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–Erik Satie	Socrate Alto Vocals [Alt] – Hilke HellingComposed By – Erik SatieGrand Piano [Klavier, Bösendorfer Konzertflügel] – Deborah RichardsTranslated By [Dialogues] – Victor CousinWords By [Dialogues] – Plato	(30:11)
1	–	I. Portrait De Socrate	5:47
2	–	II. Bords De L' Ilissus	7:05
3	–	III. Mort De Socrate	17:19
–John Cage	Cheap Imitation Composed By – John CageGrand Piano [Klavier, Bösendorfer Konzertflügel] – Herbert Henck	(31:05)
4	–	I. ♩ = 60	6:46
5	–	II. ♩ = 60	7:18
6	–	III. ♩ = 72	17:00

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Radio Bremen
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Wergo Schallplatten GmbH
• Copyright (c) – Wergo Schallplatten GmbH
• Copyright (c) – Éditions Max Eschig
• Copyright (c) – Éditions de La Sirène
• Copyright (c) – Henmar Press Inc.
• Copyright (c) – VG Bild-Kunst
• Published By – Edition Peters – P6805

Credits

• Co-producer [Eine Co-Produktion Von] – Radio Bremen, WERGO Schallplatten GmbH
• Engineer [Toningenieurin] – Frauke Schulz
• Liner Notes – Herbert Henck
• Liner Notes [English Translation By] – Deborah Richards
• Liner Notes [Traduit En Français Par] – Louise Duchesneau
• Painting [Cover] – Georges Braque
• Producer [Redaktion] – Solf Schaefer
• Recording Supervisor [Aufnahmeleitung], Edited By [Schnitt] – Andreas Heintzeler
• Technician [Tontechnikerin] – Gisela Menzlaff

Notes

Socrate
Drame symphonique en trois parties avec voix sur des dialogues de Platon traduits par Victor Cousin. Ouvrage composé pour les représentaions de la Princesse Edmond de Polignac
A Madame la Princesse Edmond de Polignac Et à la Mèmoire du Prince Edmond de Polignac. E.S.
Notenausgabe: Edition La Sirene Musicale, Copyright © 1973 by Editions Max Eschig, Paris (Notentext der 1. Ausgabe, Paris: Éditions de La Sirène, 1919). - "Édition revue et corrigé": Copyright © 1920 by Éditions de La Sirène, Paris.

Cheap Imitation, for piano solo
Notenausgabe: Copyright © 1970 by Henmar Press Inc., New York (Edition Peters P6805)

John Cage's "Cheap Imitation" was the result of a special occasion in December 1969: A project of the choreographer and dancer, Merce Cunningham, wanting to include Satie's "Socrate" in the version for small orchestra and voice, was threatened from taking place due to the high fees for the material; simultaneously the French publisher refused Cage permission to arrange the work for two pianos. Cage found a way out with the "Cheap Imitation", in which he subjected the entire score of "Socrate" to a type of metamorphosis. With the aid of a chance process developed from the Taosit oracle "I Ching" he transformed Satie's score into a new composition, in which however the contours of the original work were still clearly recognizable (bar division, rhythm, agogic), but especially the pitches and their octave registers were changed. [...]

Aufnahme: November 1989, Radio Bremen
Cover: "Guitarre et Verre / Nature morte à la partition de Satie" ("Socrate"), 1921, Öl auf Leinwand, 43 x 73 cm, auf der Rückseite signiert, Paris, Centre National d'Art de Culture Georges Pompidou, © 1991 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
℗ 1991 WERGO Schallplatten GmbH, Mainz, Germany
© 1991 WERGO Schallplatten GmbH, Mainz, Germany
Manufactured in Germany. Printed in Germany.

Packaging: standard jewel case with 36 page booklet

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4010228618624
• Rights Society: GEMA
• Label Code: LC 0846
• SPARS Code: DDD

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