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Reich : WTC 9/11, Mallet Quartet, Dance Patterns

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Released: Jul 2011
Label: Nonesuch
Steve Reich's minimalism has always had an unrelenting rhythmic urgency, but the themes of WTC 9/11 endow his driving ostinatos with a bleak, terrifying power. First, as the Kronos Quartet is accompanied by recorded emergency response calls, Reich uses a simple device to chill the blood: a mechanical busy signal. The following two movements also employ spoken interviews and recordings of Muslim calls to prayer. These are complex choices that make the piece an emotionally raw, unflinching statement. Readings of 2009's Mallet Quartet by So Percussion and 2002's Dance Patterns follow.
- Nate Cavalieri
Various Artists - Reich : WTC 9/11, Mallet Quartet, Dance Patterns 2011-08-05
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    3:39
    Steve Reich: WTC 9/11 I. 9/11
    Kronos Quartet & Steve Reich
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    Steve Reich: WTC 9/11 II. 2010
    Kronos Quartet & Steve Reich
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    Steve Reich: WTC 9/11 III. WTC
    Kronos Quartet & Steve Reich
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    Steve Reich: Mallet Quartet I. Fast
    So Percussion & Steve Reich
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    Steve Reich: Mallet Quartet II. Slow
    So Percussion & Steve Reich
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    Steve Reich: Mallet Quartet III. Fast
    So Percussion & Steve Reich
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    Steve Reich: Dance Patterns
    James Preiss, Thad Wheeler, Frank Cassara, Garry Kvistad, Edmund Niemann, Nurit Tilles & Steve Reich
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