559682 rr Reich EU.qxp_559682 rr Reich EU 18/09/2020 08:44 Page 1 CMYK N 2 A 8 Steve X 6 Pl aying O 9 Time : S 5 5 R(bE. I19C36)H . 73:24 1 B o U A 8 f o l n l t o a Music for Two or More Pianos 10:57 h r (1964)* k i u 2 i g MERICAN LASSICS s l A C t e h h t c t o s Eight Lines for ensemble (1979/1983) 17:12 o n r 3 o m i i z n t Steve Reich is universally acknowledged e e p t S s d Vermont Counterpoint a h c i i T p s as one of the foremost exponents of n t u 9:33 for flutes and tape (1982) d s E E b o i n s l minimalism, arguably the most i u V e c c g n f New York Counterpoint l i p p d i s significant stylistic trend in late 20th- E r e h o r r L 4 12:07 e for clarinets and tape (1985) h f • o R c century music. This chronological i K = ca. 184 4:56 b r 5 o y m o i E r t t d e m = ca. 92 2:40 i a 6 survey shows how Reich’s innate i d I n n m . = ca. 184 3:31 C C c g e ൿ e curiosity has taken his work far beyond , n • , H a t & b a r s t such musical boundaries. One of the r r 7 w City Life 24:12 for ensemble (1995) : o Ꭿ e a o a Check it out 6:07 E u 8 n r d first fruits of Reich’s creative quest is 2 f k i c 0 i Pile driver/alarms 4:03 , D 9 a g 2 t L e s , in which e Music for Two or More Pianos 0 It’s been a honeymoon – can’t take no mo’ 5:09 h u t 0 x i t N n t t t s s Heartbeats/boats and buoys 3:57 g the influence of Morton Feldman and h a ! c a L x h a g Heavy smoke 4:56 o n i n • jazz pianist Bill Evans can be heard. s i d d M n E R t ORLD REMIERE ECORDING c r a *W P R e i a The rhythmic and flamboyant Eight o : g d s n p h e s y t H s s comes from the true heyday of • l i Line i a n n U t olst-Sinfonietta g C H C G i o S 1 I minimalism, while Vermont and New e n , i r s t I E Jörg Schweinbenz, Piano II m n 3 York Counterpoint both explore webs of y r c a e R . n s Anne Parisot, Delphine Roche, Flutes L y e 4 6 phased patterns created by multi-tracked r E i v Andrea Nagy, Clarinets – f e instruments. is a dramatic set e V City Life d 1 . E Klaus Simon, Piano I , of impressions of New York, vividly T 2 7 ! S Conductor – weaving sampled speech and street sounds into a work with symphonic DDD Recorded: 24 May 2006 at Templestudio, Freiburg, 3 depth of range and expression. Germany , 20 Nov4em6ber 2009 at Gerberaustudio, Freiburg, Germany – , 10 and 11 January 2010 1 2 7 ! 8 at E-Werk, Großer Saal, Freiburg, Germany – . www.naxos.com 5 Producer, engineer and editor: Felix Dreher 5 S 8.559682 Booklet notes: Cornelius Bauer 9 O 6 X Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Inc. 8 A Cover: Map of the New York City Subway 2 6 36943 96822 2 N by grebeshkovmaxim (www.shutterstock.com).