Hidden treasure is always thrilling, particularly when it means recovering the forgotten works of a great artist. This historic CD offers a selection of previously unrecorded rarities by composer Conlon Nancarrow, including Piece for Tape, a dazzling rhythmic exercise in musique concrète. Listeners are also treated to the composer’s own recording of his study for prepared player piano, as well as a rare interview with the composer himself.

1.  Prelude for Piano (1935), 1:00
2. Blues for Piano (1935), 2:20
3-5. Sonatina for Piano (1941), 4:02
6-7. String Quartet No. 1 (version for piano, ca. 1945), 4:33
8. Piece for Tape (undated), 2:04
9. Study No. 30 for prepared piano (undated), 2:58
10. Para Yoko (1990), 2:27
11. Study No. 50 (ca. 1991), 3:57
12. Study No. 51, “3750” (1992), 1:25
13. Contraption No. 1 (1993), 3:18
14-21. Conlon Nancarrow speaks with Charles Amirkhanian  (30:50)