Live at Fondation Louis Vuitton : Colin Currie & Steve Reich

"In recent years Scottish percussionist Colin Currie and his group of musicians have become the European ensemble probably most closely associated with the music of Steve Reich, so it was a natural choice for them to be invited to be the ensemble-in-residence at the 2017 Steve Reich Presentation put on by and at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. They gave three concerts in two days, and five of the works they performed at those concerts are recorded here. The disc opens with a strong performance by Currie and Reich of the iconic Clapping Music ... The CD closes as it began with one of Reich's most iconic works from the early 1970s, Music for Pieces of Wood, in a punchy, invigorating performance which is magnificently captured in this excellent recording".

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"Når et ensemble får en tommelfinger opad fra Reich, ses det som en særlig velsignelse. Og den skotske slagtøjsspiller Colin Curries gruppe har nydt supervision af komponisten på denne tredje cd viet til hans musik. Reich udfører her endda den berømte 'Clapping Music' sammen med Currie. På det mere vægtig 'Proverb', som blev skrevet i 1996 til herboende Paul Hillier og Theatre of Voices, optræder Colin Currie Group med et andet specialistensemble i netop denne genre: Synergy Vocals".

"Editor's choice: A powerful rhythmic incisiveness and assertiveness that marked the group's excellent recording of Drumming (5/18) is again apparent throughout ... Synergy Vocals impart a beautiful, haunting performance, whose quiescence quietly defuses the energy and explosiveness of the rhythmic pieces".