Music for 18 Musicians Live [Live]

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1. Music for 18 Musicians

Music for 18 Musicians Live, Music, Ákos Pásztor, Gellért Tihanyi, János Maczák, Steve Reich, Amadinda Percussion Group, Aurél Holló, Béla Faragó, György Oravecz, Károly Bojtos, Tibor Nemes, Zoltan Racz, László Melis, Agnes Dobszay, Ida Szabo, Katalin Károlyi, Zsuzsanna Lukin, Benedek Tóth, Chamber Music & Recitals, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Minimalism, Modern Composition, More than Two Solo Voices with Small Ensemble, United States of America, Vocal

Music for 18 Musicians Live
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Music for 18 Musicians Live

Manufacturer: Hungaroton
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00018D3LO
Release Date: 2004-01-27

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Music for 18 Musicians

Customer Reviews:

Astounding.......2006-12-12

I've listened to many versions of Reich's beautiful piece, but this one somehow feels the most rich. The opening Pulses section is mesmerizingly full in sound, and captures the feeling of beauty and mystery in the piece better than other productions, whose starts just feel flat in comparison.

Choose other records..........2004-07-08

1. This is totally subjective...
2. Your milage may vary.
3. Fast is not necessarily better. The recent recording of Alarm Will Sound illustrate that a fever pitch, while debatable in terms of fascination, does not work when the performance gets sloppy. There is the same problem in this rendering of "18."
4. Timbre is key; The real capper in this piece is the overall timbre. Commenting on this piece, Reich has alluded to the image of a seashore and waves. The classic ECM recording is the only one in my opinion that preserves this. Many of Reich's pieces, in my opinion, have suffered from too close microphone placement. The result is recordings often discribed as merely "interesting," by the uninitiated, wheras many listeners I've found are completed astounded by the ECM edition of "18."

There are some interesting bits of this performance, but overall not significantly different enough from Esemble Modern's recording. I recommend that all but completists look for the original ECM CD recordig, then to Ensemble Modern.

Have just ordered, and heard great things..........2004-05-20

Reich has said himself, (and you might want to note that he is not usually positive about Europian recordings of his own works), but he said that the Hungarians "..really know how to play this stuff!". Ive heard the first "Pulses" and it has an energetic sound, and the instruments have been captured well for a live recording. Guess I'll find out soon about the rest! Would be worth buying just to hear another version of the piece.

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