New to the music of Steve Reich? His latest recording, featuring the Los Angeles Philharmonic, may be his most approachable.
If you've ever been hesitant to dip your toe into the pulsating music of Steve Reich, now is the time to take a full-on nose dive. The 86-year-old composer has just released his 26th album on Nonesuch and it features, an ebullient piece in five connected movements that might just be Reich's most accessible work sinceteems with all that is vibrant and mesmerizing in Reich's music.
It opens with the piano setting a pulse of toggling 16th notes, while strings, winds and percussion file in separately to create an enchanting whirligig of interlocking layers. The music buzzes in weightlessness. Keep an ear out for the passage, beginning at 1:28, where two chirping oboes chase each other as vibraphones chime like clocks. It is among the sunniest, most joyous stretches in Reich's catalog.
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