John Cage: Side 1: Etudes Boreales (1978) for Piano Solo 20:18
4:21 / 5:49 / 4:24 / 5:44
Side 2: Etudes Boreales (1978) for Cello Solo 19:34
4:12 / 5:35 / 4:09 / 5:38
Side 3: Etudes Boreales (1978) for cello/piano duo 20:03
4:17 / 5:45 / 4:18 / 5:43
Side 4: Ryoanji (1983) for 4 voices and percussion 21:27
Frances-Marie Uitti, cello. Michael Pugliese, piano (Etudes Boreales); Isabelle Ganz, mezzo-soprano.
Michael Pugliese, percussion (Ryoanji)
Digital recordings: 1984 : July 14 (Etudes Boreales for cello).
September 15 (Etudes Boreales for piano). Duo version mixed on September 15. Ryoanji on December 13.
Recorded and Mixed at Sorcerer Sound, New York City
DMM Matering and Pressing: Teldec, Germany
Composer supervised first recordings. A 2-LP limited-edition set of 200, signed and numbered by John Cage
Produced by: Brian Brandt, Eileen Daley and John Anton for Mode Records
Recording Engineer: David Avidor
Front cover illustration: rock drawing by John Cage (1984) for this recording
Back cover film strip: John Cage, Michael Pugliese and Brian Brandt during the mixing of the duo version of
Etudes Boreales
Cover design and inner layout: Brian Brandt and John Anton
Photography: Eileen Daley, Wim Riemens and Patsy Cravens
Program notes by John Cage and the performers (in English)
LP released in 1985
