Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

John Cage Shock Vol. 2

(Edition Omega Point, OP-0009; EM Records, EM1105CD) (Japan) (CD)


  1. Klavierstück X [1961] (19:39)
    Composed by Karlheinz Stockhausen
    David Tudor: piano

  2. 26'55.988" for 2 Pianists & a String Player [1961] (22:41)
    Composed by John Cage
    David Tudor: piano
    Toshi Ichiyanagi: piano
    Kenji Kobayashi: violin
    Yoko Ono: voice

Recorded live at Mido-kaikan, Osaka, October 17, 1962
Mastered by Koichi Hara
Photos by Yasuhiro Yoshioka
Japanese calligraphy by Tatsutoshi Kawamura
Includes an insert with liner notes by Gen Igarashi and Toshi Ichiyanagi in Japanese and English (translation by Adam Bates), and a black and white photo

Released in August 2012