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.
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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