Albert Grantowski

Recordings Alone: Part III, Cage Done Right and Cage Done In

… [a] two-CD set celebrating John Cage enters the category of recordings alone through the intermediation of its producer, Gary Davis, who enables us to listen to the 23 works on the discs as random sequences of arbitrary fragments of the works.

Recordings Alone: Part III, Cage Done Right and Cage Done In

… [a] two-CD set celebrating John Cage enters the category of recordings alone through the intermediation of its producer, Gary Davis, who enables us to listen to the 23 works on the discs as random sequences of arbitrary fragments of the works.

Recordings Alone: Part II, Silence & Speech

Cage is famous for showing that silence is sounds.

Recordings Alone: Part II, Silence & Speech

Cage is famous for showing that silence is sounds.

Recordings Alone: Part I, Introduction

Most recordings of music and sounds are records of events, analog or digital versions of sonic waveforms… A very small number of recordings are themselves originals.

Recordings Alone: Part I, Introduction

Most recordings of music and sounds are records of events, analog or digital versions of sonic waveforms… A very small number of recordings are themselves originals.

The Music We Call the World: Turkey

…in the Taksim district, we met Ayleen and Mugor, two young Turkish women. Ayleen had answered a call to an email list for Turkish music guidance. She and Mugor helped us select the recordings reviewed here.

The Music We Call the World: Turkey

…in the Taksim district, we met Ayleen and Mugor, two young Turkish women. Ayleen had answered a call to an email list for Turkish music guidance. She and Mugor helped us select the recordings reviewed here.