Aki Takahashi - Hyper Beatles

John Cage, Peter Garland, Raphael Mostel, Frederic Rzewski, Haruna Miyake, Alvin Curran, Kentaro Haneda, Barbara Monk-Feldman, Yoriaki Matsudaira, Akir Inoue When pianist Aki Takahashi, known for her beautiful interpretations of contemporary classical composers, was approached by Toshiba-EMI to record an album of Beatles songs, she instead decided to commission a wide range of contemporary composers to write their interpretations of the Lennon/McCartney songbook. They have taken Beatle harmonic and melodic materials and recontextualized them. The result is a decidedly avant garde piano montage with fleeting moments of beatles music. Hyper Beatles is a fascinating experiment, interesting and worth hearing.


01.Here, There and Everywhere (Ralph Mostel)
02. Ralph Mostel: Blackbird (Ralph Mostel)
03. Ralph Mostel: Hide and Seek in Norwegian Wood (Ralph Mostel)
04. Here Comes Lucy - Here Comes the Sun (Ralph Mostel)
05. Yesterday (Haruna Miyake)
06. When I'm Sixty-Four Alvin Curran)
07. Something (Kentaro Haneda)
08.The Beatles 1962-1970 (for six taped channels of piano) John Cage
09. Michelle (Barbara Monk-Feldman)
10. And I love … - And I love her (Yoriaki Matsudaira)
11. She Said, She Said (Carl Stone)
12. The Fool on the Hill, Version 1 (Akir Inoue)
13. The Fool on the Hill, Version 2 (Akir Inoue)
14. Goddess of Liberty - You've Got to Hide Your Love Away (Peter Garland)
15. Short Fantasy on Give Peace a Chance (Frederic Rzewski)

This is mp3 only upload is not usually found at avant-garde community,
but if you happen to have the original CD "You Know What To Do".