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- Summary: The latest release for the composer features two pieces: Pulse includes winds, strings, piano and electric bass with the International Contemporary Ensemble and Quartet includes two vibraphones and two pianos with the Colin Currie Group.
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- Record Label: Nonesuch
- Genre(s): Classical
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Positive: 10 out of 12
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Mixed: 2 out of 12
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Negative: 0 out of 12
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Mar 14, 2018Both works are performed by the groups for which they were written, Pulse for the US-based International Contemporary Ensemble, Quartet for the Colin Currie Group, and the close-up perspective of the recordings suits both pieces perfectly.
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MagnetApr 17, 2018The dominant strain is melodically powerful modern jazz where "Mvt.-1" and "Mvt.-III" are the triumphant highlights with joyous Paper Chase and Jittery Peanuts reference points. [No. 150, p.55]
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Mar 14, 2018Pristine and reflective, both compositions slowly reveal themselves to attentive listeners as contemplative, yet no less accessible, works of pristine beauty. ICE and the Colin Currie Group deserve just as much praise for their carefully considered performances on this excellent release.
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Mar 14, 2018The palette is tender, and the changes subtle: it’s like climbing a mountain, the same view altering by slight increments over the course of the ascent.
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The WireApr 5, 2018Something about its balance between geometric elegance and genuine emotiveness gets at the heart of what makes him a great composer. The playful movement lends a sense of humanity to the structure, and the structure lends rigour to the dance. [Apr 2018, p.60]
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Mar 14, 2018Pulse/Quartet could be used as a gateway to expose a new generation of music fans to minimalist, experimental ambient music from one the movement's finest composers.
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Mar 14, 2018Pulse and Quartet feel plucked from a vacuum, a place where flickers of dissonance yield to waves of redemptive harmony and where the chord always comes back to sparkle. In a world of increasing entropy, these are two too-tidy self-reflections, Reich on what made Reich great.