Steve Reich (*1936) - A portrait
CD1 (total time 76:00)
Tehillim, for voices and ensemble (1981)
01 Part 1 - Fast (11:59)
02 Part 2 - Fast (6:22)
03 Part 3 - Slow (6:14)
04 Part 4 - Fast (6:55)
Percussion Group Amsterdam & Delta Ensemble - conductor Jurjen Hempel
Barbara Borden/ Tannie Willemstijn/ Yvonne Benschop/ Ananda Goud - soprano
Musica Sacra 1999, Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht, September 17, 1999 *RESEED*
Different Trains, for string quartet and tape (1988)
05 I America - Before the war (8:51)
06 II Europe - During the war (7:22)
07 III After the war (10:25)
The Smith Quartet:
Ian Humphries - violin/ Charles Mutter - violin/ Nic Pendlebury - viola/ Deirdre Cooper - cello
Muziekcentrum Vredenburg (kleine zaal), Utrecht, February 25, 1998 *RESEED*
08 Musik for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ (16:03)
Nederlands Vocaal Laboratorium, Slagwerkgroep Den Haag
Muziekgebouw aan het IJ, Amsterdam, September 26, 2006
09 Clapping Music (1972) (1:43)
Rene Jonker (left channel), Niels Meliefste (right channel) - clapping
Muziekgebouw aan het IJ, Amsterdam, April 2, 2009
CD2 (total time 77:06)
City Life, for amplified ensemble (1995)
01 "Check it out" (6:30)
02 Pile Driver-Alarms (4:01)
03 "It's been a honeymoon - Can't take no mo'" (6:18)
04 Heartbeats-boats & buoys (4:01)
05 "Heavy Smoke" (5:03)
Triple Quartet (1999)
06 First Movement - Fast (7:45)
07 Second Movement - Slow (3:50)
08 Third Movement - Fast (3:55)
Schönberg Ensemble – Reinbert de Leeuw
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, March 10, 2003
Drumming (1970-71)
09 Part 1: 4 pairs of tuned bongo drums (24:09)
ASKO Ensemble
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, January 28, 1998 *RESEED*
10 Music for Pieces of Wood, for five pair of tuned claves (1973) (11:49)
Wieland Junge, Norbert Schmitt-Lauxmann, Franz Bach, Martin Rosenthal, Robert Kette - percussion
Neues Schloss, Stuttgart, April 2, 2006 *RESEED*
CD3 (total time 72:13)
Music for 18 Musicians, for ensemble (1974-76)
01 Pulses (5:42)
02 Section I (4:05)
03 Section II (5:04)
04 Section IIIA (4:03)
05 Section IIIB (4:07)
06 Section IV (4:25)
07 Section V (6:09)
08 Section VI (4:17)
09 Section VII (4:20)
10 Section VIII (3:23)
11 Section IX (6:46)
12 Section X - Pulses (8:01)
Steve Reich Ensemble (assumed line-up after examining some official CD booklets):
Rebecca Armstrong, Pamela Wood Ambush, Elisabeth Arnold (?) - soprano
Jay Clayton - alto, piano
Russell Hartenberger, Bob Becker, Tim Ferchen - marimbas, xylophone
James Preiss - vibraphone, piano
Gary Kvistad - marimbas, xylophone, piano
Steve Reich - marimbas, piano
Thad Wheeler - marimbas, maracas
Nurit Tilles, Edmund Niemann - piano
Larry Karush (?) - piano, maracas
Shem Guibbory (?) - violin
Robert Chausow (?) - cello
Virgil Blackwell (?), Richard Cohen (?) - clarinet, bassclarinet
Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, November 6, 1988
08 Six Marimbas, transcription of Six Pianos (1973) for 6 marimbas (1986) (18:22)
Percussion Group The Hague
Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, November 26, 1998 *RESEED*
CD4 (total time 77:04)
01 Eight Lines, for ensemble (1983) (16:46)
Tehillim, for voices and ensemble (1981)
02 Part I - Fast (11:45)
03 Part II - Fast (5:44)
04 Part III - Slow (7:31)
05 Part IV - Fast (6:51)
You Are (Variations), for amplified ensemble and voices (2004)
06 You Are Wherever Your Thoughts Are (Rabbi Nachman) (13:18)
07 Shiviti Hashem L'negdi (I Place The Eternal Before Me) (4:18)
08 Explanations Come To An End Somewhere (Ludwig Wittgenstein) (5:16)
09 Ehmor M'aht, V'ahsay Harbay (Say Little And Do Much) (5:29)
Ensemble Modern - Stefan Ashbury
Synergy Vocals
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, October 23, 2005
CD5 (total time 66:36)
New York Counterpoint, for amplified clarinet and tape (1985)
01 part 1 (fast) (5:03)
02 part 2 (slow) (2:38)
03 part 3 (fast) (3:46)
Sofija Molcanova - clarinet
Pinakothek der Moderne - Ernst von Siemens Auditorium, Munich, November 23, 2006 *RESEED*
04 Six Marimbas, transcription of Six Pianos (1973) for 6 marimbas (1986) (18:37)
United Drummers of BR: Jörg Hannabach, Guido Marggrander, Andreas Moser, Christian Obermaier, Markus Rhohen, Markus Stecheler
Brunnenhof/ Residenz, Munich (open air), July 20, 2003 *RESEED*
05 interview with Steve Reich about Daniel Variations (9:21)
Daniel Variations (2006)
06 I saw a dream (5:32)
07 My name is Daniel Pearl (I'm a Jewish American from Encino California) (8:01)
08 Let the dream fall back on the dreaded (4:25)
09 I sure hope Daniel likes my music, when the day is done (9:06)
London Sinfonietta - Brad Lubman, Synergy Vocals
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 30 november 2008
New York Counterpoint (1985)
10 part 1 (fast) (4:56)
11 part 2 (slow) (2:40)
12 part 3 (fast) (3:48)
Calefax Reed Quintet: Oliver Boekhoorn - oboe, Ivar Berix - clarinet, Raaf Hekkema - sax, Jelte Althuis - bassclarinet
De Witte Dame, Eindhoven, September 23, 2007 *RESEED*
all titles from various FM broadcasts except:
CD1, track 09 from 192kbps webcast
CD5, tracks 01-03 from Audience recording (analogue cassette master) and tracks 05-12 from 192kbps webcasts