In a Landscape

This is a collection of many of Cage's ambient keyboard works. The collection actually has a new age quality about it; many of the works are quiet and dreamy. The only exception is 'Bacchanale' (1938), which features Cage's prepared piano in a bouncy rhythm found in many of his dance pieces. Notable here is the debut recording of 'Souvenir' (1983), written for organ. It does have a church-like quality amid its dreaminess. Also notable is his famed 'Suite for Toy Piano' (1946); placed amid these other ambient works, it gives a new appreciation for this work. A nice collection by an excellent performer.