Steve Reich - Duet
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(P) 2016 MDR, licensed by Telepool GmbH, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Volume 1
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Duet for two Solo Violins and String Orchestra (Dedicated to and written for Yehudi Menuhin) View on Youtube
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I. Strings View on Youtube
13:25
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II. Percussion View on Youtube
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III. Winds and Brass (with Strings) View on Youtube
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IV. Full Orchestra View on Youtube
05:58
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Volume 2
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I. I Saw a Dream View on Youtube
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II. My Name is Daniel Pearl View on Youtube
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III. Let the Dream Fall Back on the Dreaded View on Youtube
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IV. I Sure Hope Gabriel Likes My Music, When the Day Is Done View on Youtube
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I. You Are Wherever Your Thoughts Are View on Youtube
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II. Shiviti Hashem l'negdi View on Youtube
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III. Explanations Come to an End Somewhere View on Youtube
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IV. Ehmor m'aht, v'ahsay harbay View on Youtube
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The music of Steve Reich has been heard in various venues, including electronic music dance clubs, but the full symphony orchestra treatment has been rare. That is changing, however, with the tenure of Kristjan Järvi as chief conductor of the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the result in that musically conservative, German city is this major-label double album of Reich's music, in many respects a first. Järvi's enthusiasm for the project is palpable here, most obviously in the live performance of the early Reich standard Clapping Music, which he and the composer perform together to the approval of the crowd. But to put together two CDs worth of standard orchestral music by Reich takes a little bit of doing. The first CD of the set is perhaps the more successful, containing not only Clapping Music, but two of Reich's earlier forays into orchestral repertoire, the Duet for two solo violins and string orchestra (written for Yehudi Menuhin) and The Four Sections, a sort of minimalist counterpart to Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. The "four sections" are the strings (movement 1), the percussion (movement 2), and the winds and brass (movement 3), with everyone coming together for the finale. This little work deserves the wider exposure it gets here, for it offers a unique window onto Reich's thinking on timbre in a fun, accessible way. The second CD features two works originally written for voices and small ensemble, the Daniel Variations (in memory of the murdered Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl) and You Are (a group of four settings of Hasidic aphorisms), reworked for orchestra. These are both successful examples of Reich's later style, in which Jewish themes are common, but it's not clear what the orchestra adds; in You Are, especially, the balance with the voices seems thrown off. Nevertheless, this is a major breakthrough for the octogenarian Reich, in a musically hallowed city far from his American homeland, in a place where he must find it uniquely satisfying to score a triumph.
Volume 1
1. Duet for two Solo Violins and String Orchestra (Dedicated to and written for Yehudi Menuhin)
- Primary Artist
- Kristjan Järvi
- Performer
- Mdr Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Violin
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Andreas Hartmann
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Waltraut Wachter - Composer
- Steve Reich
- Conductor
- Kristjan Järvi
2. Clapping Music
- Performer
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Steve Reich
Kristjan Järvi - Primary Artist
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Steve Reich
Kristjan Järvi - Composer
- Steve Reich
3. The Four Sections: I. Strings
- Primary Artist
- Kristjan Järvi
- Performer
- Mdr Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Composer
- Steve Reich
- Conductor
- Kristjan Järvi
4. The Four Sections: II. Percussion
- Primary Artist
- Kristjan Järvi
- Performer
- Mdr Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Composer
- Steve Reich
- Conductor
- Kristjan Järvi
5. The Four Sections: III. Winds and Brass (with Strings)
- Primary Artist
- Kristjan Järvi
- Performer
- Mdr Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Composer
- Steve Reich
- Conductor
- Kristjan Järvi
6. The Four Sections: IV. Full Orchestra
- Primary Artist
- Kristjan Järvi
- Performer
- Mdr Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Composer
- Steve Reich
- Conductor
- Kristjan Järvi
Volume 2
1. Daniel Variations: I. I Saw a Dream
- Primary Artist
- Kristjan Järvi
- Performer
- Mdr Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Composer
- Steve Reich
- Conductor
- Kristjan Järvi
2. Daniel Variations: II. My Name is Daniel Pearl
- Primary Artist
- Kristjan Järvi
- Performer
- Mdr Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Composer
- Steve Reich
- Conductor
- Kristjan Järvi
3. Daniel Variations: III. Let the Dream Fall Back on the Dreaded
- Primary Artist
- Kristjan Järvi
- Performer
- Mdr Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Composer
- Steve Reich
- Conductor
- Kristjan Järvi
4. Daniel Variations: IV. I Sure Hope Gabriel Likes My Music, When the Day Is Done
- Primary Artist
- Kristjan Järvi
- Performer
- Mdr Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Composer
- Steve Reich
- Conductor
- Kristjan Järvi
5. You Are Variations: I. You Are Wherever Your Thoughts Are
- Primary Artist
- Kristjan Järvi
- Performer
- Mdr Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Composer
- Steve Reich
- Conductor
- Kristjan Järvi
6. You Are Variations: II. Shiviti Hashem l'negdi
- Primary Artist
- Kristjan Järvi
- Performer
- Mdr Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Composer
- Steve Reich
- Conductor
- Kristjan Järvi
7. You Are Variations: III. Explanations Come to an End Somewhere
- Primary Artist
- Kristjan Järvi
- Performer
- Mdr Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Composer
- Steve Reich
- Conductor
- Kristjan Järvi
8. You Are Variations: IV. Ehmor m'aht, v'ahsay harbay
- Primary Artist
- Kristjan Järvi
- Performer
- Mdr Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Composer
- Steve Reich
- Conductor
- Kristjan Järvi
Technical Specifications
- Volume
- 2 volumes in total
- Tracks
- 14 tracks available
- Type
- ALBUM
- Format
- Digital Media
- Duration
- 1 hour, 32 minutes and 10 seconds
- Explicit
- None
- Coverart
- Available and up to 1500x1500 px
- Booklet
- Available in PDF format
- Max Quality
Studio Quality (Hi-Res)
24bit / 48 kHz
Stereo
- Audio Extension
Hi-Res/Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF
Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA
- Archive Format
- Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR
- Lyrics
- No lyrics found
- Synchronized Lyrics
- No synced lyrics found
- Genres
- Classical, Contemporary Era, Minimalism
- Label
- Sony Classical
- Music Distribution Service
- Unknown
- Country
Germany- Language
- No linguistic content
- Popularity
- Popularity 0/10
- Release Date
- Sep 22, 2016
- Track Preview
- Available
- Delivery Charge
- Free
- Delivery Method
- Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site
- UPC
- 886446025087