here's another album done by a young aki takahashi and again it was never re-issued on CD and is very hard to find.

A Valentine out of Season / Aki Takahashi
Toshiba TA 72034 (LP)

Iannis Xenakis: Evryali
Toru Takemitsu: For Away
John Cage: A Valentine out of Season (1944)
John Cage: A Room (1943)
John Cage: Music for Marcel Duchamp (1947)
Erik Satie: Gnossiennes (complete)
Claude Debussy: Brouillards (from 'Preludes, book II')
Claude Debussy: General Lavine-eccentric (from 'Preludes, book II')
Claude Debussy: La terasse des audiences du clair de lune (from 'Preludes, book II')

Aki Takahashi, (prepared) piano

Recorded on September 6-8, 1976 at Ishibashi Memorial Hall (Ueno Gakuen)
Also released on EMI 18MN-1017 (unknown medium).
LP released in 1977

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A Valentine Out of Season
This is a set of three pieces composed in 1944, not too long before Cage separated from his wife, Xenia. The first piece involving short melodic lines played slowly, with the only piano preparations having a muffling effect and a slightly metallic drum sound. The second piece is faster and clearly rhythmic, but still very quiet and unornamented, using mostly the metallic drum-like sound. Often the passages feel incomplete, adding to the tension already brought out by the first part, with only a few instances of forceful playing. The last part feels like something between the first too; there is much silence and slowness, but ends at a faster pace that I am not sure what to make of. Retreat? Overall, the first section is so haunting and sad and that mood persists for the rest of the music being affected as I listened.

http://rapidshare.com/files/76230340/aki_takahashi.part1.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/76230705/aki_takahashi.part2.rar.html


enjoy......