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The Minimalists - Adams, Glass, Reich, Heath / Christopher Warren-Green, London CO

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-12

Works: John Adams: Shaker Loops; Philip Glass: Facades; Quartet for Strings no 2 ("Company"); Steve Reich: Eight Lines; David C. Heath: The Frontier, for double-bass & orchestra
Performers: Haram, Simon; Harle, John; Lawrence, Chris [Bass]
Conductors: Warren-Green, Christopher
Ensemble: ; London Chamber Orchestra

The 1960's saw the arrival of a new musical style from America: minimalism fascinated classical and op musician alike. The music on this CD is...continue...
Recording information: All Saints Church, Petersham (03/1990)....continue...

Essential 20th Century Classics - Over 2 hours of captivating modern classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus; Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; C...
Performers: Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Currie, Colin; Devos, Louis; Donohoe, Peter; du Pre, Jacqueline; Fischer-Dieskau, Manuel; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Hendricks, Bar...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Prêtre, Georges; Penderecki, Krzysztof; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Kaljuste, Tönu; Metzmacher, Ingo; B...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Essential 20th Century Classics is a 2-CD set featuring a collection of important works written between 1901 and 2000. This period is sometimes thought of...continue...

Close to Home - music for clarinet & piano: Bernstein: Sonata; Copland: Sonata; Coleman: Sonatine; Reich, Mandat / Michael Rowlett, clarinet; Stacy Rodgers, piano

1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-12-11

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Jeanne Singer: Nocturne for clarinet & piano; Eric Mandat: Rrowzer!, for clarinet & piano; Valerie Coleman: Sonatine for clarinet & piano; Aaron Copl...
Performers: Rodgers, Stacy; Rowlett, Michael

The program for Close to Home began when clarinetist Michael Rowlett met two composers whose music intrigued him - Valerie Coleman and Eric Mandat. He...continue...
Recording information: First Presbyterian Church, Oxford, Mississippi....continue...

Works for percussion by Steve Reich; Lou Harrison; Eric Whitacre; Toru Takemistsu et al. / Smoke and Mirrors

1 CD / Yarlung / 2012-11-13

Works: Steve Reich: Nagoya Marimbas, for 2 marimbas; Music for Pieces of Wood, for 5 pairs of tuned claves; Lou Harrison: Canticle no 3, for flute (or ocarina), guitar & percussion; Eric Whitacre: Sleep; De...
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Ensemble: Smoke and Mirrors (Percussion Ensemble)

Smoke & Mirrors takes us on a journey of the breadth of contemporary classical music written for percussionists. The recording was captured using a single...continue...
Personnel: Len Horowitz (tapes).

Recording information: Zipper Hall, Los Angeles, CA (06/07/2011-06/10/2011)....continue...

NY Counterpoint - works for clarinet & piano by Horovitz, Carter, Muczynski, Bernstein & Reich / Lucia Kye, clarinet; Tony Park, piano

1 CD / Fleur de Son / 2012-09-25

Works: Joseph Horovitz: Sonatina for clarinet & piano; Elliott Carter: Pastorale for Clarinet and Piano; Robert Muczynski: Time Pieces, for clarinet & piano, Op. 43; Leonard Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet a...
Performers: Kye, Lucia; Lee, Choong-Heon; Park, Tony

Lucia Kye has proven once again that she is an artist of exquisite taste and style in this stunning representation of twentieth century clarinet literature....continue...
Recording information: Burchfield Penney Art Center SUNY at Buffalo (08/08/2010-08/10/2010)....continue...

Steve Reich: Drumming, Parts I-IV; Six Pianos; Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices & Organ / Russ Hartenberger, Bob Becker, James Preiss

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-31

Works: Steve Reich: Drumming, for 2 female voices, piccolo, 4 pairs of bongos, 3 marimbas & 3 glockenspiels; Six Pianos; Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ, for 3 female voices, 3 marimbas, 3 gl...
Performers: Barbara, Joan La; Becker, Bob [Percussion]; Chambers, Steve; Clayton, Jay; Ferchen, Timothy; Harms, Ben; Hartenberger, Russ; Jarrett, Janice; Preiss, James; Reich, Steve; Velez, Glen

Drumming is a classic of hope and achievement. Coming after a few years - the late sixties - when so many old barriers had fallen,...continue...
Recording information: Studio Rahlstedt, Hamburg, Germany (01/1974)....continue...

