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Music For 18 Musicians

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With Reich's Music for 18 Musicians, the Ensemble Links presents a classic of the 20th century: Written in 1978, it was Reich's first work for a larger ensemble. From today's perspective, it is an icon of American post-minimalism which has not lost any of it's fascination. Rhythmic precision, a large dynamic spectrum and a unique range of colors guarantee for an unforgettable listening experience.

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Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.59 x 0.59 x 4.92 inches; 2.89 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Kairos
Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2020
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ August 26, 2020
Label ‏ : ‎ Kairos
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08JDL7C7H
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Tony O. Jennings

Buy This Recording!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 18, 2018

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I have 3 other versions of this piece and this is by far my favorite. It's really incredible. The slightly faster tempo, compared to my other versions, increases the piece's emotional intensity and the precision of the players lays out the musical lines for you to easily hear, with the help of great sound engineering. This is the version to buy as I favor this recording over two versions performed by Steve Reich ensembles, and I love those.

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Hector Ferral

I grew up with Steve Reich's recording with ECM back in the late 70's and I loved it and thought it was landmark

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 16, 2015

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Oh my God!!!! I thought Steve Reich's music would never made me cry....... I was wrong.... .... Listen to the transitions of sections V, VI and VII !! even after repeated hearings it gave me goosebumps and tears to my eyes.........If you are curious about phenomenal modern music and the core of minimalism, do not hesitate.
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I grew up with Steve Reich's recording with ECM back in the late 70's and I loved it and thought it was landmark...... So sorry but this is much better.

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david sabin

and this one is for the finest recording of his masterpiece that I know

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 1, 2017

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This is the third Reich raveup I've entered, and this one is for the finest recording of his masterpiece that I know. Signal is in eachother's mind, and it's VERY important here. Cedille is a top-flight label and makes you feel you are seeing as well as hearing this performance. If there's a better way to get hooked on Reich, I don't know it!

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enolcmelca

Ok...go to the source...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 17, 2015

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There are a few recordings of this work now. Some listeners prefer crispness. I find this recording, like most modern ones, too mechanistic. Certain inner harmonies and interlocking patters are indeed clearer, but this does not really help the piece. This piece should swing a little. No live performance of this piece is going to be exact nor should that be an important goal. It is an organic piece. The original ECM recording is the closest to the live experience, and the only one that for me displays the true power of this piece.

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Miles Kendig

Definitive

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 27, 2015

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What an incredible recording of this piece! I have been listening to the original ECM for many years, but this new recording really is a revelation in terms of what it reveals. It's so balanced and well put together. I do hope Ensemble Signal and Mr. Riesman have plans to record more from Steve's early work. Eight Lines? Music For A Large Ensemble? Drumming? Yes please!

Bravo to all involved!

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Tom

... in an audio magazine and I could not be happier with it

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 17, 2015

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I bought this album on the strength of a review in an audio magazine and I could not be happier with it. I have never actually heard of the piece or the composer, but I have to say, I love it. And I love the recording. With a modestly decent audio system, I can place instruments on a wide soundstage and actually get some soundstage depth as well.

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Gunhee LEE

The Best "music for 18 musician" I've heard

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 19, 2018

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It's one of the best of the "music for 18 musician" I've heard.
In addition to this CD recording "music for 18 musician" is the best of the best

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Steve Schindler

Awesome!!!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 22, 2015

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Simply awesome. If you like "18", this is a must buy. Special kudos to Michael Riesman, the music director of the Philip Glass Ensemble, who was the producer, and mixing and mastering engineer for this recording. The clarity of the recording is wonderful!

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יודה

スティーヴ・ライヒの代表作品です。

Reviewed in Japan 🇯🇵 on June 15, 2020

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スティーヴ・ライヒの代表作品です。それで十分でしょう。ミニマル・ミュージックです。現代音楽(無調音楽)ではありません。

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Denis Urval

Encore heureux qu'on va vers l'été

Reviewed in France 🇫🇷 on July 2, 2015

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Nous sommes en 3000 après J. C. Les derniers humains ont quitté la terre depuis longtemps. Sur Gaia des modes de vie communautaires l'ont rapidement emporté sur les formes traditionnelles d'organisation sociale. L'impôt et le salariat ont été interdits, le meurtre et le vol sont inconnus. On n'éprouve plus désormais que très rarement des émotions jadis familières, comme la peur et le dégoût. Sur les plages de sable bleu, d'immenses fêtes se déroulent tous les mois dans la lumière des soleils orangés. Parfois les hommes écoutent la grande musique des temps anciens, ils l'admirent mais elle ne leur parle plus beaucoup, car elle est trop pathétique et ils ont désormais le cœur léger. Elle ne leur parle plus guère, sauf, vous l'avez deviné, celle de Steve Reich.

