John Cage might have a bit of a reputation problem. Ask a random person about him and if they remember anything, it’s probably “4’33,” his infamously silent piece of music. Perhaps if they’re a little more of a music nerd they’ll know he sometimes composed for prepared piano, a piano where the strings have objects stuffed between the strings. But between the poles of not playing anything and playing something unusually is Cage the composer. Contrasted with Cage the experimenter, this is a composer who worked with string quartets, duos and solo piano. It’s this Cage that’s the focus of the new Another Timbre release Chamber Works: 1943-1951, a set of his early music played by the ever reliable classical ensemble Apartment House.