Live recording of the piano recital for the eightieth birthday of composer Hans Otte that Philipp VandrÃ© and Elmar Schrammel presented at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart. A selection of John Cage's "Sonatas and Interludes" for prepared piano was interwoven with selections from Hans Otte's piano cycles "Das Buch der KlÃ¤nge" (The book of sounds) and "Stundenbuch" (Book of hours). This concert experiment, conceived by Ingo Ahmels, paid quiet homage to the "beautiful piano sound" also found in twentieth-century music, within which Occidental (Otte) and Oriental (Cage) worlds of thought find their way to contrasting commonalities.

Tracklist:

Buch Der Klänge - 2
Sonata # 7
Sonata # 8
Buch Der Klänge - 9
Interlude # 1
Buch Der Klänge - 8
Sonata # 2
Buch Der Klänge - 6
Gemini
Stundenbuch - 39
Stundenbuch - 13
Sonata # 3
Stundenbuch - 16 / Sechs Kleine Klavierstücke Op. 19.2 / Stundenbuch - 17
Sonata # 5
Stundenbuch - 24
Sonata # 11
Stundenbuch - 19 (Wiegenlied)
Sonata # 16
Buch Der Klänge - 10
Stundenbuch - 26 / Sonata # 6 / Stundenbuch - 48

UPC: 4010228670622
Label: Wergo Germany
Release Date: 4.8.08
Format: CD

Philipp Vandré - Orient / Occident : Sonatas & Interludes (CD)