CD 1:
1. Christian Wolff: For Magnetic Tape (1952) [pt.1 of 4] 5:24
Dance: Suite by Chance (1952)
2. Christian Wolff: For Piano I (1952)* 5:19
Dance: Untitled Solo (1953)
David Tudor, piano
3. John Cage: Music for Piano 1–20 (1954)** 16:13
Dance: Minutiae (1954)
John Cage, David Tudor, pianos
4. Earle Brown: Indices (1955) [excerpt] 20:51
piano reduction of Indices (1954)(ballet version)
Dance: Springweather and People (1955)
David Tudor, piano
5. Bo Nilsson: Quantitäten (1958)*** 12:31
Dance: Night Wandering (1958)
David Tudor, piano
* Recorded on tour in 1972
** Recorded in 1954
***Recorded on tour in 1968
CD 2:
1. Morton Feldman: Ixion (1958)* 20:21
Dance: Summerspace (1958)
John Cage, David Tudor, pianos
2. John Cage: Variations V (1965)** [excerpt] 13:41
Dance: Variations V (1965)
John Cage, David Tudor, Gordon Mumma, live electronics
3. Gordon Mumma: Mesa (1966)*** 19:38
Dance: Place (1966)
David Tudor, bandoneon; Gordon Mumma, live-electronic cybersonic processing
4. Toshi Ichiyanagi: Activities for Orchestra (1962)**** 24:09
Dance: Scramble (1967)
David Behrman, viola; John Cage, piano, voice, percussion;
Gordon Mumma, horns, live electronics; David Tudor, piano,
live electronics; Malcolm Goldstein, violin; Max Neuhaus, percussion
* Recorded in Stockholm for rehearsal late 1950s
** Recorded November 11, 1966, Paris
*** Recorded November 9, 1966, Paris
****Recorded on tour in May 1968
CD 3:
1. David Behrman: … for nearly an hour… (1968)* [excerpt] 3:23
Dance: Walkaround Time (1968)
Valda Setterfield, Carolyn Brown, Barbara Dilley Lloyd,
Beverly Emmons, voices
2. Pauline Oliveros: In Memoriam: Nikola Tesla, Cosmic Engineer (1969)** [excerpt] 9:44
Dance: Canfield (1969)
John Cage, Gordon Mumma, Jean Rigg, David Tudor, voices,
live electronics, acoustical-space sound-activators
3. Christian Wolff: For 1, 2, or 3 People (1964)** [excerpt] 12:07
Dance: Tread (1970)
David Tudor, baroque organ, live electronics
4. Christian Wolff: Burdocks (1971)** [excerpt] 16:59
Dance: Borst Park (1972)
David Behrman, viola; John Cage, percussion; Gordon Mumma,
horn, cornet; David Tudor, bandoneon; Garrett List, trombone;
Frederic Rzewski, piano
5. John Cage, Gordon Mumma, David Tudor: 52/3 (1972)** [excerpt] 16:39
Dance: Landrover (1972)
John Cage, piano; Gordon Mumma, live electronics;
David Tudor, live electronics
6. Gordon Mumma: Telepos (1972)*** 18:27
Dance: TV Rerun (1972)
Gordon Mumma controlling sounds activated by dancers
with telemetry-accelerometer belts
* Recorded in 1968 in Buffalo, New York
** Recorded on tour in 1972
*** Recorded September 12, 1972, Venice
CD 4:
1. David Tudor: Toneburst (1975)* 17:45
Dance: Sounddance (1975)
David Tudor, live electronics
2. Takehisa Kosugi: S.E. Wave/E.W. Song (1976)** [excerpt] 13:03
Dance: Squaregame (1976)
Takehisa Kosugi, violin, voice, live electronics
3. Maryanne Amacher: Remainder (1976) [excerpt] 14:55
Dance: Torse (1976)
Tape
4. Jon Gibson: Equal Distribution (1977)*** [excerpt] 12:14
Dance: Fractions 1 (1977)
Jon Gibson, flute and live electronics
5. John Cage: Inlets (1977)**** [excerpt] 10:17
Dance: Inlets (1977)
John Cage, Paeder Mercier, Mel Mercier, conch shells with water;
John David Fullemann, foghorn, tape
* Recorded March 12, 1976, Perth, Australia
** Recorded December 15, 1976, Tokyo
*** Recorded October 8, 1978, New York
**** Recorded October 27, 1983, Roubaix, France
CD 5:
1. David Tudor: Weatherings (1978)* [excerpt] 14:54
Dance: Exchange (1978)
David Tudor, live electronics
