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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...

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...

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.

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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...

Steve Reich: Tehillim

1 CD / ECM / 2000-04-18

Works: Steve Reich: Tehillim, for 3 sopranos, alto, winds, strings, percussion & keyboards
Performers: Armstrong, Rebecca; Bardekoff, Ellen; Becker, Bob [Percussion]; Blackwell, Virgil; Burdick, Vivian; Chausow, Robert; Clayton, Jay; Finckel, Chris; Guibbory, Shem; Hartenberger, Russ; Kvistad, Garry; ...
Conductors: Manahan, George
Ensemble: Steve Reich

Personnel: Steve Reich (percussion); Pamela Wood, Rebecca Armstrong (soprano); Robert Shausow, Robert Chausow, Shem Guibbory (violin); Ruth Siegler (viola); Christopher Finckel (cello); Virgil Blackwe...continue...

Reich: Music for 18 Musicians

1 CD / ECM / 2000-04-18

Works: Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians
Performers: Armstrong, Rebecca; Arnold, Elizabeth; Becker, Bob [Percussion]; Blackwell, Virgil; Chambers, Steve; Clayton, Jay; Cohen, Richard [clarinet]; Fraley, Pamela; Guibbory, Shem; Hartenberger, Russ; Ishii...

Reich: Music for 18 Musicians / Ensemble Modern

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-04-13

Works: Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians
Performers: Becker, Bob [Percussion]; Becker, Kristi; Bocker, Eva; Canning, Carol; Diry, Roland; Hartenberger, Russ; Haslam, Micaela; Holton, Ruth; Kobler, Benjamin; Kretzschmar, Hermann; Kruerke, Daniel; Mistry...
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Ensemble: Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

"[Comparing Reich with Beethoven] Both open new expressive vistas to patient listeners, do not know the meaning of compromise, and are deadly serious in their...continue...
Personnel: Micaela Haslam, Ruth Holton, Olive Simpson (soprano); Jagdish Mistry (violin); Eva Böcker (cello); Hermann Kretzschmar, Kristi Becker, Philipp Vandré, Ueli Wiget, Daniel Krüe...continue...

The Four Sections/Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ

1 CD / Warner Classics / 1991-01-22

Works: Steve Reich: The Four Sections; Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ, for 3 female voices, 3 marimbas, 3 glockenspiels, vi
Performers: Ambush, Pamela Wood; Armstrong, Rebecca; Becker, Bob [Percussion]; Clayton, Jay; Ferchen, Timothy; Hartenberger, Russ; Kvistad, Garry; London Symphony Orchestra; Niemann, Edmund; Preiss, James; Reich...
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: ; Steve Reich & Musicians

Personnel: Steve Reich (marimba); Nurit Tillis (piano, organ); Edmund Niemann (piano); James Preiss (vibraphone, percussion); Bob Becker , Russ Hartenberger (marimba, percussion); Timothy Ferchen (mar...continue...