Music for 18 Musicians

by Ensemble Modern

Music for 18 Musicians cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1999-01-01
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 58:04
  • Community rating: 3.95/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Ensemble Modern's recording of Steve Reich's 'Music for 18 Musicians' (1974–76), the landmark minimalist work built on an eleven-chord cycle and interlocking pulses. The Frankfurt ensemble's performance, released by RCA's classical line in this period, is noted for its clarity and rhythmic precision.

Genres

Descriptors: repetitive, instrumental, minimal, rhythmic, complex

Tracklist

  1. Pulses (4:19)
  2. Section I (4:18)
  3. Section II (5:01)
  4. Section IIIA (3:31)
  5. Section IIIB (4:00)
  6. Section IV (4:27)
  7. Section V (5:51)
  8. Section VI (4:19)
  9. Section VII (4:08)
  10. Section VIII (4:07)
  11. Section IX (4:43)
  12. Section X (1:12)
  13. Section XI (4:21)
  14. Pulses (3:47)

Credits

  • Ensemble Modern - primary artist, ensemble
  • Carol Canning - guest, alto vocals
  • Bob Becker - guest, percussion
  • Russ Hartenberger - guest, percussion
  • Micaela Haslam - guest, soprano vocals
  • Olive Simpson - guest, soprano vocals
  • Ruth Holton - guest, soprano vocals
  • Eva Böcker - musician [ensemble modern], cello

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