You can't have too many. I also have the Colin Currie one, but I couldn't find it this morning. I really need to get on top of my CD filing!
Replies
Haven't listened to that in ages 😀 I have the same version from the Phases box set, but prefer the '78 ECM one (I guess they just play it that bit faster).
aug 31, 2025, 11:56 am • 2 0 • view
The ECM version is the gold standard for me, though I accept that might only be the first one I heard (aside from a radio and TV broadcasts around that time. They all have something enjoyable and engaging about them.
aug 31, 2025, 12:13 pm • 5 0 • view
They've all got their excellent points but the ECM is the one for me: none of the other versions have nailed section 2 in the way that one does.
aug 31, 2025, 2:27 pm • 3 0 • view
I *think* I've got all the recorded versions. My favourite version, though, is the one I saw live in 2011/12. With Reich himself on piano. Just stunning.
aug 31, 2025, 2:30 pm • 3 0 • view
I don't have all the versions available on CD - current tally is seven - but happy to nab more if / when I come across them. I was lucky enough to see SR and players in the late 1980s in Leeds at a festival. Sadly, M418M was not on the programme.
aug 31, 2025, 2:35 pm • 2 0 • view
Must've been quite the experience, though.
aug 31, 2025, 3:49 pm • 1 0 • view
Have you heard the Amadinda Percussion Group recording, Sid? Some questionable vocals perhaps but worth a listen - quite an energetic performance.
aug 31, 2025, 2:30 pm • 0 0 • view
I don't think so. On CD?
aug 31, 2025, 2:31 pm • 0 0 • view
Yes - this one: Steve Reich / Amadinda Percussion Group – Music For 18 Musicians Live In Budapest – CD (Album), 2004 [r1960797] | Discogs share.google/RN68oqw0zkdu...
aug 31, 2025, 2:36 pm • 1 0 • view
Great, thanks. I shall add it to my list.
aug 31, 2025, 2:42 pm • 1 0 • view
I have the '78 ECM on LP, then the Ensemble Modern, Colin Currie, and there's a bit of M418M on Reich Remixed. I'm sure somewhere I have a CD by Bang On A Can performing it too. Plus the Phases box. It's one of those pieces that I just need lots of 😀. (Same applies to The Rite Of Spring!)
aug 31, 2025, 1:51 pm • 1 0 • view
What I wanted to hear this morning was the Colin Currie version, but I couldn't find it as it was filed with the others! What started this whole thing off was stumbling across this Bang On A Can performance of it last night. youtu.be/kKO3IcvdWUQ?...
aug 31, 2025, 2:14 pm • 4 0 • view
That's my next hour accounted for 😀👌
aug 31, 2025, 2:22 pm • 1 0 • view