Hayk Melikyan - John Cage: A Room (2026)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 72:53 minutes | 1 GB
Classical | Label: Kairos, Official Digital Download
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 72:53 minutes | 1 GB
Classical | Label: Kairos, Official Digital Download
Cage was in his late twenties, a Californian, who had served an unlikely apprenticeship under two of the century’s great opposites: Arnold Schoenberg, who thought him gifted but harmonically hopeless, is said to have called him “not a composer, but an inventor of genius”, and Henry Cowell whom he had watched reach inside a grand piano to pluck and sweep its strings by hand. The music on this recording follows Cage through this early decade of his life, his twenties. But this is not the music before the transformation. This is the transformation, caught at its threshold, in the years it was actually happening. The selection of works is a very personal statement by pianist Hayk Melikyan.
Tracklist:
01. And the Earth Shall Bear Again (1942) for prepared Piano
02. Tossed As It Is Untroubled (1943) for prepared Piano
03. A Room (1943) for prepared Piano
04. Music for Marcel Duchamp (1947) for prepared Piano
05. Soliloquy (1945) for Piano
06. Two Pieces for Piano (1946) for Piano: I
07. Two Pieces for Piano (1946) for Piano: II
08. Ophelia (1946) for Piano
09. The Seasons (1947) for Piano: Prelude I
10. The Seasons (1947) for Piano: Winter
11. The Seasons (1947) for Piano: Prelude II
12. The Seasons (1947) for Piano: Spring
13. The Seasons (1947) for Piano: Prelude III
14. The Seasons (1947) for Piano: Summer
15. The Seasons (1947) for Piano: Prelude IV
16. The Seasons (1947) for Piano: Fall
17. The Seasons (1947) for Piano: Finale (Prelude I)
18. In a Landscape (1948) for Piano
19. Dream (1948) for Piano
20. Suite for Toy Piano (1948) for toy Piano: I
21. Suite for Toy Piano (1948) for toy Piano: II
22. Suite for Toy Piano (1948) for toy Piano: III
23. Suite for Toy Piano (1948) for toy Piano: IV
24. Suite for Toy Piano (1948) for toy Piano: V
foobar2000 v2.24.1 / DR Meter v0.7
log date: 2026-09-13 13:35:08
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Analyzed: Hayk Melikyan / John Cage: A Room
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -1.02 dBFS -18.08 dBFS 3:21 01-And the Earth Shall Bear Again (1942) for prepared Piano
DR16 -1.06 dBFS -22.23 dBFS 3:07 02-Tossed As It Is Untroubled (1943) for prepared Piano
DR17 -2.20 dBFS -24.07 dBFS 2:22 03-A Room (1943) for prepared Piano
DR18 -1.02 dBFS -25.56 dBFS 5:44 04-Music for Marcel Duchamp (1947) for prepared Piano
DR14 -1.02 dBFS -18.05 dBFS 2:54 05-Soliloquy (1945) for Piano
DR17 -6.73 dBFS -29.26 dBFS 3:38 06-Two Pieces for Piano (1946) for Piano: I
DR18 -1.02 dBFS -23.48 dBFS 4:54 07-Two Pieces for Piano (1946) for Piano: II
DR12 -1.02 dBFS -16.60 dBFS 6:51 08-Ophelia (1946) for Piano
DR15 -7.27 dBFS -28.60 dBFS 2:00 09-The Seasons (1947) for Piano: Prelude I
DR15 -1.02 dBFS -20.86 dBFS 1:49 10-The Seasons (1947) for Piano: Winter
DR12 -1.02 dBFS -17.82 dBFS 1:11 11-The Seasons (1947) for Piano: Prelude II
DR14 -1.02 dBFS -18.76 dBFS 3:16 12-The Seasons (1947) for Piano: Spring
DR17 -1.02 dBFS -23.84 dBFS 2:06 13-The Seasons (1947) for Piano: Prelude III
DR14 -4.04 dBFS -23.25 dBFS 3:34 14-The Seasons (1947) for Piano: Summer
