Etudes Australes
Album by John Cage & Claudio Crismani
Etudes Australes is a recording of John Cage’s solo piano études derived from southern-hemisphere star charts, using chance operations to determine pitch material and extreme hand independence across the keyboard. It belongs to avant-garde/experimental classical music and explores indeterminacy and astronomical mapping as structural themes.
First released: 1997
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Disc 1
- 1.Etudes Australes, First Part: Etude I4:06
- 2.Etudes Australes, First Part: Etude II4:29
- 3.Etudes Australes, First Part: Etude III1:46
- 4.Etudes Australes, First Part: Etude IV4:37
- 5.Etudes Australes, First Part: Etude V5:07
- 6.Etudes Australes, First Part: Etude VI4:52
- 7.Etudes Australes, First Part: Etude VII2:17
- 8.Etudes Australes, First Part: Etude VIII4:17
- 9.Etudes Australes, First Part: Etude IX4:17
- 10.Etudes Australes, First Part: Etude X2:31
- 11.Etudes Australes, First Part: Etude XI2:37
- 12.Etudes Australes, First Part: Etude XII3:29
- 13.Etudes Australes, First Part: Etude XIII1:58
- 14.Etudes Australes, First Part: Etude XIV3:09
- 15.Etudes Australes, First Part: Etude XV3:16
- 16.Etudes Australes, First Part: Etude XVI5:54
Disc 2
- 2.Etudes Australes, Second Part: Etude I3:20
- 3.Etudes Australes, Second Part: Etude II2:38
- 4.Etudes Australes, Second Part: Etude III2:28
- 5.Etudes Australes, Second Part: Etude IV4:00
- 6.Etudes Australes, Second Part: Etude V1:36
- 7.Etudes Australes, Second Part: Etude VII4:01
- 8.Etudes Australes, Second Part: Etude VII2:41
- 9.Etudes Australes, Second Part: Etude VIII2:08
- 10.Etudes Australes, Second Part: Etude IX3:42
- 11.Etudes Australes, Second Part: Etude X3:24
- 12.Etudes Australes, Second Part: Etude XI1:09
- 13.Etudes Australes, Second Part: Etude XII2:29
- 14.Etudes Australes, Second Part: Etude XIII4:12
- 15.Etudes Australes, Second Part: Etude XIV5:00
- 16.Etudes Australes, Second Part: Etude XV4:25
- 17.Etudes Australes, Second Part: Etude XVI5:56











