PIANO CIRCUS Terry Riley: In C / Steve Reich: 6 Pianos

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Two pioneering works of Minimalism appear on this disc. Riley probably started the movement with In C (1964), which allows for any instrumentation (here, six pianos) and suggests no limitations on tempo, dynamics, number of performers, or duration. Everything unfolds around the octave C. (The score is not expressed through standard musical notation; instead, each instrumental role is framed in an isolated "statement," itself just a bar or two long.) More "musical" is Reich's Six Pianos (1973), later in 1974 done as Six Marimbas. It's all about percussion and phase shifting. These belong in any collection. --Paul Cook piano circus is a musical ensemble consisting of six pianists.The original six-piano ensemble formed in 1989 to perform Steve Reich's Six Pianos . Founder members included Kirsteen Davidson-Kelly , Richard Harris , Kate Heath , Max Richter , Ginny Strawson and John Wood.Since then they have created a repertoire of over one hundred works, the majority of which have been written specially for the ensemble. These include pieces by Kevin Volans , Graham Fitkin , Brian Eno , Louis Andriessen , Erkki-Sven Tüür , Terry Riley ,Nikki Yeoh , Michael Nyman , Robert Moran , Peter Bengtson , and Heiner Goebbels . Piano Circus has released seven CDs with Decca and now has three CDs available on its own label.The six pianists – as read more

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