2. Yasunao Tone: Geography and Music (1979)** [excerpt] 21:18
Dance: Roadrunners (1979)
John Cage, Takehisa Kosugi, voice; David Tudor, piano;
Martin Kalve, qin; Chinese text read aloud by Yoshiharu Suenobu
3. David Tudor: Phonemes (1981)*** [excerpt] 14:00
Dance: Channels/Inserts (1981)
David Tudor, live electronics
4. David Tudor: Sextet for Seven (1982)**** 18:15
Dance: Quartet (1982)
David Tudor, live electronics
*Recorded September 14, 1991, Paris
**Recorded October 20, 1983, Leuven, Belgium
***Recorded November 29, 1992, Tel Aviv
**** Recorded March 24, 1990, New York City
CD 6:
1. Takehisa Kosugi: Spacings (1984)* 23:52
Dance: Doubles (1984)
Takehisa Kosugi, live electronics
2. John King: gliss in sighs (1985)** 16:19
Dance: Native Green (1985)
John King, pre-recorded and live electric prepared violin
3. John Cage: Voiceless Essay (1986) [excerpt] 10:58
Dance: Points in Space (1986)
Tape
4. David Tudor: Webwork (1987)*** [excerpt] 10:46
Dance: Shards (1987)
David Tudor, live electronics
5. Michael Pugliese: Peace Talks (1989)**** [excerpt] 11:44
Dance: August Pace (1989)
Takehisa Kosugi, sitar, percussion; Michael Pugliese, percussion
*Recorded March 20, 1988, New York City
**Recorded March 12, 1985, New York City
***Recorded March 17, 1988, New York City
****Recorded November 13, 1990, Bangalore, India
CD 7:
1. Takehisa Kosugi: Spectra (1989)* 20:29
Dance: Cargo X (1989)
Takehisa Kosugi, live electronics, percussion with contact mics,
voice; David Tudor, Michael Pugliese, live electronics,
percussion with contact mics
2. John Cage: Sculptures Musicales (1989)** [excerpt] 12:14
Dance: Inventions (1989)
Takehisa Kosugi, David Tudor, Michael Pugliese, various
acoustic and electronic constant sounds
3. David Tudor (1926–1996): Virtual Focus (1990)*** [excerpt] 15:15
Dance: Polarity (1990)
David Tudor, live electronics
4. John Cage: Four3 (1991)**** [excerpt] 15:24
Dance: Beach Birds (1991)
Takehisa Kosugi, rainsticks, oscillator; David Tudor, piano,
rainsticks; Michael Pugliese, piano, rainsticks;
John D.S. Adams, rainsticks
5. David Tudor: Neural Network Plus (1992)***** [excerpt] 13:28
Dance: Enter (1992)
David Tudor, Takehisa Kosugi, live electronics
* Recorded July 26, 1989, Cannes
**Recorded June 23, 1991, Zurich
***Recorded October 6, 1990, Paris
****Recorded June 26, 1992, McGill Recording Studios, Montreal (studio recording)
*****Recorded June 5, 1994, Lisbon, Portugal
CD 8:
1. John King: blues ’99 (1993)* [excerpt] 19:10
Dance: CRWDSPCR (1993)
John King, pre-recorded dobro guitar, live electronics;
David Tudor, live electronics
2. Stuart Dempster: Underground Overlays (1995)** [excerpt] 15:22
Dance: Ground Level Overlay (1995)
Stuart Dempster, garden hose, conch; Chad Kirby, conch;
Takehisa Kosugi, conch
3. John Cage: Four6 (1992)*** [excerpt] 11:17
Dance: Rondo (1996)
Paul DeMarinis, laptop; Takehisa Kosugi, percussion, contact mic,
tape, live electronics, voice; Jim O’Rourke, laptop; Stuart Dempster, trombone
4. Takehisa Kosugi: Wave Code A–Z (1997)**** [excerpt] 14:42
Dance: Scenario (1997)
Takehisa Kosugi, electric violin, live electronics
5. Christian Wolff: Or 4 People (1994)***** [excerpt] 6:16
Dance: Rune (1959)
Christian Wolff, piano, melodica; Takehisa Kosugi, live electronics,
violin, harmonica; Jim O’Rourke, laptop; Stuart Dempster, trombone
*Recorded February 26, 1994, Madison, Wisconsin
**Recorded May 2, 1996, Seattle, Washington
***Recorded April 4, 1998, Berkeley, California
****Recorded November 27, 1999, Lyon
*****Recorded July 23, 1999, New York City
CD 9:
