CAGE, ZAPPA, WOLPE, OSWALD, HAMELIN / Marc-André Hamelin – piano

Found Objects / Sound Objects

Marc-André Hamelin – piano

Do Frank Zappa and John Cage really belong on the classical piano album? To anyone who might be harbouring doubts, the answer is an emphatic ‘yes’, especially when the pianist is Marc-André Hamelin, whose own Hexensabbat brings to a riotous conclusion a programme of music—and instruments, in the case of Cage’s prepared piano—which radically disrupts Western traditions.

Tracklist:

1 Zappa, Frank: Ruth is sleeping 5:55
2 Martirano: Stuck on Stella 12:28
3 Oswald, John: Tip 9:02
4 Cage: The Perilous Night 11:40
I. Crotchet = 176 2:08
II. Minim = 92 0:45
III. Minim = 80 4:08
IV. Crotchet = 80 1:06
V. Minim = 92 0:32
VI. Crotchet = 176 (or Faster) 3:01

5 Wolpe: Four Studies on Basic Rows 13:42 No. 4, Passacaglia. Study on an All-interval Row in Conjunction with 11 Basic Rows 13:42
6 Wyner: Refrain 14:26
7 Hamelin: Hexensabbat 9:44

1-3, 5-7 Recorded: 2024-02-08 Recording Venue: St Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town, London
4 Recorded: 2013-01-01 Recording Venue: New World Center, Miami Beach, Florida

Label: Hyperion – CDA68457
Barcode: 0034571284576
Format: CD
Country: UK
Released: 31st Oct 2025
Genre: Classical
Style: Modern
Length: 76 minutes