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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...

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...

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

25 Years: Retrospective

10 CD / Nonesuch Import / 1998-10-20

Works: John Adams: John's Book of Alleged Dances, for string quartet; Arvo Pärt: Fratres; Psalom, for string quartet; Summa; Missa sillabica, for chorus; Ken Benshoof: Traveling Music no 4, for string ...
Performers: Brosnan, Michael; Hargis, Ellen; Hillier, Paul; Krakauer, David; Kronos Quartet; Nolan, Mark; Piazzolla, Astor; Rogers, Neal; Takahashi, Aki

The 20th century has not been kind to most standard classical music forms. The piano sonata, the concerto, the symphony -- none of them have disappeared entirely, but none remain in a state that could...continue...