JOHN CAGE 1912–1992

Piano Works and Cello Works

Giancarlo And Marco Simonacci

Compact Disc 1

Three Easy Pieces (1933)

1 Round 1’56

2 Duo 0’42

3 Infinite Canon 0’33

4 Quest (1935) 0’47

Metamorphosis (1938)

5 I. 2’16

6 II. 2’37

7 III. 5’05

8 IV. 1’14

9 V. 2’27

10 Jazz study (1942) 2’34

Tripled paced (first version, 1943)

11 I. 0’56

12 II. 0’51

13 III. 0’33

14 Ad lib (1943) 3’00

15 Soliloquy (1945) 2’32

16 Ophelia (1946) 6’19

Two pieces (1946)

17 I. 3’37

18 II. 3’42

19 In a landscape (1948) 7’58

20 Dream (1948) 6’13

Suite for toy piano

(version for piano, 1948)

21 I. 1’17

22 II. 1’28

23 III. 1’10

24 IV. 1’33

25 V. 0’52

Seven Haiku (1951)

26 I. 0’13

27 II. 0’11

28 III. 0’23

29 IV. 0’16

30 V. 0’24

31 VI. 0’18

32 VII. 0’20

33 For M.C. and D.T. (1952) 0’48

34 Waiting ( 1952) 3’38

Giancarlo Simonacci piano

Compact Disc 2

Erik Satie 1866–1925

Socrate (1918)

Drame symphonique en trois parties

Transcription for two pianos by Cage (1944–1968)

1 I. Portrait de Socrate 6’28

(Le Banquet)

2 II. Bords de l’Iliussus (Phèdre) 6’52

3 III. Morte de Socrate (Phédon) 15’37

Gabriella Morelli,

Giancarlo Simonacci pianos

Cheap Imitation* (1969)

4 I. 6’03

5 II. 9’02

6 III. 16’08

Giancarlo Simonacci piano

Compact Disc 3

Etudes Boreales (1978)

Solo piano

1 I. 5’36

2 II. 5’31

3 III. 5’38

4 IV. 5’38

Solo cello

5 I. 5’28

6 II. 5’40

7 III. 5’29

8 IV. 5’37

Cello and piano

9 I. 5’45

10 II. 5’44

11 III. 5’39

12 IV. 5’44

Marco Simonacci cello

Giancarlo Simonacci piano

Dedicated to the memory of Gian Andrea Lodovici

Recording: June 2009, Fazioli Hall, Sacile, Italy

Producer: Giancarlo Simonacci

Sound engineers: Matteo Costa, Gabriele Robotti

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