Essential American Classics - Over 2 hours of America's best-loved classical music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Bamboula, danse des nègres for piano, Op. 2, D. 13 (RO 20); Stephen Foster: My Old Kentucky Home, for voice & piano; Beautiful dreamer; Edward MacDowell: To a Wild Rose;...
Performers: Allen, Geri; Barclay, John; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Carter, Regina [Violin]; Criswell, Kim; Gardner, Simon; Glaser, Matt; Goodchild, Mark; Hampson, Thomas; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Voc...
Conductors: Foley, Timothy; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Slatkin, Leonard; Slatkin, Felix; Richardson, Neil; McGlinn, John; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Bátiz, Enrique; Davies, Dennis R.; Paavo, Järvi; Warren-Green,...

Classical 2012 / Gheorghiu, Fray, Balsom, Kaufmann, Netrebko, Jaroussky, DiDonato, Pahud

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture; La Cenerentola; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 18 'P...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Angelich, Nicholas; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Balsom, Alison; Braley, Frank; Callas, Maria; Capucon, Renaud; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Damrau, Diana; Dessay, Natalie; DiDonato, Joyce; F...
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco; Pappano, Antonio; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Balsom, Alison; Paavo, Järvi; Serafin, Tullio; ; Rousset, Christophe; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Ono, Kazushi; Noseda, Gianandrea; Thielemann,...
Ensemble: ; I Barocchisti; L'Arpeggiata; Les Talens Lyriques; Les Violons du Roy; London Steve Reich Ensemble; Scottish Ensemble

Following the enormous success of the previous albums in the annual Classical series, Virgin Classics is releasing Classical 2012 in November 2011. With 45 tracks,...continue...

Widening Circles

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-01-10

Works: Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint; Marek Pasieczny: American Suite, for guitar; Benjamin Beirs: Awakened Awareness, for guitar; Roland Dyens: Libra Sonatina for guitar
Performers: Beirs, Benjamin

Recording information: Sound Temple Studios, Asheville, NC (09/2011)....continue...

Steve Reich: Different Trains; Piano Counterpoint; Triple Quartet

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-29

Works: Steve Reich: Triple Quartet, for 3 string quartets; Piano Counterpoint, for piano & tape (arr. of "Six Pianos"); Different Trains, for double string quartet & tape
Performers: Corver, Vincent
Conductors: Griffiths, Kevin
Ensemble: London Steve Reich Ensemble

EMI Classics celebrates the 75th birthday of the inimitable Steve Reich, hailed by the New York Times as "our greatest living composer," with a new...continue...
Recording information: Luzemer Saal, KKL, Luzern, Switzerland (06/04/2011-06/05/2011)....continue...

American Music for string quartet by Reich, Barber, Crumb / Quatuor Diotima

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-10-25

Works: Steve Reich: Different Trains, for double string quartet & tape; Samuel Barber: Quartet for Strings in B major, Op. 11; George Crumb: Black Angels (Images I), for electric string quartet

This is Quatuor Diotima's 3rd recording on Naïve, following 2 highly praised recordings dedicated to Onslow & the Viennese school. Step by step they are...continue...
Recording information: Théâtre d'Orléans-scène nationale, France (04/2011)....continue...

Patrick Zimmerli: Modern Music / Brad Mehldau, Kevin Hays

1 CD / Nonesuch / 2011-09-20

Works: Patrick Zimmerli: Crazy Quilt, for 2 pianos; Generatrix, for 2 pianos; Celtic Folk Melody, for 2 pianos; Modern Music, for 2 pianos; Brad Mehldau: Unrequited, for piano; Steve Reich: Music for 18 Mus...
Performers: Hays, Kevin; Mehldau, Brad

Recording information: Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA (10/13/1010-10/14/2010).

Modern Music, the collaborative recording between longtime colleagues and jazz pianists Brad Mehldau and Kevin Hays...continue...

