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This CD features highlights from a four-night series of performances by Steve Reich’s own group, showcasing five seminal works from the celebrated composer’s early career – including the famous Six Pianos, Violin Phase, and part of Drumming—in a live recording made at New York’s legendary experimental arts venue, The Kitchen, in May 1977. The recordings on this release are classic representations of Reich's early musical style and reflect his use of repeated patterns and, in Violin Phase, Drumming, and Pendulum Music, his original phasing technique.

1. Six Pianos (1973)
for 6 pianos

Bob Becker, Steve Chambers, Russ Hartenberger, James Preiss, Steve Reich, Glen Velez (pianos)


2. Pendulum Music
for 3 or more microphones, amplifiers & loudspeakers

Steve Chambers, Jay Clayton, Russ Hartenberger, James Preiss, Steve Reich (microphones, amplifiers & loudspeakers)

3. Violin Phase
for violin and tape (or 4 violins)

Shem Guibbory (violin and prerecorded tape)

4. Music for Pieces of Wood
for 5 pairs of tuned claves

Bob Becker, Russ Hartenberger, James Preiss, Steve Reich, Glen Velez (tuned claves)

5. Drumming (Part Four)
for 2 female voices, piccolo, 4 pairs of bongos, 3 marimbas & 3 glockenspiels

Bob Becker, Steve Chambers, Russ Hartenberger, James Preiss, Steve Reich, Gary Schall, Nurit Tilles, David Van Tieghem, and Glen Velez (tuned bongo drums/marimbas/glockenspiels/whistling)
Jay Clayton, Pamela Fraley (vocals)
Richard Cohen (piccolo)

Orange Mountain Music: OMM0018