The Great Learning

cornelius cardew:
the great learning
the scratch orchestra

LP - Deutsche Grammophon 2561 107
Germany, 1971

CD - Cortical Foundation CORTI 21
USA, 2000

Tracks

Paragraph 1 (bonus track on CD re-issue only, recorded in 1982)
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 7

Credits

(unpublished, copyright: Cornelius Cardew)
The Scratch Orchestra
Conductor: Cornelius Cardew
Producer: Karl Faust
Assistant Producer: Richard V Hill
Musical Adviser: John White
Engineer: John Timperley
Recorded at Chappell Studios, London on February 15/16, 1971

Additional Information

This LP was only available as part of a six LP boxed set of Avant Garde music on Deutsche Grammophon
Though David Jackman is not mentioned anywhere on the sleeve, he was an active member of the Scratch Orchestra at this point and is probably one of the massed singers. Some of the other members mentioned in the liner notes (by Cornelius Cardew) are: John Tillbury, Gavin Bryars, Michael Parsons, Howard Skempton, Michael Chant, Christopher Hobbs, and Hugh Shrapnel - each of who recruited friends, family and students to swell the ranks.

The Cortical CD re-issue (limited to 1000 copies) includes a bonus track, originally released on the Cornelius Cardew Memorial double LP.