Reflections

1 CD / La Ma de Guido / 2011-05-10

Works: Nicky Hind: Ripples, for guitar & live electronics; Reflections, for guitar; Crossings, for guitar & live electronics; George Winston: Carol of the Bells, for guitar; Night Sky, for guitar; Steve Rei...
Performers: Bieto, Jose Luis [Guitar]

Guitarist José Luís Bieito offers a collection of music on a compact disc, and the same music with images on a dvd. Most of the...continue...
Recording information: G.D.M. Studios, Vilanova i la Geltrú....continue...

Opus Pocus / Music for percussion, steel band

1 CD / Klavier / 2011-02-22

Works: Jaco Pastorius: Opus Pocus, for percussion ensemble; Dana Difilippantonio: Visions in a Dream; Béla Fleck: New South Africa; José Manuel León: Sirimusa, for percussion ensemble; Danny ...
Performers: D'Andreamatteo, Jessica; Deluca, Jay; Grabowski, Evan; Hann, Sarah; Harler, Wes; Heaton, Jason; Laclair, David; O'Neil, Sean; Stockton, Dave; Velsor, Shane [Percussion]
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Ensemble: Intensity; IUP Steel Band

This album features the contemporary sounds of percussion in music by jazz giants Jaco Pastorius and Pat Metheny, as well as pop material from Van...continue...
Recording information: DiCicco Rehearsal Room, Cogswell Hall, IUP Campus, Indi (12/2007-02/2010); Fisher Auditorium, IUP Campus, Indiana, PA (12/2007-02/2010)....continue...

111 More Classic Tracks [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-11-09

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93; Adagio and Allegretto (Elegy and Polka), for string quartet; Franz Liszt: Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145; Fr...
Performers: Alarie, Pierrette; Ambrosini, Jean-Claude; Anda, Geza; Andre, Maurice; Antonietti, Jean; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Askenase, Stefan; Baldwin, Dalton; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kat...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Ancerl, Karel; Stadlmair, Hans; Nelson, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Blech, Leo; Böhm, Karl; Previn, Andre; Boulez, Pierre; Karajan, Herbert von; Marcon, Andrea; Pletnev, Mikhail; ...
Ensemble: ; Early Music Consort of London

111 More Classic Tracks carries on from where 111 Classic Tracks of 2009 left off. In another mesmerizing journey through the history of Deutsche Grammophon's...continue...

Kurtag, Bartok, Stravinsky, et al: Music for Clarinet

1 CD / Budapest Music / 2010-04-13

Works: György Kurtág: Hommage to Robert Schumann, Op. 15d; Béla Bartók: Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Sz 111; Béla Faragó: Gregor Samson's Desires, for clarinet/bas...
Performers: Faragó, Béla; Gaál, Zoltán; Kurtag, Marta; Rohmann, Imre; Selmeczy, János; Tihanyi, Gellért

American Clarinet

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-01-26

Works: Elliott Carter: Concerto for Clarinet; Gra; Steve Reich: New York Counterpoint; Howard Sandroff: Tephillah, for clarinet and electronics; John Adams: Gnarly Buttons
Performers: Damiens, Alain; Rossi, Franck; Trouttet, Andre
Conductors: Robertson, David
Ensemble: Ensemble InterContemporain

The Minimalists / Jussi Jaatinen

2 CD / Mode Records / 2009-11-10

Works: Steve Reich: City Life; Kyle Gann: Sunken City; Louis Andriessen: Worker's Union; Terry Riley: In C, for unspecified performers; David Lang: Street; John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare ...
Performers: Madge, Geoffrey Douglas
Conductors: Jaatinen, Jussi
Ensemble: Volharding Orchestra

In the spring of 1972, composer Louis Andriessen and saxophonist Willem Breuker brought together musicians from improvised and from traditional music, at a historical and...continue...

