Steve Reich - Double Sextet, Radio Rewrite
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Label: Harmonia Mundi
Cat No: HMU907671
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 26th August 2016
Contents
Artists
Ensemble SignalConductor
Brad LubmanAbout
Rewrite from 2012 – strong, tuneful, energetic, tightly-made works.
‘In 2011 Steve saw a performance of his classic electric guitar piece “Electric Counterpoint” played by Radiohead’s guitarist Jonny Greenwood. Reich enjoyed meeting them and was impressed and had the idea to reference some of their music in a new piece. In truth there is not much Radiohead in “Radio Rewrite”, just a few wisps of the harmonic motion from “Everything in Its Right Place” and a few scraps of tune from “Jigsaw Falling into Place”... After all these years, Radio Rewrite feels like his own remix, using only as much Radiohead as he needs to get his own music flowing.’ - David Lang in the CD booklet
‘One of the most vital groups of its kind’ - The New York Times
Reviews
Reich turns 80 in October and Signal’s tribute is a buoyant disc of two fairly recent pieces, both scores full of finesse and detail, both still bobbing to that definitively Reichian thrum that was once so game-changing. Six musicians play against recordings of themselves in the Double Sextet (2007) while snippets of Radiohead songs are woven through Radio Rewrite (2013) – a neat gesture from a composer whose influence on contemporary art rock is inestimable. Conductor Brad Lubman keeps the music lucid and elegant, if rather low-key; you’ll find peppier recordings of both works, but I enjoyed the warm sounds and lack of hysteria here. Kate MollesonThis product has now been deleted. Information is for reference only.
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