A Cage of Saxophones, Volume 1

~ Release by John Cage;Ulrich Krieger (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Five (1988) version for 2 saxophones, accordion & 2 pianos
Ryoanji (1988) for saxophone, 3 prerecorded saxophones & percussion
Four⁵ (1991) for saxophone quartet
Five⁴ (1991) for 2 saxophones & 3 percussions
Hymnkus (1986) for 2 saxophones, accordion, 2 pianos & percussions

Annotation last modified on 2023-08-17 10:16 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Five
accordion:
Gerhard Scherer
piano:
Mario Bertoncini and Reinhold Friedl (German pianist and composer)
soprano saxophone:
Ulrich Krieger (German multi-instrumentalist and composer)
tenor saxophone:
Kathrin Wagner (saxophonist)
recording of:
Five
composer:
John Cage (American composer) (in 1988-01)
5:07
2Ryoanji
percussion:
Friedemann Werzlau (German percussionist)
sopranino saxophone and soprano saxophone:
Ulrich Krieger (German multi-instrumentalist and composer)
recording of:
Ryoanji
composer:
John Cage (American composer) (from 1983 until 1985)
21:26
3Four⁵
alto saxophone:
Kathrin Wagner (saxophonist)
baritone saxophone:
Reimar Volker
soprano saxophone:
Ulrich Krieger (German multi-instrumentalist and composer)
tenor saxophone:
Tobias Rüger
recording of:
Four⁵
composer:
John Cage (American composer) (in 1991)
12:02
4Five⁴
alto saxophone:
Reimar Volker
percussion:
Andreas Peters (percussionist), Raymond Kaczynski and Friedemann Werzlau (German percussionist)
soprano saxophone:
Ulrich Krieger (German multi-instrumentalist and composer)
recording of:
Five⁴
composer:
John Cage (American composer) (in 1991)
dedicated to:
Stefan Wolpe (German-American composer)
5:01
5Hymnkus
accordion:
Gerhard Scherer
alto saxophone:
Ulrich Krieger (German multi-instrumentalist and composer)
percussion:
Raymond Kaczynski and Friedemann Werzlau (German percussionist)
piano:
Mario Bertoncini and Reinhold Friedl (German pianist and composer)
tenor saxophone:
Tobias Rüger
recording of:
Hymnkus
composer:
John Cage (American composer) (in 1986)
dedicated to:
Matthew Kocmieroski and New Performance Group
30:04

Credits

Release

recorded at:Sender Freies Berlin in Berlin (from 1999-11-01 until 1999-11-03)