1. John Cage: 108 and One8 (1991)* [excerpt] 14:18
Dance: Interscape (2000)
Loren Dempster, cello; Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice,
Arturo Tamayo, conductor
2. John King: longtermparking (2002)** [excerpt] 15:31
Dance: Fluid Canvas (2002)
John King, laptop
3. David Behrman: Long Throw (2007)*** [excerpt] 18:25
Dance: eyeSpace (2007)
David Behrman, laptop; Takehisa Kosugi, electric violin;
John King, electric guitar, viola; Christian Wolff, prepared piano
4. Annea Lockwood: Jitterbug (2007)**** [excerpt] 20:19
Dance: eyeSpace (2007)
John King, electric guitar, viola, live electronics; David Behrman,
laptop, zither; Stephan Moore, live electronics
*Recorded September 29, 2000, Venice
**Recorded September 10, 2002, London
***Recorded October 22, 2007, Melbourne
****Recorded January 26, 2008, Stanford, California
CD 10:
EVENTS (1993–2009)
1. Event—February 16, 1993, Red Wing, Minnesota 5:58
David Tudor, live electronics; Takehisa Kosugi, electric violin
2. Event—September 14, 1996, Annemasse, France 5:53
David Behrman, laptop, percussion; Takehisa Kosugi, electric violin,
live electronics; Fast Forward, steel pan, objects
3. Event—June 5, 1997, Frankfurt 7:30
David Behrman, laptop, voice; Takehisa Kosugi, electric violin;
Steve Lacy, soprano saxophone
4. Event—September 12, 1998, Minneapolis 5:22
Takehisa Kosugi, live electronics; Jim O’Rourke, laptop;
Christian Marclay, turntables
5. Event—September 29, 2002, Oslo 4:12
Takehisa Kosugi, live electronics, percussion, voice; James Woodrow,
electric guitar, live electronics
6. Event—October 30, 2002, Munich 6:51
Takehisa Kosugi, voice, live electronics; Christian Wolff, piano,
melodica, percussion
7. Event—December 14, 2004, New York City 3:54
David Behrman, laptop, violin, psalter; John King, electric guitar,
live electronics; George Lewis, trombone, laptop
8. Event—December 15, 2004, New York City 6:56
Christian Wolff, piano, melodica, percussion; Marina Rosenfeld, turntables,
live electronics; Ikue Mori, laptop
9. Event—December 18, 2004, New York City 6:35
John King, electric guitar, live electronics; George Lewis, trombone, laptop
10. Event—June 14, 2005, London 5:21
John King, electric guitar, live electronics; Philip Selway, drum machine,
live electronics; Robin Rimbaud (aka Scanner), laptop
11. Event—June 17, 2005, London 8:44
John King, electric guitar, live electronics; John Paul Jones, electric
triple-neck mandolin, live electronics;
Stephen Montague, prepared piano, percussion
12. Event—June 23, 2007, New Caanan, Connecticut 3:09
David Behrman, laptop, recorder, guitar; John King, electric guitar,
live electronics; Christian Wolff, electric guitar, melodica
13. Event—February 22, 2009, Beacon, New York 5:17
Brenda Hutchinson, long tube, voice, live electronics; Ikue Mori, laptop;
Robyn Schulkowsky, percussion; Christian Wolff, electric guitar, melodica
All works are excerpted from complete performances.
Live recordings taped during and in connection with performances by the Merce Cunningham
Dance Company. The tapes are archived as the Merce Cunningham Dance Company Collection
Sound Archive, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, and are used with the kind
permission of the New York Public Library.
Quantitäten, Variations V, Mesa, Activities for Orchestra, Burdocks, Landrover, and Telepos recorded and
restored by Gordon Mumma. For Magnetic Tape, For Piano I, Music for Piano and Ixion restored by
Gordon Mumma.
CD released in December 2010
