John CAGE
“Two2”

Landmark recording of Cage’s late work for two pianos, played by Mark Knoop and Philip Thomas. Uniquely for Cage’s number pieces, Two2 (1989) doesn’t use time brackets, so duration is open and left to the musicians’ ‘inner clock’. Previous recordings have lasted between 35 and 74 minutes, but this new version stretches across two CDs and lasts 128 minutes, revealing new depths and sonorities in the music. From two excellent early reviews:  “This version is more intimate than a concert hall experience and also somehow larger than life, combining the potency of poetic invocation with the all-encompassing narrative arc of the finest stories. It will be some time before I have the pleasure of encountering either Cage or this piece to such revelatory effect.” Marc Medwin“128 minutes of pure, thought-compelling, perception-enhancing, down to earth bliss. Can’t ask for more. A major achievement.” Brian Olewnick