Label: Mode mode 328

ボーナストラックを追加した拡張3CD版!!オリジナルはここ米現音の老舗Modeが1986年に4LPボックスで出版、ケージがコンダクターとなり演奏した、[Atlas Eclipticalis]と[Winter Music]の同時演奏という貴重な録音を収録した大作のリマスターCD化版。ケージと本作の録音場所となったシアトルのコーニッシュ音楽院の関係は1930年代に遡り、ケージはそこで教鞭をとり多くのダンス作品の伴奏者として演奏、そして新たな音楽の発見及び革新の場でもあったという。本作には80分に及ぶ2つの完全版演奏を収録、加えてアルヴィン・ルシエ、クリスチャン・ウルフも参加した88年の[Atlas Eclipticalis]、4人のピアニストが20台のピアノパートをオーバーダビングで演奏した[Winter Music]を追加。







TWO VERSIONS OF ATLAS ECLIPTICALIS WITH WINTER MUSIC CONDUCTED BY JOHN CAGE!

Cage’s relationship with the Cornish Institute in Seattle dates back to the 1930s, when he taught there and performed as accompanist for many dance pieces. Cornish was also the scene of several of his musical discoveries and innovations.

Cage’s celebrated return to the Cornish Institute in 1983 led to these recordings of his conducting Atlas Eclipticalis performed simultaneously with Winter Music – a rare opportunity to hear Cage perform his own works. Two complete 80-minute long performances are presented here, captured live in concert.

New 96khz/24-bit mastering made from the original analog tapes.

The original liner notes by John Cage and the New Performance Group’s Matthew Kocmieroski are supplemented with new essays on Atlas Eclipticalis by Cage’s long-time colleague and publisher Don Gillespie, and on Winter Music by Stephen Drury.

Originally released as a 4-LP set on Mode in 1986, reissued on CD for the first time.

BONUS TRACKS: FIRST RELEASE
The first recording of all 86 instrumental parts of Atlas Eclipticalis, recorded under Cage’s supervision at the “John Cage at Wesleyan Festival” in 1988 with all-star players including the Arditti Quartet, Alvin Lucier, Christian Wolff, Neely Bruce and others.

Winter Music, overdubbed by four pianists to perform the parts for 20 pianos, directed by acclaimed Cage interpreter Stephen Drury.



CD 1 & 2

JOHN CAGE CONDUCTS JOHN CAGE:
Atlas Eclipticalis (1961)
for chamber ensemble
with Winter Music (1957)
for 3 pianos
Live performances, 11 December 1983
Cornish Theater at the Cornish Institute, Seattle, Washington
CD 1: Performance I, 6:30 pm (80:00)
CD 2: Performance II, 8:30 pm (79:59)
The New Performance Group (Thomasa Eckert, Bun-Ching Lam, Roger Nelson, pianos ; Paul Taub, flute ; William O. Smith, clarinet ; Jim Knapp, trumpet ; Julian Priester, trombone ; Ella Gray, violin ; Walter Gray, violoncello ; Matthew Kocmieroski, Jarrad Powell, percussion)
John Cage, conductor

FIRST TIME ON CD

CD 3

COMPOSER SUPERVISED PERFORMANCES
RELEASED FOR THE FIRST TIME:
Atlas Eclipticalis (1961) (29:44)
for orchestra Live performance, 26 February 1988
Crowell Hall at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
The Wesleyan Symphony Orchestra with The Hartt Contemporary Players and The Arditti Quartet
Melvin Strauss, conductor

Winter Music (1957) (10:17)
for 20 pianos
The Callithumpian Consort: Alanna Battat, Johanna Kovitz, Guy Livingston
Mina Yang, pianos
Stephen Drury, director
(DDD recordings)