Octet; Music for a Large Ensemble; Violin Phase

by Steve Reich

Octet; Music for a Large Ensemble; Violin Phase cover art

This essential ECM release beautifully captures three distinct phases of Steve Reich's pioneering career in modern classical composition. Ranging from the early, mind-bending tape loops of 'Violin Phase' to the deeply soothing, orchestrally lush 'Octet', the album is an incredibly hypnotic, mesmerizingly repetitive journey through avant-garde acoustic minimalism.

Genres

  • Minimalism

Tracklist

  1. Music for a Large Ensemble
  2. Violin Phase
  3. Octet