Irony / Percussion Group The Hague

1 CD / Globe / 2009-09-01

Works: John Cage: First Construction (in Metal) for 6 Percussionists; Franco Donatoni: Omar; Jo Kondo: Under the Umbrella; Ron Ford: Star; Steve Reich: Drumming; Nicolaus A. Huber: Herbstfestival
Performers: De Zeeuw, Ger; Jiskoot, Murk; Marinissen, Arnold; Matthijsse, Emiel; Van Hoorn, Niels; Van Veen, Frank; Weekhout, Michel
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Ensemble: The Hague Percussion Group

Sonic Rebellion - An Alternative Classical Collection [B&N exclusive]

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-08-25

Works: John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare for orchestra; Philip Glass: Concerto for Violin; Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Symphony no 3, Op. 36 ("Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"); George Antheil:...
Performers: Anthony, Adele; Berman, Boris; Crawford, Peter; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Kilanowisz, Zofia; Mikkola, Laura; Nowacki, Piotr; Rehlis, Agnieszka; Zdunikowski, Adam
Conductors: Alsop, Marin; Yuasa, Takuo; Wit, Antoni; Spalding, Daniel; Edison, Noel; Summerly, Jeremy; ; Milanov, Rossen
Ensemble: ; Amici Ensemble; Forestare

Best 100 20th Century Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-07-28

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Songs (14), Op. 34; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Lieutenant Kij...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Auger, Arleen; Barrueco, Manuel; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Bean, Hugh; Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Bream...
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence; Previn, Andre; Kurtz, Efrem; Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Boult, Adrian; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Wit, Antoni; M...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Four Organs Phase Patterns

1 CD / Felmay Records / 2009-06-02

Works: Steve Reich: Four Organs; Phase Patterns
Performers: Chambers, Steve; Gibson, Jon [Avant-Garde]; Glass, Philip; Murphy, Arthur; Reich, Steve

A seminal 1970 release on Wergo, this is a prime example of Reich's "phase" phase, music which, in its audacious logic, seems to unfold out of itself. The early minimalist experiments of Glass and Re...continue...

The Pierre-Laurent Aimard Collection

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2009-05-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 15 in B flat major, K 450; Concerto for Piano no 27 in B flat major, K 595; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionat...

Clarinet

1 CD / Caprice Records / 2008-12-23

Works: Jean Françaix: Tema con Variazioni for Clarinet and Piano; Igor Stravinsky: Pieces (3) for Clarinet solo; Bohuslav Martinu: Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano; Tiberiu Olah: Sonata for clarinet sol...
Performers: Dornbusch, Karin

Recording information: Music Museum, Stockholm, Sweden....continue...

Sahay Manush - Marimbaphone & Multipercussion / Marta Kilmasara, Jürgen Spitschka

1 CD / Farao Classics / 2008-11-01

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Tango Suite for 2 Guitars; Libertango; Andy Pape: CaDance 4 2; Keiko Abe: Memories of the Seashore; Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin; Steve Reich: Marimba Phase; Martin Blazewic...
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Ensemble: Marta Klimasara and Jürgen Spitschka Duo

The literature for solo percussion has gone through an unprecedented development since the middle of the 20th century. The debut CD of the Duo Marta...continue...

Percussion Masterpieces - Reich, Stockhausen, Cage, etc / Rivolta, I Percussionisti della Scala

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-09-09

Works: Steve Reich: Drumming, for 2 female voices, piccolo, 4 pairs of bongos, 3 marimbas & 3 glockenspiels; Carlos Chávez: Tambuco for Six Percussion Players; Karlheinz Stockhausen: Zyklus; John Cage:...
Performers: Omar, Maurizio Ben
Conductors: Rivolta, Renato
Ensemble: La Scala Theater Percussionists

This collection of percussion masterpieces composed between 1931 and 1971, are performed by the best group of percussionists in Italy....continue...

Music For Saxophones - Reich, et al / Raschèr Quartet

1 CD / Cala Records / 2008-07-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, motet for chorus, BWV 225 (BC C1); Alexander Glazunov: Saxophone Quartet in B flat major, Op. 109; Erland von Koch: Cantilena e vivo, for organ...
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Ensemble: Raschèr Saxophone Quartet

EMI American Classics - Minimalism - Reich, Glass, etc / Thomas, Warren-Green, Wilson, London CO, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Steve Reich: Vermont Counterpoint; Eight Lines; New York Counterpoint; Four Organs; Philip Glass: Facades; Company
Performers: Damiens, Alain; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Wilson, Ransom
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Warren-Green, Christopher
Ensemble: London Chamber Orchestra; Solisti New York

Minimalism was originally the word used to describe certain movements in the visual arts and design of the immediate post World War II period. Then,...continue...

