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Personnel: John Sherba (violin); Paul Miller, Hank Dutt (viola); Susanne Kelly, Jennifer Culp (cello); Jessica Johnson (flute); Will Jennings (trumpet); Paolo Vasile, Lance Quinn (piano); Alan Pierson (vibraphone); Clay Greenberg (xylophone).
Recording information: DV8 Studios, New York, NY; Kresge Recording Studios, Rochester, NY; Skywalker Sound; Toms Studio, Hondo City, Kumamoto, Japan.
Steve Reich continues his exploration of counterpoint and phasing with Triple Quartet, a commission piece for the Kronos Quartet dating to 1999. For this piece (a suite in three movements), Kronos recorded two quartet scores, then played along with the tape, resulting in the Triple Quartet. Originally inspired by Bela Bartok's Fourth Quartet, the movements alternate fast, slow, and fast, with thick contrapuntal melodies rising and falling throughout. "Electric Guitar Phase" began life as "Violin Phase" in 1967. For this version, Dominic Frasca plays four electric guitar parts designed to set up phasing patterns. The initial melody (which almost sounds like the intro to a Van Halen tune) is doubled on a second guitar, then gradually sped up so that the second guitar winds up one eighth note ahead of the original melody. As other guitar parts are added in, the melody constantly changes subtly, the end result being a fascinating mixture of stasis and evolution. "Music for Large Ensemble," originally dating to 1977, is for a group approaching 30 players and is reminiscent of "Music for 18 Musicans" (also from the same time period), while "Tokyo/Vermont Counterpoint" is originally from 1981 and is performed by only one player performing multiple parts. For this piece, the original arrangement for flutes and piccolos is scored for MIDI marimba and xylophone. The natural duration of the notes was shortened in order to maintain the clarity of the composition, but the piece still shares a sonic kinship with "Six Marimbas." Triple Quartet is another beautiful offering from Steve Reich. It would also serve as a fine introduction to his work, as it surveys each of his four active decades as a composer and touches on the various styles and processes he's been interested in since moving away from pure musique concrčte. Highly recommended. ~ Sean Westergaard
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Category Classical Albums, Chamber Music/Recitals CDs, 20th Century Period, Quartet
Label Nonesuch
All Time Sales Rank   4431  
CD Universe Part number 2209080
Catalog number 79546
Discs 1
Release Date Oct 16, 2001
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