Sonatas and Interludes - Recordings

Recordings

Sonatas and Interludes has been recorded many times, both in its complete form and in parts. This list is organized chronologically and presents only the complete recordings. Years of recording are given, not years of release. Catalogue numbers are indicated for the latest available CD versions. For the complete discography with reissues and partial recordings listed, see the link to the John Cage database below.

• Maro Ajemian – 1950, Composers Recordings Inc. CRI 700, él records ACMEM88CD
• Yuji Takahashi:
  • 1965, Fylkingen Records FYCD 1010 (mono)
  • 1975, Denon COCO 70757 (stereo, digital)
• John Damgaard – 1971, Membran Quadromania 222190-444 (4CD, incl. many other works)
• John Tilbury – 1974, Explore Records EXP0004
• Joshua Pierce:
  • 1975, Wergo WER 60156-50
  • 1988, Newport Classic NPD 85526
  • 1999, Ants Records AG 06 (2CD, live recording)
  • 2000, SoLyd Records SLR 0303 (live recording)
• Gérard Frémy – 1980, Pianovox PIA 521-2, Ogam Records 488004-2, Etcetera Records KTC 2001
• Nada Kolundžija – c. 1981, Diskos LPD-930 (2LP)
• Darryl Rosenberg – c. 1986, VQR Digital VQR 2001 (LP)
• Mario Bertoncini – 1991, released 2001 as Edition RZ 20001 (Parallele 20001)
• Nigel Butterley – 1992, Tall Poppies TP025
• Herbert Henck – 1993, ECM New Series 1842 (2CD, incl. Henck's Festeburger Fantasien)
• Giancarlo Cardini – 1994, Materiali Sonori 90115
• Louis Goldstein – 1994, Greensye Music 4794 (incl. Dream)
• Philipp Vandré – 1994, Mode 50 (according to the liner notes, this is the first recording made on a Steinway "O"-type baby grand piano, the model Cage originally composed the piece on)
• Julie Steinberg – 1995, Music & Arts 937
• Markus Hinterhäuser – 1996, Col Legno WWE 1CD 20001
• Steffen Schleiermacher – 1996, MDG 613 0781-2 (3CD, part of John Cage: Complete Piano Works 18CD series)
• Aleck Karis – 1997, Bridge 9081 A/B (2CD, incl. Cage's lecture Composition in Retrospect)
• Jean Pierre Dupuy – 1997, Stradivarius 33422
• Boris Berman – 1998, Naxos 8.559042 or Naxos 8.554345
• Joanna MacGregor – 1998, SoundCircus SC 003 (2CD, includes miscellaneous other works by Cage and other composers)
• Kumi Wakao – 1999, Mesostics MESCD-0011
• Tim Ovens – c. 2002, CordAria CACD 566 (incl. a multimedia CD)
• Margaret Leng Tan – 2003, Mode 158 (CD and DVD, incl. many other works and several documentaries)
• Nora Skuta – 2004, Hevhetia Records HV 0011-2-131 (SACD)
• Giancarlo Simonacci – 2005, Brilliant Classics 8189 (3CD, part of Complete Music for Prepared Piano)