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Music for Merce

New World Records
80712
11:53:31
1952 — 2009
1954 — Feb 2009
Christian Wolff, electronics; David Tudor, piano; John Cage, piano; John Cage, electronics; David Tudor, electronics; Gordon Mumma, electronics; David Tudor, bandoneon; David Behrman, viola; John Cage, voice; John Cage, percussion; Gordon Mumma, horn; Malcolm Goldstein, violin; Max Neuhaus, percussion; Valda Setterfield, voice; Carolyn Brown, voice; Barbara Dilley Lloyd, voice; Beverly Emmons, voice; Gordon Mumma, voice; Jean Rigg, electronics; Jean Rigg, voice; David Tudor, voice; David Tudor, organ; Gordon Mumma, cornet; Garrett List, trombone; Frederic Rzewski, piano; Takehisa Kosugi, violin; Takehisa Kosugi, voice; Takehisa Kosugi, electronics; Maryanne Amacher, electronics; Jon Gibson, flute; Jon Gibson, electronics; John Cage, conch shell; Paeder Mercier, conch shell; Mel Mercier, conch shell; John David Fullemann, foghorn; John David Fullemann, electronics; Martin Kalve, qin; Yoshiharu Suenobu, narrator; John King, electric prepared violin; Takehisa Kosugi, sitar; Takehisa Kosugi, percussion; Michael Pugliese, percussion; Michael Pugliese, electronics; David Tudor, percussion; Takehisa Kosugi; Michael Pugliese; David Tudor; Takehisa Kosugi, rain stick; David Tudor, rain stick; Michael Pugliese, rain stick; Michael Pugliese, piano; John D.S. Adams, rain stick; John King, dobro; John King, electronics; Stuart Dempster, garden hose; Stuart Dempster, conch shell; Chad Kirby, conch shell; Takehisa Kosugi, conch shell; Paul DeMarinis, laptop; Jim O'Rourke, laptop; Stuart Dempster, trombone; Takehisa Kosugi, electric violin; Christian Wolff, piano; Christian Wolff, melodica; Takehisa Kosugi, harmonica; Loren Dempster, cello; Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice; Arturo Tamayo, Conductor; John King, laptop; David Behrman, laptop; John King, electric guitar; John King, viola; Christian Wolff, prepared piano; David Behrman, zither; Stephen Moore, electronics; David Behrman, percussion; Fast Forward, steelpan; David Behrman, voice; Steve Lacy, soprano saxophone; Christian Marclay, turntables; James Woodrow, electric guitar; James Woodrow, electronics; Christian Wolff, percussion; David Behrman, violin; David Behrman, psaltery; George Lewis, trombone; George Lewis, laptop; Marina Rosenfeld, turntables; Marina Rosenfeld, electronics; Ikue Mori, laptop; Philip Selway, drum machine; Philip Selway, electronics; Rimbaud, Robin (aka Scanner), laptop; John Paul Jones, electric triple-neck mandolin; John Paul Jones, electronics; Stephen Montague, prepared piano; Stephen Montague, percussion; David Behrman, recorder; David Behrman, guitar; Christian Wolff, electric guitar; Brenda Hutchinson, long tube; Brenda Hutchinson, electronics; Brenda Hutchinson, voice; Robin Schulkowsky, percussion

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play For Magnetic Tape 5:23 Christian Wolff    
1952

play For Piano I 5:18 Christian Wolff    
David Tudor, piano
1952
1972

play Music for Piano 1-20 16:12 John Cage    
1954
1954

play Indices [excerpt] 20:51 Earle Brown    
David Tudor, piano
1955

play Quantitäten 12:30 Bo Nilsson    
David Tudor, piano
1958
1968

play Ixion 20:20 Morton Feldman    
1958

play Variations V [excerpt] 13:41 John Cage    
1965
Nov 1966

play Mesa 19:36 Gordon Mumma    
1966
Nov 1966

play Activities for Orchestra 24:07 Toshi Ichiyanagi    
play ...for nearly an hour... [excerpt] 3:22 David Behrman    
1968
1968

