JOHN CAGE : Atlas Eclipticalis With Winter Music

Modeレーベルのジョン・ケージ音楽シリーズ第2弾！
最大86の楽器で演奏される「Atlas Eclipticalis (1961)」と１〜20台のピアノのための「Winter Music (1957)」です。
フルート、クラリネット、トランペット、トロンボーン、ヴァイオリン、チェロ、２x打楽器によるチェンバーアンサンブル・バージョンによる「Atlas Eclipticalis」と３台のピアノによる「Winter Music」のCD1とCD２。 初CD化のJohn Cage本人指揮の'83年録音完全バージョンです。
CD3は、Melvin Strauss指揮でThe Wesleyan Symphony Orchestraによるフルオーケストラ・バージョンによる「Atlas Eclipticalis」と20台のピアノによる「Winter Music」。
アンビエントなドローンと点描なケージの代表曲！！
まだの人はぜひ。



Tracklist
Atlas Eclipticalis With Winter Music
1-1 Performance I 1:20:00
2-1 Performance II 1:19:59
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3-1 Atlas Eclipticalis 29:44
Conductor – Melvin Strauss
Engineer – David Avidor
Ensemble – The Arditti Quartet, The Hartt Contemporary Players
Orchestra – The Wesleyan Symphony Orchestra
3-2 Winter Music 10:17
Edited By – Brian Brandt
Engineer – David Avidor
Ensemble – The Callithumpian Consort
Leader [Director] – Stephen Drury
Piano – Alanna Battat, Guy Livingston, Johanna Kovitz, Mina Yang

Credits
Art Direction, Executive-Producer – Brian Brandt
Composed By – John Cage
Conductor – John Cage (tracks: 1-1 to 2-1)
Edited By [Reissue Editing], Mastered By [24-bit Mastering] – Steve Puntolillo
Engineer [Noise Reduction For Reissue] – Francis Milano (tracks: 1-1 to 2-1)
Ensemble – The New Performance Group (tracks: 1-1 to 2-1)
Liner Notes – Don Gillespie, John Cage, Matthew Kocmieroski, Stephen Drury
Liner Notes [French Translation] – Martine Jore
Liner Notes [German Translation] – Sabine Feisst
Mastered By [Extra Length 80-minute CD Mastering] – Yannick Willox (tracks: 1-1 to 2-1)
Photography By [John Cage] – Eileen Daley

Notes
Comes in cardboard case with 35-page booklet containing liner notes in English, German and French.
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Tracks 1-1 to 2-1: Atlas Eclipticalis (1961) version for chamber orchestra with Winter Music (1957) version for three pianos
The two works are performed simultaneously.
World Premiere recording of the complete edition.
Recorded live at the Cornish Theater of the Cornish Institute; Seattle, Washington on December 11, 1983.
Tape hiss and some distortions are present due to the limitations of the analogue source material.
Originally released in a 4xLP Box Set under the same catalogue number.
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Track 3-1: Atlas Eclipticalis (1961) version for orchestra
Recorded live in performance, 26 February 1988, Crowmwell Hall at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. Supervised by the composer. Previously not issued.
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Track 3-2: Winter Music (1957) version for 20 pianos
Overdubbed by four pianists to perform the parts for 20 pianos. Previously not issued.
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This is Volume 2 in Mode's series of the Music of John Cage.