Freeman Etudes

Album by John Cage & János Négyesy

Freeman Etudes is a set of solo violin études by American composer John Cage, composed between 1977 and 1989. The pieces employ Cage's use of chance operations and highly demanding, fragmentary notation that pushes conventional violin technique into austere timbral and rhythmic textures, representing a late-career exploration of indeterminacy and expanded instrumental possibility in his output.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 1
    4:06
  2. 2.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 2
    4:02
  3. 3.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 3
    4:10
  4. 4.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 4
    4:16
  5. 5.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 5
    3:58
  6. 6.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 6
    4:09
  7. 7.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 7
    4:23
  8. 8.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 8
    4:07
  9. 9.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 9
    4:18
  10. 10.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 10
    4:02
  11. 11.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 11
    4:00
  12. 12.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 12
    4:14
  13. 13.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 13
    4:17
  14. 14.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 14
    4:22
  15. 15.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 15
    4:11
  16. 16.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 16
    3:53

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 17
    4:15
  2. 3.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 18
    4:04
  3. 4.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 19
    4:23
  4. 5.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 20
    3:59
  5. 6.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 21
    4:26
  6. 7.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 22
    4:00
  7. 8.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 23
    4:02
  8. 9.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 24
    4:01
  9. 10.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 25
    4:24
  10. 11.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 26
    4:28
  11. 12.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 27
    4:16
  12. 13.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 28
    4:07
  13. 14.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 29
    4:11
  14. 15.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 30
    3:54
  15. 16.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 31
    3:44
  16. 17.
    Freeman Etudes: Etude 32
    3:57

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