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New York Counterpoint / Eight Lines / Four Organs
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| 1 | New York Counterpoint: Fast |
| 2 | New York Counterpoint: Slow |
| 3 | New York Counterpoint: Fast |
| 4 | Eight Lines (Octet) |
| 5 | Four Organs |
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1 x CD Album
Europe 2000
4 - Eight Lines (Octet) (1979/83) (17:39)
5 - Four Organs (1970) (15:53)
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Steve Reich's take on what's popularly been called minimalism has been to illuminate the nature of musical phrases played in staccato fashion on various instruments and then variously "phase shift" their lines into new, contrapuntal relationships. This music can either delight or annoy, and Reich has done both in his time. Fortunately, on this disc the music itself is neither too complex to play nor too difficult to follow, and it could stand as an excellent primer for Reich's early minimalism. What genuinely triumphs on this disc is Octet (of 1979/80). It's an athletic work that brings various instruments into and out of play in carefully cadenced rhythmic patterns that are typical of Reich's very best writing. For Reich fans, though, there might not be anything new here; newbies, however, should be quite taken. --Paul Cook
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Product Dimensions : 5.5 x 5 x 0.25 inches; 4.18 Ounces
- Manufacturer : Nonesuch
- Item model number : MFR075597948127#VG
- SPARS Code : DDD
- Date First Available : December 15, 2006
- Label : Nonesuch
- ASIN : B00004SUVK
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #375,913 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #14,903 in Symphonies (CDs & Vinyl)
- #15,879 in Chamber Music (CDs & Vinyl)
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The other pieces are less interesting. The `Octet' often drags and `Four Organs' definitely does, although it has a certain hypnotic quality that the Octet lacks. Four Organs is one of those pieces that created audience uproar when it was played in New York, so it's always interesting to hear what people fussed about. Overall, `Four Organs' is the earliest and most experimental piece. By contrast it is pretty rugged; the Hammond organs create a wall of homogenous sound that really starts to grate on you unless you stop waiting for it to change. The Octet, I think straddles the line between `New York....' and `Four Organs' both chronologically and in terms of the duration of repetitions. In `New York...' things change just when they become uninteresting. In `Four Organs' things don't change and you just need to adapt yourself to what is going on. `Octet' yields a little; it is not as mechanistic as `Four Organs,' but still leaves you getting bored with the events before they change. New York Counterpoint is worth it, and 'Four Organs' is historically interesting. Perhaps the octet is interesting filler.
Who better than Reich's own musicians could pull off such an amazing clinical performance of this music? New York resident ensemble Bang on a Can. A must have for any Reich enthusiast.
Un disco para obviar.
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ぼんやりしたい時、何も考えたくない時、眠れない時の御用達です。
精神的に参ってる時の安定剤…が私にとってのライヒです。
ニューヨークカウンターポイントが私にとってのはじめてのライヒですが、MDしか手元になかったので、ipodに入れるために購入しました。
ニューヨークカウンターポイントは何か、朝もやに霞む都会を、高層ビルの一室からぼんやり見下ろしているような風景が脳裏に浮かびます。
だからか、安全で、達観しているようで、世の中と隔絶しているようでもあり、疲れたり荒んだり悲しかったり沈んでいたり、世の中に疲れた心を、世の中に居ながらして休ませてくれるような気がします。
エイトラインズもフォーオルガンスも良かったです。
エイトラインズは何か、NHKの金融系のドキュメントのバックに流れてそうな。
フォーオルガンスは頭の整理に良いような、着々とごちゃごちゃになった箱の中身を綺麗に種類別して並べているようなイメージです。
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