The ECM Recordings - Steve Reich (CD)

Steve Reich has been described by The Guardian as one of “a handful of living composers who can legitimately claim to have altered the direction of musical history" and as “the greatest musical thinker of our time” by The New Yorker.

The ECM Recordings brings together three landmark albums, Music for 18 Musicians, Music for a Large Ensemble/Violin Phase and Tehillim, in a limited edition set. Originally released in 1978, 1980 and 1982, each of these recordings had a decisive influence which continues to reverberate across musical idioms.

The 3-CD box set includes a 44-page booklet with original liner notes by Steve Reich, a new essay by Paul Griffiths, and session photography by Deborah Feingold and Barbara Klemm.

Tracklist

Music For 18 Musicians

1-1 Pulse – Sections I–X – Pulse
Cello – Ken Ishii (2)
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Richard Cohen, Virgil Blackwell
Marimba, Maracas – Gary Schall
Marimba, Xylophone – Bob Becker, Glen Velez, Russ Hartenberger
Marimba, Xylophone, Piano – David Van Tieghem
Metallophone, Piano – James Preiss
Performer [Performed By] – Steve Reich And Musicians
Piano – Nurit Tilles, Steve Chambers
Piano, Maracas – Larry Karush
Piano, Marimba – Steve Reich
Violin – Shem Guibbory
Voice – Elizabeth Arnold, Pamela Fraley, Rebecca Armstrong
Voice, Piano – Jay Clayton

Octet • Music For A Large Ensemble • Violin Phase

2-1 Music For A Large Ensemble
Bass [Basses] – Judith Sugarman*, Lewis Paer
Cello [Cellos] – Chris Finckel, Michael Finckel
Clarinet [Clarinets] – Richard Cohen, Virgil Blackwell
Flute – Mort Silver
Marimba [Marimbas] – Gary Schall, Glen Velez, Richard Schwarz, Russ Hartenberger
Piano [Pianos] – Edmund Niemann, Larry Karush, Nurit Tilles, Steve Reich
Soprano Saxophone [Soprano Saxophones] – Ed Joffe, Vincent Gnojek
Trumpet [Trumpets] – Douglas Hedwig, James Dooley, James Hamlin, Marshall Farr
Vibraphone – James Preiss
Viola [Violas] – Claire Bergman, Ruth Siegler
Violin [Violins] – Robert Chausow, Shem Guibbory
Voice [Voices] – Elizabeth Arnold, Jay Clayton
Xylophone [Xylophones] – Bob Becker, David Van Tieghem

2-2 Violin Phase
Violin – Shem Guibbory

2-3 Octet
Cello – Chris Finckel
Clarinet [Clarinets], Bass Clarinet [Bass Clarinets], Flute [Flutes], Piccolo Flute [Piccolos] – Mort Silver, Virgil Blackwell
Piano [Pianos] – Edmund Niemann, Nurit Tilles
Viola – Ruth Siegler
Violin [Violins] – Robert Chausow, Shem Guibbory

Tehillim

3-1 Tehillim Parts I & II
Alto Vocals [Alto] – Jay Clayton
Bass – Lewis Paer
Cello – Chris Finckel
Clarinet, Flute – Virgil Blackwell
Clarinet, Piccolo Flute [Piccolo] – Mort Silver
Conductor – George Manahan
English Horn – Ellen Bardekoff
Oboe – Vivian Burdick
Organ [Electric Organs] – Edmund Niemann, Nurit Tilles
Soprano Vocals [High Sopano] – Pamela Wood*
Soprano Vocals [Lyric Sopano] – Rebecca Armstrong
Soprano Vocals [Lyric Sopano], Soloist [Solo At Beginning And End Of First Part] – Cheryl Bensman*
Tambourine [Tuned Tambourines (Without Jingles)], Handclaps [Clapping], Maracas, Marimba, Vibraphone, Crotales – Bob Becker, Garry Kvistad, Gary Schall, Glen Velez, Russ Hartenberger, Steve Reich
Viola – Ruth Siegler
Violin – Robert Chausow, Shem Guibbory

3-2 Tehillim Parts III & IV
Alto Vocals [Alto] – Jay Clayton
Bass – Lewis Paer
Cello – Chris Finckel
Clarinet, Flute – Virgil Blackwell
Clarinet, Piccolo Flute [Piccolo] – Mort Silver
Conductor – George Manahan
English Horn – Ellen Bardekoff
Oboe – Vivian Burdick
Organ [Electric Organs] – Edmund Niemann, Nurit Tilles
Soprano Vocals [High Sopano] – Pamela Wood*
Soprano Vocals [Lyric Sopano] – Rebecca Armstrong
Tambourine [Tuned Tambourines (Without Jingles)], Handclaps [Clapping], Maracas, Marimba, Vibraphone, Crotales – Bob Becker, Garry Kvistad, Gary Schall, Glen Velez, Russ Hartenberger, Steve Reich
Viola – Ruth Siegler
Violin – Robert Chausow, Shem Guibbory