- Audio CD (April 27 1999)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Sme
- ASIN: B00000IFO7
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#29,895 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #26 in Music > Dance & DJ > Techno > Minimal Techno
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Track Listings
| 1. Pulses |
| 2. Section I |
| 3. Section II |
| 4. Section IIIA |
| 5. Section IIIB |
| 6. Section IV |
| 7. Section V |
| 8. Section VI |
| 9. Section VII |
| 10. Section VIII |
| 11. Section IX |
| 12. Section X |
| 13. Section XI |
| 14. Pulses |
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful recording...,
By Jonny B (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians (Audio CD)
This is an excellent recording, with emphasis on the processes which occur during the piece, allowing the listener to understand and enjoy the piece simultaneously. Owning lots of the Ensemble Modern's work, I can say that I have always enjoyed the pieces more because of the brilliant audio quality of recordings that they create, and this is no exception. Worth a listen.
4.0 out of 5 stars
An Academic Approach To 18,
By A Customer
This review is from: Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians (Audio CD)
I own all three recordings of Music For 18 Musicians; I suggest that for anyone who is truly interested in the work, owning all three is a must. In order of preference for me, the recordings go ECM, RCA, and Nonesuch. No recording of 18 quite captures the piece as it sounds live. (I've had the luck to see it twice with Steve Reich & Musicians at the San Francisco Symphony.) However, the ECM version comes close to duplicating the timbre of the real thing. To my ears, it sounds the most "live". The RCA/Ensemble Modern recording is perhaps the best performed. Ensemble Modern emphasizes Reich's earlier philosophies about music as a process; they clearly delineate the various instruments and lines in the recording, and they properly accentuate the lead mallet lines. (I say "proper" because that's what it sounded like when I saw 18 performed live.) What this recording lacks in lush beauty, it gains in near-academic perfection. The new Nonesuch recording was designed from the ground up to be a recording, not a live performance. Most instruments are close-mic'd, which gives the odd feeling of standing next to all of the instruments at the same time. I love it for its open spaces, surprising tempo, and stunning imaging of the mallet instruments. It is as lush and beautiful as the ECM recording, but I prefer the subtleties and pacing of the ECM more.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A worthy alternate to Reich's own recordings,
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This review is from: Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians (Audio CD)
It's generally true that different versions of a piece of music emphasize different aspects, but perhaps more true of Steve Reich's landmark 'Music for 18 Musicians' because it's so densely layered. The Ensemble Modern recording has more of a live feel than either of Reich's own, with the marimbas, xylophones and winds mixed more up front compared to the pianos and voices. Both of the Reich recordings seem to mix all instruments with equal emphasis, creating a monolithic ensemble sound. Ensemble Modern is sloppier than Steve Reich and Musicians, with very occasionally a ragged tempo or a note off key. In the main, though, the playing is very solid. Some of the rhythms have a cooking, almost-pop feel. Altogether I'd rank the this rendition up there with Steve's original ECM recording, putting his recent Nonesuch version third.
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