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Sonic Encounters (mode15)

by Margaret Leng Tan

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1.
Cage, "Primitive" 03:12
2.
Cage, " In the Name of the Holocaust" 06:43
3.
Hovanhess, "Orbit No. 2, op.102" 05:28
4.
Hovanhess, "Jhala, op.103" 04:33
5.
Crumb - Five Pieces for Piano - I 02:15
6.
Crumb - Five Pieces for Piano - II 01:22
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Crumb - Five Pieces for Piano - III 02:05
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Crumb - Five Pieces for Piano - IV 01:18
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Crumb - Five Pieces for Piano - V 04:40
10.
Satoh, "Cosmic Womb" 12:01
11.
Gan-Ru, "Gong I" 03:33
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Gan-Ru, "Gong II" 02:56
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Gan-Ru, "Gong III" 03:58
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Gan-Ru, "Gong IV" 06:05

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The second recording from Margaret Leng-Tan, the "diva of the avant-garde", featuring works by three composers whom she specializes in: John Cage (USA), Somei Satoh (Japan) and Ge Gan-ru (China/USA). With Sonic Encounters: The New Piano, she explores the effect of Asian aestehtics on contemporary American composers and the influence of American composers on their Asian counterparts.

The first recordings of two early works by CAGE impart a hard-edged brilliance not usually associated with the prepared piano. The serenly mystical works of HOVHANESS embody the Eastern influence of continual melodic invention. CRUMB's Five Pieces display an extreme sensitivity to the beauty and expressive power of small units of sound. SATOH's work is both minimal and lushly romantic, creating a luminous sound of orchestral proportions. GE GAN-RU, China's foremost avant-garde composer, uses the piano to produce sonorities influenced by traditional Chinese instruments.

Released 1988

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released February 6, 1988

Margaret Leng Tan, pianos

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