JOHN CAGE Music for Piano & Percussion. Giancarlo Simonacci, Ars Ludi Percussion Ensemble (2CD)

CD1
Sixteen Dances for Soloist and Company of Three (1950–51)
for flute, trumpet, 4 percussionists, piano, violin and cello
1 Dance No.1 1’28
2 Dance No.2 4’09
3 Dance No.3 2’06
4 Dance No.4 2’36
5 Dance No.5 2’19
6 Dance No.6 3’10
7 Dance No.7 3’47
8 Dance No.8 3’40
9 Dance No.9 3’47
10 Dance No.10 2’59
11 Dance No.11 2’28
12 Dance No.12 2’45
13 Dance No.13 1’32
14 Dance No.14 6’51
15 Dance No.15 2’55
16 Dance No.16 4’53

Irene Angelino flute · Marco Toro trumpet
Rodolfo Rossi, Marzio Audino, Cecilia Martellucci, Andrea Montori percussion
Giancarlo Simonacci piano · David Simonacci violin · Marco Simonacci cello
Gianluca Ruggeri director

17 Credo in US (1942) for percussion quartet (including piano and radio or phonograph) 12’29

Giancarlo Simonacci piano
Antonio Caggiano, Gianluca Ruggeri percussion
Federico Scalas radio & phonograph

Total time 64’05

CD2
1 First Construction (in Metal) (1939) for percussion sextet, with assistant 10’45

Antonio Caggiano, Rodolfo Rossi, Andrea Di Giulio, Fabiana Giangregorio,
Cecilia Martellucci, Pietro Pompei, Aurelio Scudetti percussion

2 Trio (1936) for percussion trio 3’50

Antonio Caggiano, Rodolfo Rossi, Gianluca Ruggeri percussion

3 Double Music (in collaboration with Lou Harrison) (1941) for percussion quartet 7’09

Antonio Caggiano, Rodolfo Rossi, Gianluca Ruggeri, Flavio Tanzi percussion

4 Third Construction (1941) for percussion quartet 12’23

Antonio Caggiano, Rodolfo Rossi, Gianluca Ruggeri, Flavio Tanzi percussion

Fads and Fancies in the Academy (1940) for piano and 4 percussionists
I. Axioms
5 a. The pupil is eager to learn 2’53
6 b. The pupil is constitutionally lazy 2’12
7 c. We deal with the total child 2’24
II. A Short Historical Sketch
8 a. Reactionaries 1’45
9 b. Revolutionaries – Pitched Battle 1’50
III. Vistas of the Future
10 a. Pessimist 2’11
11 b. Optimist 3’35

Giancarlo Simonacci piano
Rodolfo Rossi, Gianluca Ruggeri, Alessandro Di Giulio, Francesco Carlo Leone percussion

Total time 51’08