Steve Reich (was: Looper's Essential Listening revisited: the 1980's)

[Per Boysen <per@boysen.se>]

On 14 feb 2006, at 13.41, todd reynolds wrote:

> I've played this piece incessantly since 1990 as a member in his  
> ensemble
> and am most excited to be able to answer a question about it and  
> Reich.
> Thanks for the opportunity!  If any other questions, bring em on!


Well, ok then, Todd. Here's a related question: You don't happen to  
know what's so special with his "Music for a Large Ensemble (12/78)?  
I'm curios on what exactly makes this music so beautiful (that record  
is higher on my list compared to Different Trains). I was completely  
floored the first time I heard it and bought the vinyl album  
(released 1980) and later the CD. How about tunings? Does the  
orchestra perform in JI? But don't they have to rebuild marimbas etc  
if so? Or maybe it isn't the tuning... I was just thinking about that  
because I have been listening a lot to Robert Rich lately and somehow  
I hear a lot of Reich in his music and Robert is known for using JI.

Maybe it's just a good recording that makes that record stand out? I  
have a CD of Bach's Brandenburger that sounds awesome and I'm always  
disappointed when hearing other recordings of that classic piece.

Greetings from Sweden

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