I have, or rather had, a reasonable working knowledge of German: I can follow some of what the commentary is saying, but the vast bulk speeds by; realistically leaving me with just the sound recordings and spoken-English to digest. These sound recordings are largely unexciting, and often simply too short in duration for any reasonable listening. They include extracts from various recorded versions of 4�.33� (some performed in the studio, others on the street - for example), field recordings from the World Trade Center, and a snippet from Einsturzende Neubauten - to name a few. Harsh Noise enthusiasts will be pleased to know, that a short extract from a track that subjects the first recording of 4�.33� to �gmaximum amplification�h, will disappoint them. The sound bites from Cage himself are of more interest, but still don�ft amount to much listening.

This is, what it is: a radio documentary, in German. Thus it is ultimately of most use to those who want a brief audio introduction to Cage�s 4�.33�, and can understand German. There�fs not a lot more to be said. The extracts from recordings are irritatingly short - in the standard �gradio documentary�h style - and there isn�ft even a full performance of the piece at any point. On the plus side, though, we do hear a recording of Cage describing his experience in an anechoic chamber - something of personal interest to me. So, this cd is unfortunately of very little use to me, given that I don�ft fulfil the criteria I set out at the start of this paragraph; but would, I imagine, be of much more use to those who do.