Reich: WTC 9/11; Mallet Quartet; Dance Patterns

Kronos Quartet/So Percussion(Nonesuch)Nonesuch continues to keep its Steve Reich discography up to date with major works from 2009 and 2010, alongside a smaller earlier piece, Dance Patterns for pairs of xylophones, vibraphones and pianos, from 2002. Reich's string-quartet memorial to the victims of the World Trade Center atrocity, WTC 9/11, was finished last year and introduced on both sides of the Atlantic as part of the concerts to mark the composer's 75th birthday a few months ago. It uses s...

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