artist : GVSU New Music Ensemble
title : Steve Reich Music for 18 Musicians
date : 2007
label : Innova Records
genre : Avantgarde cat# : innova678
release date: 12.02.2007
street date : 10.08.2007
tracks : 14
bitrate : avg. 186kbps
size : 84,4 MB
source : CDDA
type : Album
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1970s downtown New York City and Steve ReichÆs brand of
Minimalism are inextricably linked. That is all about to
change. His era-defining opus, Music for 18 Musicians, one of
his most enduringly popular works with its creamy
orchestration and trippy patterns, has found new roots in the
heartland. A band of regular Michigan students and volunteers
led by Bill Ryan has devoted the last year to perfecting it;
in the process, turning it into something of a lifestyle.
This hybrid SACD/CD audiophile, surround recording captures
every phrase of the work, as though you were hearing it for
the first time in your life, farm-fresh. Engineered by Silas
Brown on location at Grand RapidsÆ Victorian temple to great
music, the St. Cecilia's Music Center, the work seems
newly-minted for the 21st century.
Walking around Allendale, Michigan, home of the ensemble,
where the land is flat, where one can see for miles and miles
and miles, and where this view sometimes seems infinite, the
music seems written for the location. The piece is huge,
monolithic, yet unencumbered by its hour-long frame, by its
huge staff of players and interlocking rhythms and melodies.
It stretches long and far and encourages deep breathing and
space, as does the home of this recording: The Grand Valley
State University New Music Ensemble performs "Music for 18
Musicians" with a spirit and abandon befitting the passion of
its composer, inspired by the commitment and experience of
its leader, and with the exuberance and vision of its youth.
With performances lauded by the New York Times and Bang On a
Can Marathoners, we now invite you to discover this ensemble,
and to rediscover this extraordinary work in its 100% organic
glory.s
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01-Pulses 05:04
02-Section I 03:59
03-Section II 04:34
04-Section Iiia 04:09
05-Section Iiib 04:20
06-Section IV 05:34
07-Section V 06:02
08-Section VI 04:47
09-Section VII 04:06
10-Section Viii 03:28
11-Section Ix 05:13
12-Section X 01:19
13-Section Xi 04:23
14-Pulses 04:28
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61:26 min