Reich: Daniel Variations, etc

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-04-08

Works: Steve Reich: Variations for Vibes, Piano and Strings; Daniel Variations

2008 release from composer Steve Reich, a memorial and a remembrance of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. He embarked upon the piece at...continue...

Guitar Collection Vol 16 - Ceci n'est pas une guitare

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-01-08

Works: Ulrich Krieger: Histoire de l'oeil, for electric guitar & live electronics; György Kurtág: A kis csáva for piccolo, guitar & trombone, Op. 15b ( "The Little Predicament"); Steve Re...
Performers: Durisov, Tatiana; Forni, Emanuele E.; Ito, Noe; Pfiffner, Andreas; Rothlisberger, Simon; Tschanz, Angela

Guitarist Emanuele Forni states: "My approach to music has always been transversal and I still find myself tackling different repertoires with the same passion and...continue...

Steve Reich: Sextet, Piano Phase, Eight Lines / Griffiths, London Steve Reich Ensemble

1 CD / CPO / 2007-11-20

Works: Steve Reich: Sextet, for percussion, piano & synthesizers; Piano Phase; Eight Lines
Performers: Corver, Vincent; Ford, Keith
Conductors: Griffiths, Kevin
Ensemble: Steve Reich Ensemble

The London Steve Reich Ensemble, founded by students at the Royal Academy of Music in 2005, has already successfully carried out many projects featuring the...continue...

Forestare - Works for Guitar / Ensemble Forestare

1 CD / ATMA / 2007-03-01

Works: Pascal Sasseville Quoquochi: Chaman, for guitar ensemble; Richard Desjardins: La Maison est ouverte, song; Les Yankees, song; Denis Gougeon: Une Petite Musique de nuit d'été, for guitar ens...
Performers: Barriault, Jonathan; Désy, Mathieu

Forestare is an ensemble of close to fifteen young classical guitarists, founded in 2002, with a calling to music and a commitment to the environment....continue...

Ripples

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2007-01-30

Works: Nicky Hind: Ripples, for guitar & live electronics; Leo Brouwer: Cuban landscape with rumba; Edward McGuire: Dark Cloud, for guitar ensemble; Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint
Performers: Grasse, Stefan

Reich: Remixed 2006

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2006-11-07

Works: Steve Reich: Work(s); Come Out
Performers: Hamm, Daniel; Reich, Steve; Ruotsi, Ruoho; Smoke, Alex
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Ensemble: Four Tet

Reich: Different Trains, etc; Mellits: String Quartet no 2

1 CD / Black Box / 2006-11-07

Works: Steve Reich: Different Trains, for double string quartet & tape; Piano Phase; Marc Mellits: Quartet for Strings no 2
Performers: Mellits, Marc; Russo, Andrew

Black Box presents a recording of two seminal works by Steve Reich, one of the most influential composers of our time, as well as a...continue...

Steve Reich - Phases (A Nonesuch Retrospective)

5 CD / Warner Classics / 2006-09-26

Works: Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians; Different Trains, for double string quartet & tape; Tehillim, for 3 sopranos, alto, winds, strings, percussion & keyboards; Eight Lines; You Are (Variations), for...
Performers: Becker, Bob [Percussion]; Beiser, Maya; Benschop, Yvonne; Borden, Barbara; Can, Bang On A; Goud, Ananda; Hartenberger, Russ; Kronos Quartet; Kvistad, Garry; Los Angeles Master Chorale; Metheny, Pat; ...
Conductors: ; Leeuw, Reinbert de; Lubman, Bradley; Gershon, Grant; Hillier, Paul; Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: Bang on a Can; Los Angeles Master Chorale; Members of the Brooklyn Philharmonic (Members); Members of the Steve Reich Ensemble (Members); Schoenberg Ensemble; Steve Reich & Musicians

"When the history book is written on the minimalist scene that emerged in the 1960s, it's likely that composer Steve Reich will emerge as the...continue...

