Sonatas and Other Interludes

Pedja Muzijevic (piano)

Catalog #: TROY1039
Release Date: August 1, 2008
Format: Digital
Instrumental

The virtuoso pianist Pedja Muzijevic was turned on to the music of John Cage by dancers. As he explains, "Mikhail Baryshnikov introduced me to the ethereal In a Landscape and we subsequently used it in our "Solos with Piano or not..." program. Then Trisha Brown choreographed a few of the Sonatas and Interludes and asked me to play them with her company... I promptly fell in love with the strange and interesting world of Sonatas and Interludes and started thinking that it would be wonderful to expose them to a variety of other music... Rest assured this program has no underlining story, title or deep meaning... Putting dried figs in a pork stew doesn't make any sense... It does taste good though!"

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Title Composer Performer
Sonata I John Cage Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Sonata K.17 Domenico Scarlatti Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Sonata IV John Cage Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Schlaflos! Frage und Antwort Franz Liszt Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Sonata II John Cage Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Fantasia in C Minor W.F. Bach Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Sonatas XIV and XV "Gemini" John Cage Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Novelette, Op. 21, No. 8 Robert Schumann Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Sonata III John Cage Pedja Muzijevic, piano
StŠndchen Richard Strauss Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Sonata V John Cage Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Bagatelle sans tonalitŽ Franz Liszt Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Sonata XII John Cage Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Paraphrase sur le Valse de Chopin, Op. 64, No. 1 Aleksander Michalowski Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Third Interlude John Cage Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Sonata K.247 Domenico Scarlatti Pedja Muzijevic, piano

Reviews

  • "The Bosnian-born pianist Pedja Muzijevic is another bold mixer of music as exemplified by this invigorating CD. ...Muzijevic is an alert and nimble pianist, but can also conjure depth and poetry..."

    – Fanfare

  • "...an odd but compelling album..."

    – The New Yorker

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