Reich: Triple Quartet, etc.

Listen on Presto Music. Free thirty day trial. Find out more.

Triple Quartetis Reich's first new work for the Kronos Quartet since writing his masterpiece Different Trains in 1988. It may disappoint – there doesn't appear to be anything particularly new... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: 7559795462
Label: Nonesuch
Length: 53 minutes

Reich: Triple Quartet

Work length14:49

Album only

Steve Reich, David Harrington (violin), Hank Dutt (viola), Jennifer Culp (cello), John Sherba (violin)

First Movement

Track length7:17

Album only

Second Movement

Track length4:04

$1.00

$1.30

Third Movement

Track length3:28

$1.00

$1.30

Reich: Electric Guitar Phase

Work length15:11

Album only

Dominic Frasca (electric guitar)

Reich: Music for Large Ensemble

Work length14:50

Album only

Steve Reich
Alan Pierson

Reich: Tokyo / Vermont Counterpoint

Work length9:04

$1.00

$1.30

Steve Reich, Mika Yoshida (marimba)

Reviews
Explore

Reviews

2010

Triple Quartetis Reich's first new work for the Kronos Quartet since writing his masterpiece Different Trains in 1988. It may disappoint – there doesn't appear to be anything particularly new or different happening here. Electric GuitarPhase, on the other hand, shows precisely what's missing in Triple Quartet. The American guitarist Dominic Frasca has arranged Violin Phase, originally composed for four violins in the heady days of 1967, for four overdubbed guitars, and the result is sheer joy. Such is Frasca's sensitivity to every nuance of phrasing between the four lines that this recording is a classic for the minimalist genre, easily eclipsing the violin original in terms of intensity and tonal variety.
Up to now performances of Reich's music have been dominated by the composer's participative presence, even in larger concert works such as The Desert Music. His predilection for earthy, well-grounded tempos set the norm for performances of his music throughout the 1970s and 80s. Two recordings here are fascinating because they were made without Reich's active participation. In this recording of Music ForLarge Ensemble, the melodic invention at this jazzy, vibrant tempo sounds almost as if Reich had been listening to Ghanaian and Scottish folk music. Yet this is nothing compared to Tokyo/Vermont Counterpoint, where Mika Yoshida's articulation is so fast that at times you feel helium had escaped in the studio. This is compulsory listening for anyone who appreciates a little perversity now and again.

Reich: Triple Quartet, etc.

Downloads

Contents

Download queue