Steve Reich Ensemble / Kronos Quartet / Pat Metheny - Steve Reich: Different Trains. Electric Counterpoint

Współczesna Muzyka Klasyczna / Avant-Garde
premiera polska: 1990-09-14
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
opakowanie: plastikowe etui
opis:
Editor's Info:
Nonesuch Records' 1989 recording of Steve Reich's Different Trains, the Grammy Award winner for Best Contemporary Composition, and Electric Counterpoint has returned on vinyl. The album features the first recordings of the two pieces, performed by Kronos Quartet and Pat Metheny, respectively. The vinyl edition is out, on the 30th anniversary of Kronos Quartet's world premiere performance of Different Trainsat Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. The New York Times declared Different Trains "a work of such originality that 'breakthrough' seems the only possible description."Pitchforkrecently called it a "late-career masterpiece," including the album among the 200 Best Albums of the 1980s.

muzycy:
Steve Reich Ensemble
Kronos Quartet
Pat Metheny: el. guitar

utwory:
1. Different Trains: America—Before the War 8:59
2. Different Trains: Europe—During the War 7:31
3. Different Trains: After the War 10:20
4. Electric Counterpoint: I. Fast 6:51
5. Electric Counterpoint: II. Slow 3:21
6. Electric Counterpoint: III. Fast 4:29

total time - 41:31
wydano: 1999-03-19 (1989)
more info: www.nonesuch.com