The Sixteen Edition - An American Collection

1 CD / Coro / 2006-05-09

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Reincarnations, for 4 voices, Op. 16; Irving Fine: The Hour Glass, for 4 voices; Steve Reich: Clapping Music, for 2 performers; Leonard Bernstein: Spring Song (from The Lark...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Cleverdon, Roger; Dean, Ruth; Hoffnung, Benedict; Jenkin, Nicola [Soprano Vocals]; Lane, Carys-Anne; Leonard, Sarah; Lockhart, William; Robertson, Nicholas
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen (Choir)

Some of the most important and beautiful a cappella works of well-known names such as Barber, Bernstein and Copland are set alongside those by two...continue...

Music 4 Hands - Glass, Reich / Namekawa, Davies

1 CD / Orange Mountain Music / 2006-01-10

Works: Steve Reich: Piano Phase; Philip Glass: Les Enfants Terribles, dance opera
Performers: Davies, Dennis Russell [Piano/Conductor]; Namekawa, Maki

Orange Mountain new release Music 4 Hands presents new transcriptions for two pianos written and performed by Dennis Russell Davies and Maki Namekawa. As both...continue...

Discover - Music of the 20th Century

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-11-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Arnold Schoenberg: Pieces (5) for piano, Op. 23; Alban Berg: Concerto for Violin; Anton Webern: Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 1...
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Berman, Boris; Biret, Idil; Heaton, Roger; Hill, Peter; Hirsch, Rebecca; Kilanowisz, Zofia; Kormendi, Klara
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander; Klas, Eri; Yuasa, Takuo; Craft, Robert; Sanderling, Stefan; Bakels, Kees; Lenárd, Ondrej; Mogrelia, Andrew; Slovák, Ladislav; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Bateman, Paul; Sincl...
Ensemble: ; Amici Ensemble

Discover Music of the 20th Century is a comprehensive and easily digestible guide, leading us through the diverse, innovative and controversial music of this era....continue...

Reich: You Are (Variations), Cello Counterpoint

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2005-09-27

Works: Steve Reich: You Are (Variations), for chorus & ensemble; Cello Counterpoint
Performers: Beiser, Maya; Los Angeles Master Chorale
Conductors: Gershon, Grant
Ensemble: Los Angeles Master Chorale

"An exeptional score... a masterpiece... 'You Are' has something important to say, and it says it not only in a way a listener can hear...continue...

Reich: Different Trains, Triple Quartet, etc / Smith Quartet

1 CD / Signum UK / 2005-09-01

Works: Steve Reich: Triple Quartet, for 3 string quartets; Duet for 2 violins & strings, or chamber ensemble; Different Trains, for double string quartet & tape

From the Kitchen Archives Vol 2 - Steve Reich Live 1977

1 CD / Orange Mountain Music / 2005-07-12

Works: Steve Reich: Six Pianos; Pendulum Music, for 3 or more microphones, amps & loudspeakers; Violin Phase; Music for Pieces of Wood, for 5 pairs of tuned claves; Drumming, for 2 female voices, piccolo, 4...
Performers: Becker, Bob [Percussion]; Chambers, Steve; Clayton, Jay; Cohen, Richard [clarinet]; Fraley, Pamela; Guibbory, Shem; Hartenberger, Russ; Preiss, James; Reich, Steve; Schall, Gary; Tieghem, David Van; ...
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Ensemble: Steve Reich

Steve Reich is one of the foremost composers of our time and an important 'first generation' minimalist composer who has performed at The Kitchen Center...continue...
Personnel: Steve Reich (whistling, piano, marimba, glockenspiel, bongos, claves); Pamela Fraley, Jay Clayton (vocals); Steve Chambers, James Preiss, Glen Velez (whistling, piano, marimba, glockenspiel...continue...

Bear Essentials - American Classcics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-05-24

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Concerto for Clarinet; Old American Songs, Set 1; John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare for orchestra; Duke Ellington: Do nothin' till you hear ...
Performers: Boer, Harmen de; Graham, Susan; Hilton, Janet; McNaught, Graeme; Shelley, Howard; White, Willard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Dufallo, Richard; Mosko, Stephen; Järvi, Neeme; Hickox, Richard; Turovsky, Yuli; Jeanes, Major E. W.; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Stephens, D.S.; ; Slatkin, Leonard; Dausgaard, Thomas; Bamert, Matthi...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; Blues & Royals Band; Center City Brass Quintet; Cranwell Royal Air Force College Band; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; I Musici de Montréal; N...

