Castle Classics Reich, Steve (American B.1936)

S Reich: Different Trains. Piano Phase - The Duke Quartet; Andrew Russo & Marc Mellits, pianos

Label - Black Box

Cat. No. - BBM1097

Including REICH Different Trains for string quartet and tape (1988); Piano Phase (1967); MELLITS String Quartet No.2 (2004) - World premiere recording

Without a doubt one of the most important composers of the previous and current centuries, Steve Reich has had an enormous influence on modern music of many genres. This album is released to tie in with his 70th birthday celebrations this Autumn, which include a high-profile series of concerts at London's Barbican Centre

Piano Phase, one of Reich's earlier works, experiments with two pianists playing repetitive loops, which gradually phase in and out of time with each other, creating a mesmerising effect

Different Trains, considered one of the most significant works of the past century, is based on Reich's experiences of train journeys as a child during the late 30s and early 40s in America, and his thoughts about the kind of trains he might have been on, as a Jew, had he resided in Europe during that time. It uses pre-recorded speech samples, train sounds and music as a backing track which is then performed over, creating what has become known as a musical documentary

The Duke Quartet has championed the works of Reich and other contemporary composers, and, for the first time since the Kronos Quartet first recorded Different Trains in 1990, has recorded a new backing track. American pianist Andrew Russo is a dynamic young rising star, already very well-respected in contemporary music circles, and has recorded works by many of the great American composers for Black Box. Joining Andrew on Piano Phase is composer & pianist Marc Mellits, who was a student of Reich's and is considered a great talent in the younger generation of composers. Also featured here is the world premiere recording of one of his most recent works - String Quartet No.2
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S Reich: Different Trains. Triple Quartet - Orchestre National de Lyon; David Robertson, conductor

Label - Naive

Cat. No. - MO782167

Including Different Trains - version for string orchestra; Triple Quartet - version for string orchestra; The four sections

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S Reich: Different Trains - The Smith Quartet

Label - Signum

Cat. No. - SIGCD064

Including Different Trains; Triple Quartet; Duet
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G Ligeti; S Reich; Annonymous: African Rhythms - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano & percussion; AKA Pygmies

Label - Warner

Cat. No. - 8573865842

Including LIGETI Etudes, Book 1; Etudes, Book 2; Etudes, Book 3; REICH Clapping Music; Music for Pieces of Wood; TRADITIONAL Bossobe; Bobangi; Yangissa; Anduwa; Banga Banga; Zoboko; Mohunga; Mai
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S Reich: Music for 18 Musicians - Details of Performers Given below

Label - ECM

Cat. No. - 8214172

Including Pulse, Sections I X

Performers: Shem Guibbory: violin / Ken Ishii: cello / Elizabeth Arnold, Rebecca Armstrong, Pamela Fraley: voices / Nurit Tilles, Steve Chambers: pianos / Larry Karush: piano, maracas / Gary Schall: marimba, maracas / Bob Becker, Russ Hartenberger, Glen Velez: marimbas, xylophones / James Preiss: metallophone, piano / Steve Reich: piano, marimba / David Van Tieghem: marimba, xylophone, piano / Virgil Blackwell, Richard Cohen: clarinets, bass clarinets / Jay Clayton: voice, piano
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S Reich: Tehillim - Details of Performers Given Below

Label - ECM

Cat. No. - 8274112

Including Tehillim Part I - IV

Performers: Pamela Wood, Cheryl Bensman, Rebecca Armstrong, Jay Clayton: voices / Bob Becker, Russ Hartenberger, Garry Kvistad, Steve Reich, Gary Schall, Glen Velez: percussion / Virgil Blackwell: clarinet, flute / Mort Silver: clarinet, piccolo / Vivian Burdick: oboe / Ellen Bardekoff: English horn / Edmund Niemann: Nurit Tilles / Shem Guibbory, Robert Chausow: violins / Ruth Siegler: viola / Chris Finckel: cello / Lewis Paer: bass / George Manahan: conductor
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S Reich: Sextet (1985). Piano Phase (1967). Eight Lines (1983) - Vincent Corver, piano; The London Steve Reich Ensemble; Kevin Griffiths, conductor

Label - CPO

Cat. No. - 7773372

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P Glass; S Reich: Music Four Hands - Maki Namekawa & Dennis Russell Davies, pianos

Label - Orange Mountain Music

Cat. No. - OMM0022

Including REICH Piano Phase; GLASS Six Scenes from 'Les Enfants Terribles'

Philip Glass composed Les Enfants Terribles in 1996 as the final part in a trilogy of operas based on three films by Jean Cocteau. The work was written for dancers, singers and three pianists but Dennis Russell Davies and Maki Namekawa selected and arranged six pieces from the opera for a piano duo. Davies says: "I am very confident that this music substantially enriches the two-piano repertory - it certainly is fun to play".

Steve Reich's seminal work for two pianos, Piano Phase (1967), has become one of his most famous. Reich says: "It is the direct result of my work in 1965-66 on two identical audio loops played simultaneously on two separate tape recorders, whereby barely perceptible changes in the tape playback speed produced minimal phase shifts between two identical, repeating patterns." While lacking the perfection of the machine, Piano Phase is both absorbing and satisfying for performers and listeners alike
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S Reich: Octet/Music For A Large Ensemble/Violin Phase - List of Perfromers below

Label - ECM

Cat. No. - 8272872

Performers: Russ Hartenberger , Glen Velez , Gary Schall , Richard Schwarz : marimbas / Bob Becker , David Van Tieghem : xylophones / James Preiss : vibraphone / Nurit Tilles , Edmund Niemann , Larry Karush , Steve Reich : pianos / Jay Clayton , Elizabeth Arnold : voices / Shem Guibbory , Robert Chausow : violins / Ruth Siegler , Claire Bergmann : violas / Chris Finckel , Michael Finckel : cellos / Lewis Paer , Judith Sugarman : basses / Virgil Blackwell , Richard Cohen : clarinets / Mort Silver : flute / Ed Joffe , Vincent Gnojek : soprano saxophones / Douglas Hedwig , Marshall Farr , James Hamlin , James Dooley : trumpets
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S Reich: Tehilim, the Desert Music - Alarm Will Sound Pierson

Label - Cantaloupe

Cat. No. - CA21009
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S Reich: City Life - Robert Fabbriciani (flutes); The Nextime Ensemble; Danilo Grassi, conductor; Contempoartensemble; Mauro Ceccanti, conductor

Label - Arts Blue Line

Cat. No. - 476242

Including City Life for ensemble; Sextet for percussion & keyboards; Vermont Counterpoint for flute & tape; Clapping Music for 2 performers.
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S Reich: From the Kitchen Archives Vol.2 - Steve Reich & Musicians, Live 1977

Label - Orange Mountain Music

Cat. No. - OMM0018

Including Six Pianos; Pendulum Music; Violin Phase; Music for Pieces of Wood; Drumming - Part Four

Steve Reich's own group performs five seminal works from the celebrated American composer's early career - including the famous Six Pianos, Violin Phase, and part of Drumming - in a live recording made at New York's legendary experimental arts venue, The Kitchen, in May 1977, and now released for the first time as part of Orange Mountain's series 'From the Kitchen Archives'
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