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with all the acclaim about drumming and music for eighteen, i must interject and mention sextet to you all. This is the piece most requested in concert. we've been doing it steadily for 15 years or so in almost every concert. although it is in part an exciting visual piece (people move around alot), sonically and formally it is a masterpiece.... tc. Tom Ritchford wrote: > stig wrote: > > > I have just joined this list and hope that someone > >here may be able to help me with a query. I have heard much about > >Steve Reich and have been told on a couple of occasions that I would > >like his music, however on visiting a music store I was confronted > >with about twenty different albums/imports and have no idea where to > >start. Could someone recommend a good first choice as an intro > >duction to Steve Reich's music? > > I know this has been beaten to death already. However, of all Reich's >pieces, > Drumming is the most indicative of Reich's style and technique and it's > also IMHO the most exciting. > > Get the two volume DGG recording. True, it has the annoying disk change > but the recording is much better I believe and you also get two other > splendid pieces with it. > > /t -- Todd Reynolds "paint as you like, and die happy" - henry miller 500B Grand St. 11G New York, NY 10002 212 475-8559 phone 917 861-1755 cell, pager, et al. todd@toddreynolds.com http://www.toddreynolds.com