Steve Reich: Six Pianos; Terry Riley: In C

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Two pioneering works of Minimalism appear on this disc. Riley probably started the movement with In C (1964), which allows for any instrumentation (here, six pianos) and suggests no limitations on tempo, dynamics, number of performers, or duration. Everything unfolds around the octave C. (The score is not expressed through standard musical notation; instead, each instrumental role is framed in an isolated "statement," itself just a bar or two long.) More "musical" is Reich's Six Pianos (1973), later in 1974 done as Six Marimbas. It's all about percussion and phase shifting. These belong in any collection. --Paul Cook

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Steve Reich: Six Pianos; Terry Riley: In C
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    		Steve Reich: Six Pianos; Terry Riley: In C

    Manufacturer: Argo / Decca
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000004131
    Release Date: 1990-10-11

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    Two pioneering works of Minimalism appear on this disc. Riley probably started the movement with In C (1964), which allows for any instrumentation (here, six pianos) and suggests no limitations on tempo, dynamics, number of performers, or duration. Everything unfolds around the octave C. (The score is not expressed through standard musical notation; instead, each instrumental role is framed in an isolated "statement," itself just a bar or two long.) More "musical" is Reich's Six Pianos (1973), later in 1974 done as Six Marimbas. It's all about percussion and phase shifting. These belong in any collection. --Paul Cook

    Track Listings:

    1. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie
    2. Tears of Stone [Soundtrack]
    3. Teatro Imaginario
    4. The Fairy Queen (complete)
    5. The G.F. Handel Flute Sonatas
    6. The Music of Jordan Waring
    7. The Spirit of Florence
    8. The Violinist
    9. The Vocal-Chamber ART: Music by Judith Lang Zaimont
    10. Toccata [Live]

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    Southern Lips

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    The Carlsonics

    Soul Days

    Songs of Worship: 21 Traditional Piano Hymns

    Schubert/Schumann: Piano Music

    Sorry Is As Sorry Does [Live]

    Sir Duke

    Super Black Market Clash [Original recording remastered]

    Sanger Om Kvinnor [Import]

    Techno Trax Pt.4 [Import]

    Music & Arts Seminar Chicago Mass Choir

    Dreamer