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Steve Reich continues his exploration of counterpoint and phasing with Triple Quartet, a commission piece for the Kronos Quartet dating to 1999. For this piece (a suite in three movements), Kronos recorded two quartet scores, then played along with the tape, resulting in the Triple Quartet. Originally inspired by Bela Bartok's Fourth Quartet, the movements alternate fast, slow, and fast, with thick contrapuntal melodies rising and falling throughout. "Electric Guitar Phase" began life as "Violin Phase" in 1967. For this version, Dominic Frasca plays four electric guitar parts designed to set up phasing patterns. The initial melody (which almost sounds like the intro to a Van Halen tune) is doubled on a second guitar, then gradually sped up so that the second guitar winds up one eighth note ahead of the original melody. As other guitar parts are added in, the melody constantly changes subtly, the end result being a fascinating mixture of stasis and evolution. "Music for Large Ensemble," originally dating to 1977, is for a group approaching 30 players and is reminiscent of "Music for 18 Musicans" (also from the same time period), while "Tokyo/Vermont Counterpoint" is originally from 1981 and is performed by only one player performing multiple parts. For this piece, the original arrangement for flutes and piccolos is scored for MIDI marimba and xylophone. The natural duration of the notes was shortened in order to maintain the clarity of the composition, but the piece still shares a sonic kinship with "Six Marimbas." Triple Quartet is another beautiful offering from Steve Reich. It would also serve as a fine introduction to his work, as it surveys each of his four active decades as a composer and touches on the various styles and processes he's been interested in since moving away from pure musique concrète. Highly recommended.
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Kronos Quartet, String Quartet - John Kilgore, Mixer, Engineer - Steve Reich, Composer, Writer, MainArtist - Judith Sherman, Producer, Mixer - Bob Levy, AssistantEngineer - Dann Thompson, AssistantEngineer
© 2001 Nonesuch Records ℗ 2001 Nonesuch Records
Kronos Quartet, String Quartet - John Kilgore, Mixer, Engineer - Steve Reich, Composer, Mixer, Writer, MainArtist - Judith Sherman, Producer, Mixer - Bob Levy, AssistantEngineer - Dann Thompson, AssistantEngineer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer
© 2001 Nonesuch Records ℗ 2001 Nonesuch Records
Kronos Quartet, String Quartet - John Kilgore, Mixer, Engineer - Steve Reich, Composer, Mixer, Writer, MainArtist - Judith Sherman, Producer, Mixer - Bob Levy, AssistantEngineer - Dann Thompson, AssistantEngineer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer
© 2001 Nonesuch Records ℗ 2001 Nonesuch Records
John Kilgore, Mixer - Steve Reich, Composer, Mixer, MainArtist - Judith Sherman, Mixer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Dominic Frasca, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Engineer, Electric Guitar
© 2001 Nonesuch Records ℗ 2001 Nonesuch Records
Steve Reich, Composer, MainArtist - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Jennifer Graham, AssistantEngineer - Alan Pierson, Conductor, Producer, Mixer, Editor - Clay Greenberg, Producer - Ian Quinn, AssistantEngineer - Justin Volpe, Engineer - Kala Pierson, AssistantEngineer - Rob Haskins, Producer - Alarm Will Sound, Orchestra - Ossia, Orchestra
© 2001 Nonesuch Records ℗ 2001 Nonesuch Records
Steve Reich, Composer, MainArtist - Hidenori Shimada, Engineer - Mika Yoshida, Producer, Arranger, Marimba, FeaturedArtist - Ray Dillard, Mixer, Editor
© 2001 Nonesuch Records ℗ 2001 Nonesuch Records
Album review
Steve Reich continues his exploration of counterpoint and phasing with Triple Quartet, a commission piece for the Kronos Quartet dating to 1999. For this piece (a suite in three movements), Kronos recorded two quartet scores, then played along with the tape, resulting in the Triple Quartet. Originally inspired by Bela Bartok's Fourth Quartet, the movements alternate fast, slow, and fast, with thick contrapuntal melodies rising and falling throughout. "Electric Guitar Phase" began life as "Violin Phase" in 1967. For this version, Dominic Frasca plays four electric guitar parts designed to set up phasing patterns. The initial melody (which almost sounds like the intro to a Van Halen tune) is doubled on a second guitar, then gradually sped up so that the second guitar winds up one eighth note ahead of the original melody. As other guitar parts are added in, the melody constantly changes subtly, the end result being a fascinating mixture of stasis and evolution. "Music for Large Ensemble," originally dating to 1977, is for a group approaching 30 players and is reminiscent of "Music for 18 Musicans" (also from the same time period), while "Tokyo/Vermont Counterpoint" is originally from 1981 and is performed by only one player performing multiple parts. For this piece, the original arrangement for flutes and piccolos is scored for MIDI marimba and xylophone. The natural duration of the notes was shortened in order to maintain the clarity of the composition, but the piece still shares a sonic kinship with "Six Marimbas." Triple Quartet is another beautiful offering from Steve Reich. It would also serve as a fine introduction to his work, as it surveys each of his four active decades as a composer and touches on the various styles and processes he's been interested in since moving away from pure musique concrète. Highly recommended.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 6 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:47
- Main artists: Steve Reich
- Composer: Steve Reich
- Label: Nonesuch - Warner Records
- Genre: Classical
© 2001 Nonesuch Records ℗ 2001 Nonesuch Records
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