TRIADIC MEMORIES:
MORTON  FELDMAN

Aki  Takahashi, piano

O. O. IMPORTS # ALCD-33 B

From the earliest years of his career, the American composer Morton 
Feldman wrote for the piano.  More than any other instrumental medium 
of orchestra, chamber music or solo instruments, the piano had a special 
place in his compositional development and evolution.  It often times held 
a central role in his chamber works but was the primary instrument for all 
of his solo writing.  Feldman had very strong feelings about the per- 
formance of his work and during his lifetime expressed his desire to have 
Aki Takahashi perform his music -  she was his first choice over all other 
pianists.  The brilliant Japanese pianist Aki Takahashi to whom Feldman 
dedicated all of his piano parts (both solo and ensemble ) from 1981 until 
his death has performed Mr. Feldman's work around the world at the most 
prestigious festivals in the world.  Subsequently, from 1981 until his death 
she presented the premieres of most of his piano works including the 
recently recorded PIANO AND STRING QUARTET (with the Kronos Quartet 
on Nonesuch Records) and VIOLIN and PIANO with Paul Zukofsky.  

This recording entitled, TRIADIC MEMORIES features the 65 minute piano 
piece of the same title by Morton Feldman.  The recording presents the 
most definitive recording of this seminal work of Mr. Feldman.  Many 
people feel it is the most significant and important solo piano work of his 
career and a culmination of his 35 years of writing for the instrument.  
Fortunately, with the advent of compact disc technology it has been 
possible to put this lengthy piece on one disc so that a complete 
uninterrupted listening is possible.  

TRIADIC MEMORIES is recorded in Japan with extraordinary digital quality 
and the exceptional recording engineer Yukio Kojima.