Cage: Music for Eight

Cage: Music for Eight

Ensemble Avantgarde - Steffen Schleiermacher
MD+G "Scene" 613 0701

Contents:

1. Music for Eight (1984/85/87)
2. Five (1988) - version 1
3. Aria (1958)
4. Five (1988) - version 2
5. String Quartet in Four Parts: Quietly flowing along
6. String Quartet in Four Parts: Slowly rocking
7. String Quartet in Four Parts: Nearly stationary
8. String Quartet in Four Parts: Quodlibet

Performers: Ralf Mielke (flute), Matthias Kreher (clarinet), Bernd Bartels (trumpet), Josef Christof (piano, harmonium), Steffen Schleiermacher (piano), Stefan Stopora (percussion), Leipziger Streichquartett [Andreas Seidel (violin), Tilman Büning (violin), Ivo Bauer (viola), Matthias Moosdorf (cello)]

Playing time: 72'

Recording dates: August & October 1995; released: 1996

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