Voici ce qu'a écrit son auteur au sujet de Music for 18 Musicians (source, Ircam): « Music for 18 musicians » dure environ 55 minutes. Les premières esquisses datent de mai 1974 ; l'œuvre fut achevée en mars 1976. Si sa pulsation stable et son énergie rythmique l'apparentent à nombre de mes premières œuvres, son instrumentation, son harmonie et sa structure sont nouvelles. Son instrumentation est nouvelle par le nombre et par la distribution des effectifs : violon, violoncelle, deux clarinettes jouant aussi la clarinette basse, quatre voix de femme, quatre pianos, trois marimbas, deux xylophones et un métallophone (vibraphone sans moteur)».

A l'austérité de Drumming (1970-71), avec ses longs mouvements se métamorphosant par petits changements progressifs et son instrumentarium réduit, Music for 18 musicians oppose ses sections enchaînées, d'une durée de cinq minutes environ à chaque fois, un son plus nourri, et son exubérance. On est moins dans le manifeste, et davantage dans l'hédonisme pur.

Cette musique innocente, innocente comme on l'est quand dans une vie tout est encore nouveau, est à certains égards la plus chargée de tradition qui soit. Reich, dans son écriture vocale et son usage du cantus firmus, oublie les modernes, les romantiques, les classiques, les baroques, les madrigalistes, et par endroit, donne directement la main à Pérotin (une filiation particulièrement évidente lorsqu'on écoute la section IV de l'œuvre).

Tant d'œuvres récentes témoignent d'une sorte de vieillesse de l'art des sons, le compositeur parcourant les allées familières du royaume en y glanant ce dont il a besoin, mais sans renouveler les formules. Steve Reich, avec Music for 18 musicians, n'a pas simplement écrit une œuvre
« originale» : il a créé par chimie de synthèse un « corps sonore » aux propriétés inédites, une chimère qui bouscule nos catégories et comme avec Drumming, instaure avec l'auditeur une relation qui n'est celle d'aucune pièce de concert traditionnelle.

Sauf erreur, le dernier enregistrement en date de l'œuvre était celui du Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble paru en 2008 chez Innova Recordings. Le directeur de l'ensemble Signal (basé à New York) qui signe ce disque, Bradley Lubman, était connu de moi pour un enregistrement de City Life (1995) du même Reich chez Nonesuch, un disque que j'avais trouvé décevant par rapport au punch de la création française de cette œuvre par David Robertson et l'ensemble Intercontemporain. Ici, tout scintille, difficile de ne pas se laisser emporter par le flux, de ne pas se laisser gagner par l'euphorie, de ne pas partir avec le compositeur pour un voyage d'exploration sans destination connue.

Loué soit Harmonia Mundi, qui nous rend le chef-d'œuvre dans de telles conditions!

PS. Mon titre est emprunté, bien sûr, à Christiane Rochefort (Grasset, 1975).

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Dave P

Excellent performance of Reich's greatest masterpiece

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 22, 2017

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This is an excellent performance and recording of this masterpiece. Very precise playing, extremely good vocals and effective use of changing dynamics by the instruments as they phase in and out. As for the piece, it is really quite unique even amongst Reich's highly varied output. What keeps this piece going is the shifts of mood between each section as well as discovering links between sections (e.g. the musical phrase developing by adding one note at a time). There is of course repetition but never for too long i.e. subtle changes do occur. A visual metaphor would be you are driving through the Rocky Mountains and looking into the distance...the vista changes slowly, almost imperceptibly, but after 5 minutes or so you realise the view HAS changed significantly to what it was 5 minutes earlier! So it is with this piece. What is more difficult to describe (and explain!) is how emotionally moving Music for 18 Musicians is. It feels like a wonderful journey and at the end of it you don't really want it to end.
It's not an easy piece to listen to in that it does require a level of effort...but put in the effort and you will be rewarded for life.

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flr2012

Steve Reich est excellent Mais..

Reviewed in France 🇫🇷 on November 12, 2022

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Le dernier morceau face 2 du disque ( vinyle ) NEUF est rayé !!!

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Ninevah

Immersive, mesmerising joy

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 22, 2019

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In an age of digitised music making this piece is all the more entrancing for being played note by note. I bought the recording after seeing a live performance. It's one immersive zone of sound that takes you on a sea voyage of music. I'm not able to comment on the quality of the recording - all I can say is that it works. It's fantastic.

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