Etcetera
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As Stephen Drury notes in the liners, "duality, contradiction, choice, freedom, anarchy. . .are the themes animating John Cage's two works" -- the two works referred to being "Etcetera" (1973) and...
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Three2/Twenty-Three/Six/Twenty-Six
Released: 2003
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Released: 2003
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This recording collects four of John Cage's very late works, part of a series known as the "number pieces" written in the late '80s and early '90s. In these compositions, instrumentalists are...
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One6/One10
Released: 2003
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Released: 2003
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Part of the Ogreogress label's project to record the late, so-called "number pieces" of John Cage, this disc contains three versions of "One 6" and one of "One 10" performed by Christina Fong on...
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Four4
Released: 2003
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Released: 2003
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"Four 4" was Cage's last work for percussion and is here presented in a massive, 72-minute performance by Glenn Freeman. The sounds employed are of long duration: timpani rolls, runs of bells,...
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Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse)
Released: 1992
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Released: 1992
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An eight-CD set of brilliant observations, from the humorous to the speculative to the heart-filling. Cage speaks of lives and notions of the well-known -- B. Fuller, Thoreau, the Vietnam War,...
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Two4
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These two magnificent versions of John Cage's late duo work Two4, one with the Japanese sho (mouth organ), the other the piano, both feature the exceptional talents of violinist Irvine Arditti....
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Variations IV, Vol. II
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"Due to unprecedented demand" for Volume One of Everest's 1965 release of John Cage's "Variations IV" (perhaps unique at the time given the experimental nature of the material), a second selection...
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Chorals, Cheap Imitation
Released: 1981
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Released: 1981
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Violinist Paul Zukofsky recorded these pieces early in his relationship with John Cage. Eventually the master composer would create his set of "Freeman Etudes" for solo violin and Zukofsky would...
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Freeman Etudes I-VIII
Released: 1983
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Released: 1983
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One of several volumes of this composer's music in the CP2 catalog, this challenging and literally stellar album presents the first set of eight etudes in a series that had been left unfinished at...
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