[silence] Petr Kotik's Umbilical Cord

[Glenn Freeman]

Zac Bond wrote:

 > Does anyone know if the 1992 performance of 103 by the WDR  
Sinfonieorchester in Cologne
 > or the 1997 performance at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston were  
performed "as written?"
 > Those are the ones presented with One11 on the Mode DVD.
Good question. I prefer the playing style on both MODE versions,  
compared with Kotik's first recording. It should be known I equally  
prefer some later recordings to a few of our first recordings of  
Cage's music as well.
On the other hand, my favorite recordings of Morton Feldman's Turfan  
Fragments and For Samual Beckett are Kotik's. His revision of  
Feldman's original orchestration of For Samuel Beckett works much  
better on recording than the original, in my opinion. This is a  
fantastic orchestral recording. Buy it immediately:
http://www.jazzloft.com/p-40471-turfan-fragments.aspx