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Clapping Music / Music for Pieces of Wood / Sextet
Classical · 2016 · 8 tracks · 1h 10m

Clapping Music / Music for Pieces of Wood / Sextet

Steve Reich

Rhythmic phase-shifting. From the stark intimacy of human hands to the complex, mallet-driven machinery of Sextet.

March 18, 2016 · Soul Heaven Records

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A rigorous, high-tension focus that finds transcendence through repetitive mathematical cycles.

Tracklist · 8 Tracks · 1h 10m
01
Clapping Music
3:37
02
Music for Pieces of Wood
11:42
03
Sextet: I. Crotchet = 192
11:09
04
Sextet: II. Crotchet = 96
4:32
05
Sextet: III. Crotchet = 64
2:34
06
Sextet: IV. Crotchet = 96
3:32
07
Sextet: V. Crotchet = 192
6:01
08
Sextet
27:48
Moments Worth Listening For
The jarring moment in Clapping Music when the second performer shifts one eighth-note out of sync.
The resonant, hollow knock of the claves in Music for Pieces of Wood as they reach a fever pitch.
The sudden transition into the slow, bowed vibraphone chords during the third movement of Sextet.
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