Margaret Leng Tan

Sonic Encounters: The New Piano

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Sonic Encounters: The New Piano Review

by "Blue" Gene Tyranny

An interesting collection demonstrating the mutual effects of Asian and American aesthetics. Contains: first recordings of two John Cage pieces "Primitive" (1942) and "In The Name Of The Holocaust" (1942) for prepared piano, and Alan Hovhaness "Orbit #2" (1952) and "Jhala" (1952), George Crumb "Five Pieces for Piano" (1962), Somei Satoh "Cosmic Womb" (1975) for two pianos with digital delay, and Ge Gan-Ru "Gu Yue" (1986, premiere recording).

Track Listing

Sample		Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
	1	Primitive, for string piano John Cage	Margaret Leng Tan	03:12	Amazon
	2	In the Name of the Holocaust, for prepared piano John Cage	Margaret Leng Tan	06:43	Amazon
	3	Orbit 2, for piano, Op. 102 Alan Hovhaness	Margaret Leng Tan	05:28	Amazon
	4	Jhala, for piano, Op. 103 Alan Hovhaness	Margaret Leng Tan	04:33	Amazon
Pieces (5), for piano
	5	No. 1, Quasi improvvisando George Crumb	Margaret Leng Tan	02:15	Amazon
	6	No. 2, Ruvido, molto energico - Prestissimo - Ruvido George Crumb	Margaret Leng Tan	01:22	Amazon
	7	No. 3, Notturno (sempre pizzicato) George Crumb	Margaret Leng Tan	02:05	Amazon
	8	No. 4, Ruvido, molto energico - Prestissimo - Ruvido George Crumb	Margaret Leng Tan	01:18	Amazon
	9	No. 5, Senza misura, liberamente - Solenne - Tempo di primo George Crumb	Margaret Leng Tan	04:40	Amazon
	10	Cosmic Womb for 2 pianos with digital delay Somei Satoh	Margaret Leng Tan	12:01	Amazon
Gu Yue (Ancient Music)
	11	No. 1, Gong Ge Gan-Ru	Margaret Leng Tan	03:33	Amazon
	12	No. 2, Qin (Chinese zither) Ge Gan-Ru	Margaret Leng Tan	02:56	Amazon
	13	No. 3, Pipa (Chinese lute) Ge Gan-Ru	Margaret Leng Tan	03:58	Amazon
	14	No. 4, Drum Ge Gan-Ru	Margaret Leng Tan	06:05	Amazon