Steve Reich (1936) — 80 anos: Phases: A Nonesuch Retrospective (5 CDs)

IM-PER-DÍ-VEL !!!

Steve Reich completou 80 anos no último dia 3 de outubro. Ele é o mais embasbacante e interessante dos minimalistas. É música para ser ouvida com grande atenção, pois as aparentes repetições contém variações que ocorrem a cada momento, criando climas inesperados. Com a cabeça quase sempre tapada por um boné e agora com oito décadas de vida, Reich vai montando uma obra que dialoga com o popular (Tehillim, por exemplo) e com a política (Different Trains).

Eu, PQP, amo sua música.

Steve Reich nasceu em Nova Iorque, a 3 de Outubro de 1936. Diplomou-se primeiro em Filosofia na Cornell University em 1957. Depois, foi estudar composição na Juilliard School of Music e trabalhou com Luciano Berio e Darius Milhaud.

Tornou-se na década de 60 uma das mais proeminentes figuras do Minimalismo. No final dos anos sessenta e início dos setenta aplicou técnicas de música gravada à composição acústica. Nos anos 70, uma viagem a África abriu-lhe novos horizontes na área da percussão. A peça Drumming deu origem ao seu grupo Steve Reich and Musicians. Em 1974 escreveu a obra-prima Music for 18 Musicians, considerada uma revolução na música. Aquele vinil da ECM do início dos anos 80 jamais será esquecido!

Nos anos 80, a obra de Reich tomou novas direções ao procurar temas políticos e religiosos. A década seguinte trouxe obras de grande envergadura sobre as origens das religiões cristã, judaica e islâmica, bem como sobre outros problemas e conflitos das sociedades modernas. Nesse período foi nomeado membro da Academia Americana das Artes e Letras e da Academia de Belas Artes da Baviera, e recebeu a Comenda da Ordem das Artes e Letras de França.

Em 2000 recebeu o Prémio Schuman da Columbia University, Montgomery Fellowship do Dartmouth College, Regent’s Lectureship na University of California at Berkeley, um doutoramento honorário do California Institute of the Arts e foi nomeado Compositor do Ano pela revista Musical America. Em 2007 recebeu o Polar Prize da Academia Real Sueca de Música, e em 2009 o Prémio Pulitzer em Música pela composição Double Sextet. 

Music For 18 Musicians
1-1 Pulses 5:26
1-2 Section I 3:58
1-3 Section II 5:13
1-4 Section IIIA 3:55
1-5 Section IIIB 3:46
1-6 Section IV 6:37
1-7 Section V 6:49
1-8 Section VI 4:54
1-9 Section VII 4:19
1-10 Section VIII 3:35
1-11 Section IX 5:24
1-12 Section X 1:51
1-13 Section XI 5:44
1-14 Pulses 6:11

Different Trains
2-1 America – Before The War 8:59
2-2 Europe – During The War 7:31
2-3 After The War 10:21

Tehillim
2-4 Part I: Fast 11:45
2-5 Part II: Fast 5:54
2-6 Part III: Slow 6:19
2-7 Part IV: Fast 6:24

2-8 Eight Lines 17:29

You Are (Variations)
3-1 You Are Wherever Your Thoughts Are 13:14
3-2 Shiviti Hashem L’negdi (I Place The Eternal Before Me) 4:15
3-3 Explanations Come To An End Somewhere 5:24
3-4 Ehmor M’aht, V’ahsay Harbay (Say Little And Do Much) 4:04

New York Counterpoint
3-5 Fast 5:03
3-6 Slow 2:44
3-7 Fast 3:32

3-8 Cello Counterpoint 11:36

Electric Counterpoint
3-9 Fast 6:51
3-10 Slow 3:22
3-11 Fast 4:30

Triple Quartet
3-12 First Movement 7:10
3-13 Second Movement 4:05
3-14 Third Movement 3:28

4-1 Come Out 12:48

4-2 Proverb 14:04

The Desert Music
4-3 First Movement (Fast) 7:54
4-4 Second Movement (Moderate) 6:59
4-5 Third Movement, Part One (Slow) 7:00
4-6 Third Movement, Part Two (Moderate) 5:54
4-7 Third Movement, Part Three (Slow) 5:55
4-8 Fourth Movement (Moderate) 3:35
4-9 Fifth Movement (Fast) 10:48

