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David Tudor’s (1926-1996) identity morphed seamlessly from interpreter of mainly acoustic music to composer-performer of predominately electronic music over a period of about ten years, from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. This set of seven CDs, the first truly comprehensive survey of Tudor’s work as a composer, goes beyond any previous attempt to document that process of transformation. It captures his touch and sensitivity and offers an expansive, previously unavailable view onto more than three decades of Tudor’s astonishingly original work as an electronic musician. It neatly describes the arc of his career, from his first composition, Bandoneon ! (A Combine), through the fully-realized works of his long collaboration with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Six works that were issued in excerpted form in Music for Merce (1952-2009) are issued here complete. Other highlights include the live soundscapes for the Pepsi Pavilion at the 1970 Osaka World Expo, the marvelous simultaneous performance with John Cage of Mesostics Re Merce Cunningham/Untitled, and two extended binaural recordings of Rainforest IV with Composers Inside Electronics, the best recorded documents of this signature work. While Cage has finally more or less received his due, Tudor’s own accomplishments have been somewhat overshadowed and are ripe for a proper re-evaluation. It is our hope that the release of this set will prompt a thorough reconsideration of his seminal achievements.
David Tudor : Anima Pepsi, Bandoneon ! (A Combine), Neural Network Plus, Pepscillator, Pepsibird, Phonemes, Rainforest IV [Berlin, 1980], Rainforest IV [Stockholm, 1980], Virtual Focus, Weatherings, Webwork
John Cage / David Tudor [simultaneous performance]: Mesostics re Merce Cunningham / Untitled.
John Cage : Variations II.
Christian Wolff : For 1, 2, or 3 People.
David Tudor, Takehisa Kosugi, live electronics. John Cage, voice. Composers Inside Electronics : John Driscoll, Phil Edelstein, Ralph Jones, Martin Kalve, David Tudor, Bill Viola, live electronics.
Voici un coffret de sept CDs pour mieux découvrir le travail de David Tudor, grand génie de l’électronique musicale. Pianiste virtuose, collégue de travail de John Cage, David Tudor abandonna son instrument de prédilection vers la fin des années 50 pour se consacrer à la musique électronique encore en voie de fabrication à l’époque. Maître du circuit imprimé et de la soudure, il fabriquait lui-même ses dispositifs souvent conçus comme des rhizomes aux possibilités quasi infinies. Longtemps noyé dans l’aura de John Cage, David Tudor n’a jamais obtenu la reconnaissance qu’il mérite. Espérons que ce coffret changera cette situation.
Détails des CDs : John Cage “Variations II” (1963), piano et live electronics. Christian Wolff “For 1, 2, or 3 people” (1964), orgue et live electronics. John Cage / David Tudor “Mesostics re Merce Cunningham” / “Untitled” (1972). David Tudor “Bandoneon ! (A Combine)” (1966), “Anima Pepsi” (1970), “Pepsibird” (1970), “Pepscillator” (1970), “Phonemes” (1981), “Rainforest IV” (1973) (Berlin et Stockholm, 1980), “Virtual Focus” (1990), “Weatherings” (1978), “Webwork” (1987), “Neural Network Plus” (1992). Avec la participation de David Tudor, Takehisa Kosugi, John Cage, John Driscoll, Phil Edelstein, Ralph Jones, Martin Kalve, Bill Viola.