Riley: In C

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Dubbed Minimalism's most seminal work, In C might more accurately be credited with kick-starting interest in repetitive minimalism/trance music. Intriguingly, its now-celebrated… Riley provides... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 2nd Jan 2007
Catalogue No: 8226049
Label: Dacapo
Length: 55 minutes

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Riley: In C

Work length55:17

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Ars Nova Copenhagen, Percurama Percussion Ensemble
Paul Hillier
Recorded: 17 January 2005
Recording Venue: Focus Recording, Copenhagen

In C

Track length55:17

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May 2007

Dubbed Minimalism's most seminal work, In C might more accurately be credited with kick-starting interest in repetitive minimalism/trance music. Intriguingly, its now-celebrated… Riley provides 53 melodic cells which performers begin and end at their own discretion, creating dense, hypnotic polyphony. ...the most seductive of all the recorded interpretations.

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The voices and mallet instruments interact beautifully…. In short, we have a fresh, compelling, lovingly executed, and gorgeously engineered interpretation.

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