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"The strange beauty of the sounds (...) makes this disc such a joy" - BBC Music
"You will be surprised by the whispered ice-crystal beauty of this music." - Musicweb
"Nothing to frighten on this release: do go out, buy and enjoy." - Birmingham Post
Personnel:
Boris Berman: piano
Recording:
11-13 July 1998, St John Chrysostom Church, Newmarket, Canada
Naxos 8.554345
Track listing:
1. Sonata I
2. Sonata II
3. Sonata III
4. Sonata IV
5. First Interlude
6. Sonata V
7. Sonata VI
8. Sonata VII
9. Sonata VIII
10. Second Interlude
11. Third Interlude
12. Sonata IX
13. Sonata X
14. Sonata XI
15. Sonata XII
16. Fourth Interlude
17. Sonata XIII
18. Sonatas XIV and XV Gemini (After Richard Lippold)
19. Sonata XVI
Reviews:
BBC Music Magazine
Cage's prepared piano music might be better known by reputation than by acquaintance, but this excellent new release, part of Naxos's praiseworthy ongoing exploration of seminal 20th-century works, should persuade more people to step into the composer's eccentric sound-world. Boris Berman gives a sensitive, closely considered performance of the Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano, written in the late Forties, and seems to relish every sound he makes. The very close recording allows the listener to hear every sound and every resonance in minute detail, and it is the strange beauty of the sounds themselves under Berman's tight control that makes this disc such a joy.
Musicweb International
You will be surprised by the whispered ice-crystal beauty of this music... Written in the stultifying atmosphere of 1940s post-war USA. A very strong contender indeed and made all the more significant by having Berman at the helm. There are no competitors at this superbargain price range and very few at any price. I recall hearing Roger Woodward's Headline Decca LP many years ago and there may be Wergo CD available but I would doubt that you will better Berman and Naxos's cleanly engaging recording.
Birmingham Post
Cage's post-war coupling of prepared-piano sonorities (strings damped with screws, rubbers, strips of plastic and the like) with Scarlattian formal miniatures is here given a wonderfully robust, genuine interpretation by Boris Berman. The Gamelan sounds so sought-after by Cage in his exploration of oriental philosophies are here vividly evoked. Nothing to frighten on this release: do go out, buy and enjoy.
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