Přemysl Vojta, Ye Wu & Florence Millet – John Cage: Music For Three (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:03:13 minutes | 556 MB | Genre: Classical
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John Cage (1912-1992) holds his own special place amidst this stylistic pluralism. Although Cage did not specifically write a trio for horn, violin, and piano, his work Music For (1984) can be easily fleshed out in this instrumental lineup. Music For is a bundle of 17 parts that can be randomly associated with one another. Each possible combination represents an entirely valid version of the piece – ranging from a solo performance to piano duet, string quartet, or ensemble with voice. The version for horn trio is called Music For Three, and this version also allows for several performance alternatives.
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Florence Millet – Key Words: Piano parlando, Vol. 1 (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 45:22 minutes | 372 MB | Genre: Classical
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K E Y W O R D S , the title of this two-part concept album, uses the English word “key” ambiguously: it stands for both the piano key and the key. With one exception, key words from piano music of the 20th and 21st centuries can be found here, in a very personal selection with some first recordings. They want to pursue a fundamental question of musical interpretation and composition, “how to address people with music.” This does not mean the idea of somehow making music speak. Rather, they are “speaking” works themselves, i.e. piano music that contains specific or hidden messages, refers to poems, includes language, words or syllables, has dialogues and dialogues, can be read as a diary or tells entire stories. And it is also the piano instrument itself that appears in “voices” – whispering, stuttering, calling, hesitating.
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