Cage (1912-1992) is almost synonymous in 20th-century
music with a pair of his guiding concepts: chance composition
and the prepared piano. Chance composition, as theorized by Cage,
involved works written for indeterminate numbers of musicians
(and instruments) and aimed mostly at the process of performance.
The prepared piano, on the other hand, left little to chance.
Metal objects placed between the piano's strings gave the instrument
a percussive feel, and Cage's writing for prepared piano remains
some of his best-known and most ingenious. Here
are his essential recordings.
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