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| ARTIST: | John Cage, Paul Hillier, Terry Riley, Alan Bennett, Paul Elliott, Andrea Fullington, Allison Zelles, Theatre of Voices |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Harmonia Mundi |
| TYPE: | Classical, Classical Music, Electronic/Avant-Garde/Minimalist Music, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Vocal Music, Music for Assorted/Unusual Instrumentation, Solo Voice and Solo Instrument, Two Solo Voices (with or without Keyboard/Continuo), Vocal, Vocal Music |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | Litany for the Whale, Aria No. 2, Five, The Wonderful Widow Of Eighteen Springs, Solo For Voice 22, From Songbooks, Experiences No. 2, 36 Mesostics re and not re Marcel Duchamp, Aria, The Year Begins To Be Ripe |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 093046718725 |
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Customer Reviews of Litany For The Whale
Rather good, actually.... I really like this CD. The title track is amongst the most haunting composition I've ever heard. The songs The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs, Five, and Experiences No. 2 are quite beautiful. Aria No. 2 is quite strange (with even stranger vocals), but overall it doesn't diminish the work in anyway. Granted, I'm not a Cage expert (I only have a few recordings of his), but I think this is rather good.... <
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go listen to a sonata
If I could have given this CD 0 stars, I would have. I do not own it, I merely listened to audio selection #5 up above. That was sufficient to remind me of the inherent problem with contemporary composition. The solo for voice blurs the line between stupidity, and rebelliousness. Certainly Cage made some worthwhile philosophical points, but I consider it an insult to the CD that it was forced to have this garbage imprinted onto it. I applaud 20th century composers for attempting to write music in the face of such overwhelming quality from the past. When what they write is this bad however, I must criticize.
One of Cage's least accessible recordings yet.
As much as I may like to, it's impossible for me to give this recording a favorable review. John Cage is not a bad composer, in fact, he's written quite a few marvelous pieces, like his "Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano." This is cutting-edge music that is taking risks with every note, and yet it is fantastically listenable.
Unfortunately, "Litany for the Whale" doesn't share these characteristics. It is cutting-edge, certainly, and it takes a great deal of risks. But it isn't listenable. At times it's practically painful to listen to it, simply because it is so strange. Cage's twisted nihilistic philosophy is all to evident here. There is no real attempt to make it musical or listenable, and many attempts are made to make it unusual.
John Cage has written good music. This is not some of it.