Number Pieces by John Cage / Apartment House

A 4-disc box-set with Apartment House playing all of John Cage's 'number pieces' for mid-size ensembles (from 'Five' to 'Fourteen', with 'Four5' as an added extra, along with alternative versions of three of the pieces). These extraordinarily beautiful works were all composed in the last 5 years of the composer's life, as Cage approached his 80th birthday. These recordings by Apartment House are the first recordings for 15 years of almost all of the pieces. An essential release of wonderful but somewhat neglected music.
Downloads include a pdf of the 44-page booklet with extensive notes about Cage's number pieces, and the cover artwork

Tracklist

1.	Five (version 1)	5:07

2.	Five2	5:07

3.	Five5	5:06
4.	Fourteen	20:05
5.	Five3	40:02
6.	Five (version 2)	5:09
7.	Seven	20:10
8.	Seven2	52:10
9.	Five (version 3)	5:04
10.	Five4	5:04
11.	Thirteen	30:05
12.	Six	3:08
13.	Ten	30:04
14.	Five (version 4)	5:08
15.	Eight - part 1	43:01
16.	Eight - part 2	17:08

17.	Four5	12:03
18.	Five (alternative version)	5:15

19.	Four5 (alternative version)	12:04

20.	Seven (alternative version)	20:05

21.	Fourteen - EXTRACT FOR STREAMING ONLY	9:44

22.	Seven2 - EXTRACT FOR STREAMING ONLY	12:13

23.	Thirteen - EXTRACT FOR STREAMING ONLY	10:48

Credits

released August 13, 2021

Apartment House
Anton Lukoszevieze - cello Heather Roche - clarinets
Chloe Abbott - trumpet George Barton - percussion
Stuart Beard - tuba Mira Benjamin - violin
Raymond Brien - clarinets Bridget Carey - viola
Pete Furniss - bass clarinet Mark Knoop - piano
Simon Limbrick - percussion Chihiro Ono - violin
James Opstad - double bass Joe Qiu - bassoon
Christopher Redgate - oboe Siwan Rhys - piano
Nancy Ruffer - flutes Laetitia Stott - horn Barrie Webb - trombone

Individual musician credits are given for each track.

Original artwork by Arvinda Gray

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