Conversations, Steve Reich
Conversations, Steve Reich
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Conversations

Author: Steve Reich

Narrator: Stephen Graybill, Johnny Heller, Derek Perkins, James Lurie, Jason Culp, Joel Froomkin, Cindy Kay, Billie Fulford-Brown, Natasha Soudek

Unabridged: 8 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/08/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

A surprising, enlightening series of conversations that shed new light on the music and career of “our greatest living composer” (New York Times)

Steve Reich is a living legend in the world of contemporary classical music. As a leader of the minimalist movement in the 1960s, his works have become central to the musical landscape worldwide, influencing generations of younger musicians, choreographers and visual artists. He has explored non-Western music and American vernacular music from jazz to rock, as well as groundbreaking music and video pieces. He toured the world with his own ensemble and his compositions are performed internationally by major orchestras and ensembles.

Now Reich sits down with past collaborators, fellow composers and musicians as well as visual artists influenced by his work to reflect on his prolific career as a composer as well as the music that inspired him and that has been inspired by him, including:

David Lang
Brian Eno
Richard Serra
Michael Gordon
Michael Tilson Thomas
Russell Hartenberger
Robert Hurwitz
Stephen Sondheim
Jonny Greenwood
David Harrington
Elizabeth Lim-Dutton
David Robertson
Micaela Haslam
Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker
Julia Wolfe
Nico Muhly
Beryl Korot
Colin Currie
Brad Lubman

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

 

About Steve Reich

Steve Reich has influenced composers and musicians all over the world. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music for Double Sextet in 2009 and Grammy Awards for Different Trains (1989) and Music for 18 Musicians (1998). He received the Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo, the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm, the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale and the Gold Medal in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kurt

I listened to the audiobook which was a bit weird because it was actors recreating recorded conversations. I'm sure the audio and flow were better that way, but I have spoken with many of the people (including Reich) in the conversations here and it's surreal to hear actors doing a reasonably good j......more

Goodreads review by Farouk

One Of The Best Music Books In 2022 .......more

Goodreads review by Howard

Steve Reich, of course is The Godfather of modern minimalism in music, likely along with Philip Glass and maybe Terry Riley. Since arising in the 1960’s, Reich has produced a significant body of work adhering to minimalist guidelines of repetitive sounds , with tape looping and pulses of notes. He w......more