JOHN CAGE : Freeman Etudes, Books 3 & 4

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Format: CD [mode37]
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Label: Mode

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'This CD presents the first recording of the second half of John Cage’s Freeman Etudes for violin. Those familiar with the previously-released volume of thiswork will already know what to expect: the bewildering complexity of the Etudes and the astonishing virtuosity of Irvine Arditti’s performance.
Convinced that the later, more complex etudes were unplayable, Cage abandoned work on the Freeman Etudes in 1980, after completing the first sixteen andbeginning the eighteenth Etude. It wasn’t until 1990, after hearing Irvine Arditti’s blistering performances that Cage was encouraged to complete thecycle with the last two books of sixteen etudes. Considering his role in the history of the Freeman Etudes, it is only fitting that Arditti should be the first torecord them.
This is the second release with Irvine Arditti in his traversal of The Complete Works for Violin by John Cage for Mode Records.
Released 1989.'

Tracklist
Book Three
1 Etude 17 3:09
2 Etude 18 3:06
3 Etude 19 3:08
4 Etude 20 3:05
5 Etude 21 3:13
6 Etude 22 3:03
7 Etude 23 3:05
8 Etude 24 3:08
Book Four
9 Etude 25 3:12
10 Etude 26 3:03
11 Etude 27 3:05
12 Etude 28 3:01
13 Etude 29 3:09
14 Etude 30 3:11
15 Etude 31 3:08
16 Etude 32 3:02

Credits
Art Direction, Photography By – Brian Brandt
Composed By – John Cage
Engineer, Edited By [Digital Editing] – Rainer Schulz
Executive Producer – Brian Brandt
Liner Notes – James Pritchett
Liner Notes [French Translation] – Bérénice Fargeot, Marc Farre
Liner Notes [German Translation] – Jovita Zähl
Producer – Udo Wüstendörfer
Producer [For The Hessischer Rundfunk] – Ernstalbrecht Stiebler
Violin – Irvine Arditti

Notes
Subtitled The Complete Music for Violin, Disc 2.
"Freeman Etudes, Books 3 & 4" (1980, 1989-1990) written for Irvine Arditti, first recording.
Recorded at Hessischer Rundfunk, Studio 1, 13 and 14 September 1993.
16-page booklet includes liner notes in English, German and French plus a sample page from the score.