Steve Reich: Eight Lines; City Life

Steve Reich: Eight Lines; City Life

8.559682 (Naxos, CD)

DDD
FIRST RELEASE (4 December 2020)

Playing time: 73'24"
Tracks: 11
Booklet pages: 8
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Main country of recording: Germany
Country of manufacture: Germany
Reviewer: Giuseppe Pennisi
Review of Steve Reich: Eight Lines; City Life published on 2 September 2021

Holst-Sinfonietta
Klaus Simon, piano I (track 1), conductor (tracks 2 and 7-11)Jörg Schweinbenz, piano II (track 1)
Anne Parisot, flute (track 3)
Delphine Roche, flute (track 3)
Andrea Nagy, clarinets (tracks 4-6)

Steve Reich (born 1936):

1 Music for Two or More Pianos (1964) (first recording)

2 Eight Lines (1979/1983) for ensemble

3 Vermont Counterpoint (1982) for flutes and tape

New York Counterpoint (1985) for clarinets and tape
4 crotchet=circa 184
5 crotchet=circa 92
6 crotchet=circa 184

City Life (1995) for ensemble
7 Check it out
8 Pile driver/alarms
9 It's been a honeymoon - can't take no mo'
10 Heartbeats/boats and buoys
11 Heavy smoke

Recorded 24 May 2006 at Templestudio, Freiburg (track 3), 20 November 2009 at Gerberaustudio, Freiburg (tracks 4-6) and 10-11 January 2010 at E-Werk, Großer Saal, Freiburg, Germany (tracks 1, 2 and 7-11)