Reich: Drumming / So Percussion

1 CD / Canteloupe / 2005-03-08

Works: Steve Reich: Drumming, for 2 female voices, piccolo, 4 pairs of bongos, 3 marimbas & 3 glockenspiels
Performers: Armstrong, Rebecca; Clayton, Jay; Lesser, Erin; Percussion, So
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Ensemble: So Percussion

This is the first recording of its kind, in which the group's four members perform all nine separate percussion parts, joined by the singers of...continue...
Personnel: Rebecca Armstrong (vocals, whistling); Jay Clayton (vocals).

Recording information: Sony Music Studios, New York, NY; The Hit Factory, New York, NY.

Steve Reich Drumming is th...continue...

Gaudete - Pachelbel, Tavener, Reich, Fauré / Tenebrae

1 CD / Signum UK / 2004-10-03

Works: Anonymous: Gaudete!; Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; John Tavener: The Lamb "Little Lamb, who made thee?"; Mother and Child; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Viol...
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Ensemble: Tenebrae

From the Kitchen Archives - 1979

2 CD / Orange Mountain Music / 2004-07-01

Works: Philip Glass: Dance; Meredith Monk: Vessel; Jon Gibson: Criss Cross; Garrett List: Where We Are; Gordon Mumma: Schoolwork; George Lewis: The Kim and I; Michael Nyman: Orchestral Pieces (5) for Opus T...
Performers: Behrman, David; Benary, Barbara; Blackwell, Virgil; Celli, Joseph; Chadabe, Joel; Cohen, Richard [clarinet]; Conrad, Tony; Gibson, Jon [class / sax]; Glass, Philip; Goldstein, Malcolm; Gordon, Peter ...
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Ensemble: A-1 Art Band

Founded in 1971 by video artists Woody and Steina Vasulka, The Kitchen is world renowned as a leading centre in the contemporary performing arts. Focussing...continue...

StrongStrangeStrings - Doati, Brouwer, et al / Elena Casoli

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2004-05-13

Works: Roberto Doati: L'apparizione di tre rughe; Leo Brouwer: Cuban landscape with carillons; Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint; Lou Harrison: Jahla; Serenade for Guitar; Avalokiteshvara; Maurizio Pisati:...
Performers: Càsoli, Elena; Pisati, Maurizio

Echo 20/21 Reich: Drumming

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2003-11-11

Works: Steve Reich: Drumming, for 2 female voices, piccolo, 4 pairs of bongos, 3 marimbas & 3 glockenspiels
Performers: Barbara, Joan La; Becker, Bob [Percussion]; Cardew, Cornelius; Chambers, Steve; Clayton, Jay; Ferchen, Timothy; Harms, Ben; Hartenberger, Russ; Preiss, James; Reich, Steve; Scott, Lesley; Velez, Glen

"Drumming is an immense sound machine which, while holding its ensemble of percussionists and vocalists in a firm grip, also gives them the means to...continue...
Personnel: Steve Reich (marimba, glockenspiel, drums); Glen Velez (whistling, marimba, glockenspiel, drums); Ben Harms, Bob Becker , Russ Hartenberger, James Preiss (marimba, glockenspiel, drums); Cor...continue...

Reich: City Life, Sextet, etc /Ceccanti, Contempoartensemble

1 CD / Arts / 2003-10-01

Works: Steve Reich: City Life; Sextet, for percussion, piano & synthesizers; Vermont Counterpoint; Clapping Music, for 2 performers
Performers: Fabbriciani, Roberto
Conductors: Ceccanti, Mauro; Grassi, Danilo
Ensemble: Contempoartensemble Ceccanti; Nextime Ensemble

New York Counterpoint / Rascher Saxophone Orchestra

1 CD / Northern Lights / 2002-11-01

Works: Steve Reich: New York Counterpoint; Edvard Grieg: From Holberg's Time, Op. 40; Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue for Organ in G major, BWV 541; Georges Kastner: Sextuor, for saxophones; Michae...
Performers: Meinig, Gustav
Conductors: Weinberger, Bruce
Ensemble: Raschèr Saxophone Orchestra