{"id":1021,"date":"2018-11-29T22:12:36","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T02:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/?p=1021"},"modified":"2018-11-29T22:12:36","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T02:12:36","slug":"music_web_review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/music_web_review\/","title":{"rendered":"CD REVIEW: John. Cage. Guitar. – MusicWeb International"},"content":{"rendered":"

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STONE RECORDS 50601927 80833<\/p>\n

Stone who have established a name for their song series including embracing long-needed projects, such as the output of C.W. Orr, here branch out in unaccustomed directions.<\/p>\n

A Room<\/em>\u00a0is an insistent little minimalistic mood piece. The\u00a0Three Easy Pieces<\/em>\u00a0are amicable \"\"diminutives. There is no obstacle to cool enjoyment and any fears about Cage and the avant-garde are misplaced. The\u00a0Chess Pieces<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Dream <\/em>throw out plenty of variety of atmosphere and, within the confines of a cool shadowed world, exploit the confiding and orating of Aaron Larget-Caplan’s guitar.\u00a0Six Melodies<\/em>\u00a0for violin and guitar are a shade, but often only a shade, more complicated. After six tracks of Cage, the tunefully atmospheric music-smith, one\u2019s mind and ears are ready for the\u00a0Melodies<\/em>‘ gloriously creaking match and mismatch carried by violin and guitar. These\u00a0Melodies<\/em>, mercurially varied and each radiating the feel of a journey, occasionally carry the suggestion of baroque Iberian courts.\u00a0In a Landscape<\/em>\u00a0is an interplay of shadows, dripping archways and rilled watercourses. The music here is about patiently moving water rather than torrents; it would make a tasty companion to Rodrigo’s\u00a0Aranjuez<\/em>\u00a0concerto.\u00a0Bacchanale<\/em>\u00a0revels in discontinuity including deadened wood-splintering resonances. Somewhere in the mix is the sound of the koto for which Cage’s similarly inclined friend, Henry Cowell, wrote a concerto premiered by Eto Kimei and conducted by Stokowski in 1964.<\/p>\n

The notes, which address the individual works, Cage from various perspectives and artist profiles are by Aaron Larget-Caplan.<\/p>\n

This disc, quite properly, knows no fear in its blend of delicacy, complexity and amiable simplicity.<\/p>\n

Rob Barnett<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

John CAGE (1912-1992)<\/strong>
\nA Room<\/em>\u00a0(1943) [2:35]
\nThree Easy Pieces<\/em>\u00a0(1933) [4:06]
\nChess Pieces<\/em>\u00a0(1944) [7:52]
\nDream<\/em>\u00a0(1948) [7:06]
\nSix Melodies<\/em>\u00a0for violin and guitar (1944) [12:34]
\nIn a Landscape<\/em>\u00a0(1948) [8:36]
\nBacchanale<\/em>\u00a0for two prepared guitars (1940) [10:38]
\nAaron Larget-Caplan (guitar, prepared guitar)
\nSharan Leventhal (violin)
\nAdam Levin (prepared guitar)
\nrec. 2017\/18, Massachusetts, Boston
\nSTONE RECORDS 50601927 80833<\/strong>\u00a0[54:03]<\/p>\n

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CAGE Guitar – STONE RECORDS 50601927 80833 [RB] Classical Music Reviews: November 2018 – MusicWeb-International<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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