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In Reply to: RE: It was a serious post! : ) It's on sale at eclassical. 50% off posted by jdaniel@jps.net on December 13, 2016 at 18:36:20
I'm a fan of much of Reich's music. (For those who think this means I'll listen to anything, please consider that I don't care much at all for Glass or Riley.) That said, I don't think I've ever heard the entire piece in question. I do have a excerpt of it on an ECM sampler LP from the 80's, and have enjoyed that segment on more than one occasion, so there you go.
One thing I have noticed is that when I hear various recordings of the same Reich piece, I find very little to choose between them, at least in terms of actual interpretive nuance. The preferences come down to things like recorded sound and instruments used (Reich works are often transcribed for other instruments.)
Some of my favorite Reich pieces:
Music for a Large Ensemble (which is very much in the vein of "18 Musicians")
Tehillim (the second movement especially)
The Dessert Music
Different Trains
Electric Counterpoint
Putting on my flame-proof suit....
dh
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I like 18 musicians, but man this Desert Music piece drives me nuts. Listen on YouTube to determine if you are up for it.
"Life without music is a mistake" (Nietzsche)
I got into this piece as a student, in fact it was the first work of his I ever heard. I listened to it a lot then, not so much today. I revisited it recently and was not as enamored with it as in the past. It was, however, a different recording than the one I cut my teeth on. Contrary to my previous statement about there not being much to choose between various recordings of the same Reich piece, in this case the piece was almost unrecognizable to me in spots. I'm used to the MTT recording from 1985. The Leipzig performance that comes up on YT is pretty rotten. The canons about halfway through are a train wreck. Avoid. Even with a good performance, the texture is rather heavy and may put off some folks. Tehillim explores much of the same area with a much smaller ensemble and is probably a better entry point to Reich's music for voices and instruments together.
Of course, it helps to spell "Desert" correctly while we're at it. Jeez.
dh
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"Life without music is a mistake" (Nietzsche)
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