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a r t i s t : Steve Reich
t i t l e : Three Tales
d a t e : 2003
l a b e l : Nonesuch
g e n r e : Modern Composition
r l s. d a t e : Aug-2003
t r a c k s : 19
b i t r a t e : 192kbps
s i z e : 81,9 MB
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Nonesuch Records announces the release of its first two-disc
DVD/CD package: Three Talesùthe critically acclaimed three-part
digital documentary video opera by renowned American composer
Steve Reich and video artist Beryl Korot. The pieceùin three
parts entitled ôHindenburg,ö ôBikini,ö and ôDollyöùreflects on
the wonders and perils of 20th century technological innovation
by focusing on a trio of pivotal modern events. It premiered at
the 2002 Vienna Festival before embarking on an international
tour, during which it was hailed as ôso vivid in its aesthetic
presentation that it made these historical events as
threateningly immediate as a blasting boom box on a subway
caröö by The New York Times and ôàa major work, a sneaky sort
of tragic masterpiece, whose sounds and images haunt the mind
for daysàö by The New Yorker. The Nonesuch release includes the
complete work on DVD as well as a CD of the music by itself and
arrives in stores August 19, 2003.
The first tale, ôHindenburg,ö uses historical footage,
photographs, specially constructed stills, and videotaped
interviews. Beginning with the infamous zeppelinÆs 1937
explosion in Lakehurst, New Jersey, ôHindenburgö also includes
material about the vesselÆs construction in Germany in 1935 and
its final Atlantic crossing. The second tale, ôBikini,ö is
based on footage, photographs, and text from the atom bomb
tests at Bikini Atoll from 1946 to 1954 and the forced
relocation of the atollÆs inhabitants. While ôHindenburgö is
presented more or less chronologically, ôBikiniö is arranged in
three repeated image/music blocks that form a kind of cyclical
meditation on the events, throughout which are interspersed the
two Biblical creation stories from Genesis. A short coda
explores the period after the nuclear explosions. The final
tale, ôDolly,ö briefly shows footage, text, and interviews
about the famous 1997 cloning of an adult sheep in Scotland. It
then goes on to explore the idea of human-body-as-machine,
genetic engineering, technological evolution, and robotics.
ôDollyö features fragments of interviews with prominent members
of the scientific and religious communities, some of which were
manipulated through two cutting-edge sound techniques: slow
motion sound and freeze-frame sound.
Steve Reich, who has been called ôAmericaÆs greatest living
composerö (The Village Voice) and ôthe most original musical
thinker of our timeö (The New Yorker), has embraced not only
aspects of Western classical music, but also the structures,
harmonies, and rhythms of non-Western and American vernacular
musicùparticularly jazzùthroughout his career. His ensemble,
Steve Reich and Musicians, regularly tours the world. Musical
America named Reich, a two-time Grammy winner, Composer of the
Year in 2000. Beryl Korot is an internationally exhibited
artist who first became known for her early pioneering work in
video art, particularly multiple-channel work. Her
installations have been exhibited at New YorkÆs Whitney Museum,
the Leo Castelli Gallery, and The Kitchen, as well as the
Dusseldorf Kunsthalle and Sofia Reina Museum (Madrid), among
other venues. Reich and Korot previously collaborated on The
Cave, a music theater video piece exploring the biblical story
of Abraham, Sarah, Hagar, Ishmael, and Issac.
Performed by The Steve Reich Ensemble and Synergy Vocals
Conducted by Bradley Lubman
http://nonesuch.com
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01-Hindenburg-Nibelung Zeppelin [03:19]
02-Hindenburg-A Very Impressive Thing To See [02:35]
03-Hindenburg-I Couldn't Understand It [05:20]
04-Bikini-In The Air 1 [01:24]
05-Bikini-To Atoll 1 [01:46]
06-Bikini-On The Ships 1 [02:46]
07-Bikini-In The Air 2 [01:53]
08-Bikini-The Atoll 2 [02:28]
09-Bikini-On The Ships 2 [02:43]
10-Bikini-In The Air 3 [01:57]
11-Bikini-The Atoll 3 [02:48]
12-Bikini-On The Ships 3 [02:15]
13-Bikini-Coda [02:17]
14-Dolly-Cloning [02:45]
15-Dolly-Dolly [01:53]
16-Dolly-Human Body Machine [06:12]
17-Dolly-Darwin [04:04]
18-Dolly-Interlude [00:30]
19-Dolly-Robots-Cyborgs-Immortality [10:37]
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