"prepared Piano"

"Inno alla Terra" is a contemporary and experimental piece, with tribal yet slightly classical overtones. The sound is the most important element of the entire piece: the harmony on which the entire composition is based, together with the melody, is deliberately dissonant in order to respect the ancestral intentionality of the sounds and the modernity of the sounds emitted in a mechanical and obstinate manner through the use of a prepared piano, that is, modifying the internal strings of the instrument by adding wooden or metal objects, alternating the natural sound in a rudimentary manner.

Kobat explores the treated piano. This is experimental music which might remind you of Phillip Glass, John Cage, Tom Waits and other musical influences. But it sounds very techno, too. Denying borders between acoustic and electronic music, Kobat could exist as computer sequenced music using synthesised sounds. In fact it is a live performance on an acoustic piano.

This major release marks the first time that all of John Cage's Piano Concertos have been collected on one disc. It is especially valuable because it brings together two of Cage's favorite pianists – the legendary David Tudor and renowned new-music champion Stephen Drury.
Here Tudor makes a rare appearance as piano soloist with Germany's acclaimed Ensemble Modern for the Concert for Piano and Orchestra. This is the last performance of David Tudor at the piano, recorded at 1992's Cage Festival in Frankfurt (which sadly became a memorial as Cage passed away shortly before the performances).