5-1 Music For Mallet Instruments, Voices, And Organ 16:50

Drumming
5-2 Part I 17:30
5-3 Part II 18:11
5-4 Part III 11:13
5-5 Part IV 9:50

Credits
Alto Vocals – Alice Murray (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Amy Fogerson (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Jay Clayton (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14, 5-1 to 5-5), Kim Switzer (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Nancy Sulahian (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Sarona Farrell (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Tracy Van Fleet (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4)
Bass – Donald Palma (tracks: 4-3 to 4-9), Oscar Hildago* (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4)
Cello – Delores Bing (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Greg Passelink* (tracks: 2-8), Jeanne LeBlanc (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14), Jennifer Culp (tracks: 3-12 to 3-14), Joan Jeanrenaud (tracks: 2-1 to 2-3), Mark Stewart (4) (tracks: 2-8), Maurice Grant* (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Maya Beiser (tracks: 3-8), Roger LeBow (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Sharon Prater (tracks: 4-3 to 4-9)
Clarinet – Evan Ziporyn (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14, 2-8, 3-5 to 3-7), Helen Goode-Castro (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), James Faschia (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Larry Hughes (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Leslie Scott (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14), Michael Lowenstern (tracks: 2-8)
Flute – Geri Ratella* (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Sara Weisz (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4)
Guitar – Pat Metheny (tracks: 3-9 to 3-11)
Maracas, Marimba, Glockenspiel – Thad Wheeler (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14, 5-1 to 5-5)
Maracas, Piano – Philip Bush (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14)
Marimba – John Magnussen (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Mike Englander (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Tom Raney (2) (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Wade Culbreath (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4)
Marimba, Glockenspiel – Ben Harms (tracks: 5-2 to 5-5), Gary Schall (tracks: 5-2 to 5-5), Glen Velez (tracks: 5-2 to 5-5)
Marimba, Piano, Xylophone, Glockenspiel – Garry Kvistad (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14, 5-1)
Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone – Russell Hartenberger* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14, 4-2, 5-1 to 5-5)
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Ananda Goud (tracks: 2-4 to 2-7), Yvonne Benschop (tracks: 2-4 to 2-7)
Oboe – Joan Elardo (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Joel Timm (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4)
Piano – Brian Pezzone* (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Gloria Cheng (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Jay Clayton (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14), Lisa Edwards (2) (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Vicki Ray (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4)
Piano, Marimba – Steve Reich (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14, 5-1 to 5-5)
Piano, Organ [Electric] – Edmund Niemann (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14, 2-8, 4-2), Nurit Tilles (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14, 2-8, 4-2, 5-1)
Piccolo Flute – Mort Silver (tracks: 5-2 to 5-5)
Piccolo Flute, Flute – David Fedele (tracks: 2-8), Patti Monson (tracks: 2-8)
Soprano Vocals – Allison Zelles (tracks: 4-2), Andrea Fullington (tracks: 4-2), Barbara Borden (tracks: 2-4 to 2-7), Cheryl Bensman Rowe (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14, 4-3 to 4-9), Claire Fedoruk (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Emily Lin (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Marie Hodgson (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Marion Beckenstein (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14), Phoebe Alexander (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Rachelle Fox (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Rebecca Armstrong (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14, 5-1), Sonja Rasmussen (tracks: 4-2), Tania Batson (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Tannie Willemstijn (tracks: 2-4 to 2-7)
Tenor Vocals – Alan Bennett (3) (tracks: 4-2), Fletcher Sheridan (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Joseph Golightly* (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Kevin St.Clair (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Pablo Cora (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Paul Elliott (tracks: 4-2), Sean McDermott (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Shawn Kirchner (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4)
Viola – Darren McCann* (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Francesca Martin (tracks: 4-3 to 4-9), Hank Dutt (tracks: 2-1 to 2-3, 3-12 to 3-14), Catherine Reddish* (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Martha Mook* (tracks: 2-8), Ron Lawrence (tracks: 2-8), Victoria Miskolcsky* (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4)
Violin – David Harrington (tracks: 2-1 to 2-3, 3-12 to 3-14), Deborah Redding (tracks: 4-3 to 4-9), Elizabeth Knowles (tracks: 2-8), Elizabeth Lim (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14), Gregor Kitzis (tracks: 2-8), Jacqueline Carrasco (tracks: 2-8), John Sherba (tracks: 2-1 to 2-3, 3-12 to 3-14), Julie Rogers (2) (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Ralph Morrison (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Samuel Fischer (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Steve Scharf (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Susan Reddish (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Tamara Hatwan (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Todd Reynolds (tracks: 2-8)
Voice [Long Tones] – Pamela Wood Ambush (tracks: 5-1 to 5-5)
Xylophone, Marimba – Tim Ferchen* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14, 5-1)
Xylophone, Marimba, Vibraphone – Bob Becker (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14, 4-2, 5-1 to 5-5)
Xylophone, Piano, Vibraphone – James Preiss (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14, 5-1 to 5-5)

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