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This late-'80s work finds the minimalist composer mixing acoustic and taped material to great effect. The disc's centerpiece is "Different Trains," a work that frames Reich's impressions of his boyhood train trips between his mother in Los Angeles and his father in New York; Reich also intersperses references to the much more harrowing train rides Jews were forced to take to Nazi concentration camps. Using the fine playing of the Kronos Quartet as a base, Reich layers the work with the taped train musings of his governess, a retired Pullman porter, and various Holocaust survivors -- vintage train sounds from the '30s and '40s add to the riveting arrangement. And for some nice contrast, Reich recruits guitarist Pat Metheny to create a similarly momentous piece in "Electric Counterpoint" (Metheny plays live over a multi-tracked tape of ten guitars and two electric basses). Two fine works by Reich in his prime.
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Different Trains (Steve Reich)
Kronos Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist - Les Brockman, Engineer - Steve Reich, Composer, MainArtist - Judith Sherman, Producer
© 1990 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1989 Nonesuch Records
Kronos Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist - Les Brockman, Engineer - Steve Reich, Composer, MainArtist - Judith Sherman, Producer
© 1990 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1989 Nonesuch Records
Kronos Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist - Les Brockman, Engineer - Steve Reich, Composer, MainArtist - Judith Sherman, Producer
© 1990 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1989 Nonesuch Records
Electric Counterpoint (Steve Reich)
Steve Reich, Composer, MainArtist - Pat Metheny, Guitar, MainArtist
© 1990 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1989 Nonesuch Records
Steve Reich, Composer, MainArtist - Pat Metheny, Guitar, MainArtist
© 1990 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1989 Nonesuch Records
Steve Reich, Composer, MainArtist - Pat Metheny, Guitar, MainArtist
© 1990 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1989 Nonesuch Records
Album review
This late-'80s work finds the minimalist composer mixing acoustic and taped material to great effect. The disc's centerpiece is "Different Trains," a work that frames Reich's impressions of his boyhood train trips between his mother in Los Angeles and his father in New York; Reich also intersperses references to the much more harrowing train rides Jews were forced to take to Nazi concentration camps. Using the fine playing of the Kronos Quartet as a base, Reich layers the work with the taped train musings of his governess, a retired Pullman porter, and various Holocaust survivors -- vintage train sounds from the '30s and '40s add to the riveting arrangement. And for some nice contrast, Reich recruits guitarist Pat Metheny to create a similarly momentous piece in "Electric Counterpoint" (Metheny plays live over a multi-tracked tape of ten guitars and two electric basses). Two fine works by Reich in his prime.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 6 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:48
- Main artists: Steve Reich w/ Pat Metheny
- Composer: Steve Reich
- Label: Nonesuch
- Genre: Classical
© 1990 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1990 Nonesuch Records, manufactured and marketed by Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company
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