Works: 1965-1995

by Steve Reich

Works: 1965-1995 cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 3 June 1997
  • Label: Nonesuch
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 9:20:24
  • Community rating: 4.27/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

An exhaustive, 10-disc retrospective documenting the profoundly influential career of the American minimalist composer. The collection traces his development from early, phasing tape-loop experiments into massive, rhythmically complex orchestral masterpieces like 'Music for 18 Musicians'. It serves as a monumental, deeply rewarding exploration of one of the 20th century's most significant compositional minds.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, minimalistic, repetitive, death, progressive, history

Tracklist

  1. Come Out (12:58)
  2. Piano Phase (20:36)
  3. Reich: It's Gonna Rain, Pt. 1 (7:59)
  4. It's Gonna Rain, Pt. II (1965) (9:55)
  5. Four Organs (15:52)
  6. Drumming: Pt. I (17:30)
  7. Drumming: Pt. II (18:10)
  8. Drumming: Pt. III (11:12)
  9. Drumming: Pt. IV (9:50)
  10. Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ (16:58)
  11. Clapping Music (4:48)
  12. Six Marimbas (16:19)
  13. Music for 18 Musicians: Pulses (5:26)
  14. Music for 18 Musicians: Section I (3:58)
  15. Music for 18 Musicians: Section II (5:13)
  16. Music for 18 Musicians: Section IIIA (3:55)
  17. Music for 18 Musicians: Section IIIB (3:48)
  18. Music for 18 Musicians: Section IV (6:36)
  19. Music for 18 Musicians: Section V (6:48)
  20. Music for 18 Musicians: Section VI (4:54)
  21. Music for 18 Musicians: Section VII (4:19)
  22. Music for 18 Musicians: Section VIII (3:34)
  23. Music for 18 Musicians: Section IX (5:23)
  24. Music for 18 Musicians: Section X (1:50)
  25. Music for 18 Musicians: Section XI (5:44)
  26. Music for 18 Musicians: Pulses II (6:10)
  27. Eight Lines (Octet) (17:36)
  28. Tehillim, Pt. I (Fast) (11:45)
  29. Tehillim, Pt. II (Fast) (6:01)
  30. Tehillim, Pt. III (Slow) (6:18)
  31. Tehillim, Pt. IV (Fast) (6:23)
  32. The Desert Music: First Movement (Fast) (7:54)
  33. The Desert Music: Second Movement (Moderate) (6:59)
  34. The Desert Music: Third Movement, Pt. 1 (Slow) (6:59)
  35. The Desert Music: Third Movement, Pt. 2 (Moderate) (5:53)
  36. The Desert Music: Third Movement, Pt. 3 (Slow) (5:54)
  37. The Desert Music: Fourth Movement (Moderate) (3:35)
  38. The Desert Music: Fifth Movement (Fast) (10:47)
  39. New York Counterpoint: I. Fast (5:03)
  40. New York Counterpoint: II. Slow (2:43)
  41. New York Counterpoint: III. Fast (3:40)
  42. Sextet: 1st Movement (10:29)
  43. Sextet: 2nd Movement (4:12)
  44. Sextet: 3rd Movement (2:27)
  45. Sextet: 4th Movement (3:14)
  46. Sextet: 5th Movement (5:59)
  47. The Four Sections: I. Strings (With Winds and Brass) (11:25)
  48. The Four Sections: II. Percussion (2:29)
  49. The Four Sections: III. Winds and Brass (With Strings) (5:54)
  50. The Four Sections: IV. Full Orchestra (6:14)
  51. Different Trains: America鈥擝efore the war (8:58)
  52. Different Trains: Europe鈥擠uring the war (7:30)
  53. Different Trains: After the war (10:30)
  54. Electric Counterpoint: I. Fast (6:51)
  55. Electric Counterpoint: II. Slow (3:21)
  56. Electric Counterpoint: III. Fast (4:30)
  57. Three Movements: I. quarter note=176 (6:43)
  58. Three Movements: II. quarter note=88 (3:41)
  59. Three Movements: III. quarter note=176 (4:18)
  60. The Cave, Act I Scene 1: Typing Music (Genesis XVI) (2:58)
  61. The Cave, Act I Scene 2: Who Is Abraham? (1:33)
  62. The Cave, Act I Scene 7: Who Is Ishmael? (4:42)
  63. The Cave, Act I Scene 8: Genesis XVIII (2:32)
  64. The Cave, Act I Scene 10: Genesis XXI (2:36)
  65. The Cave, Act I Scene 11: The Casting out of Ishmael and Hagar (5:25)
  66. The Cave, Act I Scene 12: Machpelah Commentary (3:27)
  67. The Cave, Act I Scene 13: Genesis XXV (1:20)
  68. The Cave, Act I Scene 14: Interior of the Cave (4:30)
  69. The Cave, Act II Scene 1: Surah 3 (4:40)
  70. The Cave, Act II Scene 5: El Khalil Commentary (5:19)
  71. The Cave, Act III Scene 1: Who Is Abraham? (6:29)
  72. The Cave, Act III Scene 2: Who Is Sarah? (4:23)
  73. The Cave, Act III Scene 3: Who Is Hagar? (4:40)
  74. The Cave, Act III Scene 4: Who Is Ishmael? (4:04)
  75. The Cave, Act III Scene 5: The Binding of Isaac (4:28)
  76. The Cave, Act III Scene 6: The Cave of Machpelah (8:42)
  77. Proverb (14:09)
  78. Nagoya Marimba (4:35)
  79. City Life: I. Check it out (5:51)
  80. City Life: II. Pile driver / alarms (3:53)
  81. City Life: III. It's been a honeymoon鈥擟an't take no mo (4:47)
  82. City Life: IV. Heartbeats / boats & buoys (3:59)
  83. City Life: V. Heavy smoke (4:42)

Credits

  • Cary Perloff - directed by [stage direction]
  • Steven Ehrenberg - directed by [technical director], misc
  • Karl Hereim - edited by [editing assistance]
  • Jewish National & University Library - illustration [courtesy of]
  • Double Edge - featuring
  • Edmund Niemann - piano, piano, synthesizer, piano [with], piano, keyboards, electric organ
  • Nurit Tilles - piano, electric organ, piano, synthesizer, piano [with], piano, keyboards, keyboards [sampling]
  • Bang On A Can - featuring

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