tune - Lyon 0:40
17. Harmony XLII: Rapture - Belcher 1:41
18. Harmony XLIII: Castel St. - Law 1:02
19. Harmony XLIV: Bloomfield - Law 1:05
THE ARDITTI QUARTET
Irvine Arditti, violin
Graeme Jennings, violin
Dov Scheindlin, viola
Rohan de Saram, cello
Cheap Imitation (1977) 31:52
20. I - 6:07
21. II - 9:13
22. III - 16:32
Irvine Arditti, violin solo
Executive Producers: Bernd Leukert, Brian Brandt
Digital recordings: July 5-7, 2000 (Harmonies) and February 3-4, 1999 (Cheap Imitation) at the Sendesaal des Hessischen
Rundfunks, Frankfurt, Germany
Produced by: Christoph Franke
Engineers: Rüdiger Orth (Harmonies) and Annelie Noll (Cheap Imitation)
24-bit Digital Mastering: Steve Puntolillo, Sonicraft
Art Direction: Brian Brandt
Photos: Tony Hutchings and Robin d'Amore
Liner Notes: James Pritchett
Translations: Sabine Feißt (German) and Martine Jore (French)
