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Yuji Takahashi

John Cage: Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano

(Denon/Columbia Music Entertainment, COCO-70757) (Japan) (CD)


  1. Sonata I (2:24)
  2. Sonata II (2:01)
  3. Sonata III (2:22)
  4. Sonata IV (2:16)
  5. First Interlude (3:43)
  6. Sonata V (1:29)
  7. Sonata VI (2:09)
  8. Sonata VII (2:08)
  9. Sonata VIII (2:53)
  10. Second Interlude (3:46)
  11. Third Interlude (3:12)
  12. Sonata IX (4:01)
  13. Sonata X (3:17)
  14. Sonata XI (3:46)
  15. Sonata XII (3:07)
  16. Fourth Interlude (2:51)
  17. Sonata XIII (3:42)
  18. Sonata XIV and XV (6:20)
  19. Sonata XVI (5:00)

Compositions by John Cage, 1946-1948

Yuji Takahashi: prepared piano

Recorded by Masao Hayashi at Nippon Columbia Studio No. 1, Tokyo, December 1975
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Shigeo Sukeyasu

Released in December 2004
Originally released in 1976 as an LP on Nippon Columbia