DR16 -1.02 dBFS -20.43 dBFS 1:10 15-The Seasons (1947) for Piano: Prelude IV
DR14 -1.02 dBFS -17.94 dBFS 2:40 16-The Seasons (1947) for Piano: Fall
DR15 -8.02 dBFS -27.60 dBFS 1:01 17-The Seasons (1947) for Piano: Finale (Prelude I)
DR12 -7.05 dBFS -23.74 dBFS 8:02 18-In a Landscape (1948) for Piano
DR12 -9.99 dBFS -25.83 dBFS 4:11 19-Dream (1948) for Piano
DR20 -2.00 dBFS -26.63 dBFS 1:44 20-Suite for Toy Piano (1948) for toy Piano: I
DR21 -1.20 dBFS -25.06 dBFS 1:52 21-Suite for Toy Piano (1948) for toy Piano: II
DR18 -1.01 dBFS -23.45 dBFS 2:01 22-Suite for Toy Piano (1948) for toy Piano: III
DR18 -1.01 dBFS -21.22 dBFS 2:05 23-Suite for Toy Piano (1948) for toy Piano: IV
DR19 -1.23 dBFS -22.88 dBFS 1:23 24-Suite for Toy Piano (1948) for toy Piano: V
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Number of tracks: 24
Official DR value: DR16
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1909 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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log date: 2026-09-13 13:35:08
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Analyzed: Hayk Melikyan / John Cage: A Room
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -1.02 dBFS -18.08 dBFS 3:21 01-And the Earth Shall Bear Again (1942) for prepared Piano
DR16 -1.06 dBFS -22.23 dBFS 3:07 02-Tossed As It Is Untroubled (1943) for prepared Piano
DR17 -2.20 dBFS -24.07 dBFS 2:22 03-A Room (1943) for prepared Piano
DR18 -1.02 dBFS -25.56 dBFS 5:44 04-Music for Marcel Duchamp (1947) for prepared Piano
DR14 -1.02 dBFS -18.05 dBFS 2:54 05-Soliloquy (1945) for Piano
DR17 -6.73 dBFS -29.26 dBFS 3:38 06-Two Pieces for Piano (1946) for Piano: I
DR18 -1.02 dBFS -23.48 dBFS 4:54 07-Two Pieces for Piano (1946) for Piano: II
DR12 -1.02 dBFS -16.60 dBFS 6:51 08-Ophelia (1946) for Piano
DR15 -7.27 dBFS -28.60 dBFS 2:00 09-The Seasons (1947) for Piano: Prelude I
DR15 -1.02 dBFS -20.86 dBFS 1:49 10-The Seasons (1947) for Piano: Winter
DR12 -1.02 dBFS -17.82 dBFS 1:11 11-The Seasons (1947) for Piano: Prelude II
DR14 -1.02 dBFS -18.76 dBFS 3:16 12-The Seasons (1947) for Piano: Spring
DR17 -1.02 dBFS -23.84 dBFS 2:06 13-The Seasons (1947) for Piano: Prelude III
DR14 -4.04 dBFS -23.25 dBFS 3:34 14-The Seasons (1947) for Piano: Summer
DR16 -1.02 dBFS -20.43 dBFS 1:10 15-The Seasons (1947) for Piano: Prelude IV
DR14 -1.02 dBFS -17.94 dBFS 2:40 16-The Seasons (1947) for Piano: Fall
DR15 -8.02 dBFS -27.60 dBFS 1:01 17-The Seasons (1947) for Piano: Finale (Prelude I)
DR12 -7.05 dBFS -23.74 dBFS 8:02 18-In a Landscape (1948) for Piano
DR12 -9.99 dBFS -25.83 dBFS 4:11 19-Dream (1948) for Piano
DR20 -2.00 dBFS -26.63 dBFS 1:44 20-Suite for Toy Piano (1948) for toy Piano: I
DR21 -1.20 dBFS -25.06 dBFS 1:52 21-Suite for Toy Piano (1948) for toy Piano: II
DR18 -1.01 dBFS -23.45 dBFS 2:01 22-Suite for Toy Piano (1948) for toy Piano: III
DR18 -1.01 dBFS -21.22 dBFS 2:05 23-Suite for Toy Piano (1948) for toy Piano: IV
DR19 -1.23 dBFS -22.88 dBFS 1:23 24-Suite for Toy Piano (1948) for toy Piano: V
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Number of tracks: 24
Official DR value: DR16
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1909 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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