play In Memoriam: Nikola Tesla, Cosmic Engineer [excerpt] 9:47 Pauline Oliveros    
play For 1,2, or 3 People [excerpt] 12:07 Christian Wolff    
1964
1972

play Burdocks [excerpt] 16:59 Christian Wolff    
play 52/3 [excerpt] 16:39 John Cage; Gordon Mumma; David Tudor    
1972
1972

play Telepos 18:25 Gordon Mumma    
1972
Sep 1972

play Toneburst 17:43 David Tudor    
1975
Mar 1976

play S.E. Wave/E.W. Song [excerpt] 13:02 Takehisa Kosugi    
1976
Dec 1976

play Remainder [excerpt] 14:55 Maryanne Amacher    
1976

play Equal Distribution [excerpt] 12:14 Jon Gibson    
1977
Oct 1978

play Inlets [excerpt] 10:16 John Cage    
play Weatherings [excerpt] 14:53 David Tudor    
1978
Sep 1991

play Geography and Music [excerpt] 21:17 Yasunao Tone    
1979
Oct 1983

play Phonemes [excerpt] 13:59 David Tudor    
1981
Nov 1992

play Sextet for Seven 18:13 David Tudor    
1982
Mar 1990

play Spacings 23:51 Takehisa Kosugi    
1984
Mar 1988

play gliss in sighs 16:18 John King    
1985
Mar 1985

play Voiceless Essay [excerpt] 10:58 John Cage    
John Cage, electronics
1986

play Webwork [excerpt] 10:45 David Tudor    
1987
Mar 1988

play Peace Talks [excerpt] 11:43 Michael Pugliese    
1989
Nov 1990

play Spectra 20:28 Takehisa Kosugi    
play Sculptures Musicales [excerpt] 12:13 John Cage    
1989
Jun 1991

play Virtual Focus [excerpt] 15:14 David Tudor    
1990
Oct 1990

play Four³ [excerpt] 15:23 John Cage    
play Neural Network Plus [excerpt] 13:28 David Tudor    
1992
Jun 1994

play blues '99 [excerpt] 19:09 John King    
1993
Feb 1994

play Underground Overlays [excerpt] 15:21 Stuart Dempster    
1995
May 1996

play Four⁶ [excerpt] 11:16 John Cage    
play Wave Code A-Z 14:41 Takehisa Kosugi    
1997
Nov 1999

play Or 4 People 6:16 Christian Wolff    
play 108 and One⁸ [excerpt] 14:17 John Cage    
1991
Sep 2000

play lontermparking [excerpt] 15:30 John King    
John King, laptop
2002
Sep 2002

play Long Throw [excerpt] 18:26 David Behrman    
2007
Oct 2007

play Jitterbug [excerpt] 20:17 Annea Lockwood    
2007
Jan 2008

play Event – February 16, 1993, Red Wing Minnesota [excerpt] 5:57    
1993
Feb 1993

play Event – September 14, 1993, Annemasse, France [excerpt] 5:53    
1996
Sep 1993

play Event—June 5, 1997, Frankfurt [excerpt] 7:30    
1997
Jun 1997

play Event—September 12, 1998, Minneapolis [excerpt] 5:22    
1998
Sep 1998

play Event—September 29, 2002, Oslo [excerpt] 4:13    
play Event—October 30, 2002, Munich [excerpt] 6:50    
2002
Oct 2002

play Event—December 14, 2004, New York City [excerpt] 3:54    
play Event—December 15, 2004, New York City [excerpt] 6:55    
play Event—December 18, 2004, New York City [excerpt] 6:36    
2004
Dec 2004

play Event—June 14, 2005, London [excerpt] 5:21    
play Event—June 17, 2005, London [excerpt] 8:43    
play Event—June 23, 2007, New Canaan, Connecticut [excerpt] 3:08    
play Event—February 22, 2009, Beacon, New York [excerpt] 5:16