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ジャズピアニストによる傑作リアライズ!!クラシック・コンポジション及びジャズ/即興のバックグラウンドを持つニューヨークの作曲家兼ピアニストJohn Bickerton。2025年1月にプライベート・レーベルより発表したジョン・ケージとアール・ブラウン作品の実演。[Atlas Eclipticalis]、[Winter Music]の同時演奏に始まり、[Variations IV]、[0'00"]、[Radio Music]と続くケージの楽曲、そしてEarle Brownは[November 1952]、[December 1952]の二曲を披露。全編絶妙な抑制具合で聴かせる名演集。









The CD release includes 4-panel booklet liner notes.

Atlas Eclipticalis – The Music of John Cage and Earle Brown
Composition Realizations by John Bickerton

The John Cage Trilogy – Inspired by Hidekazu Yoshida’s interpretations of Japanese Haiku poetry, John Cage formed a trilogy of his existing works honoring the essence of the poetry. Atlas Eclipticalis (1961), the first piece in the trilogy, represents nirvana. Variations IV (1963), the second work, represents samsara—the turmoil of everyday life. 0’00” (1962), the third piece, represents individual action. Simple Harmonic Motion Records is proud to be the first to present a realization of Cage's trilogy on record.

This album presents realizations of famous indeterminate and graphic music scores from what became known as "The New York School." The term refers to a circle of composers in the 1950s, which included John Cage, Morton Feldman, Earle Brown, and Christian Wolff. Their music influenced the music and events of the Fluxus group. It drew its name from Abstract Expressionist painters working in New York City, including Jackson Pollock, Willem and Elaine de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, and Franz Kline. The group famously gathered at The Cedar Bar in Greenwich Village in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

During the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, New York School artists collaborated with several choreographers/dancers, including Merce Cunningham, Simone Forti, Anna Halprin, Martha Graham, and Paul Taylor.