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Thanks Todd for sharing! Cheers Lou >From: todd reynolds <todd@toddreynolds.com> >Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> >Subject: Re: Steve Reich (was: Looper's Essential Listening revisited: >the >1980's) >Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:59:53 -0500 > >What's so special in that tune is simply the instrumentation. Steve is >obsessive about timbre, and that's what creates that incredible sound. >Yes, >it's a nice recording, but I think if you find the latest Alan Pierson >recording, you'll find it sounds great. > >Regarding Microtunings, the maestro doesn't have any interest in that. >Everything's at 440... > >For the record, even the poorly done recordings of reich still, imho have >that special sound. I might have recorded or even performed it slightly >differently, but all in all, the music is so well written that the >performances and the recordings end up rather similar to each other. > >Hope that answers the your questions. Pleasure. > >T. > > > >On 2/17/06 11:37 AM, "Per Boysen" <per@boysen.se> wrote: > > > On 14 feb 2006, at 13.41, todd reynolds wrote: > > > >> I've played this piece incessantly since 1990 as a member in his > >> ensemble > >> and am most excited to be able to answer a question about it and > >> Reich. > >> Thanks for the opportunity! If any other questions, bring em on! > > > > > > Well, ok then, Todd. Here's a related question: You don't happen to > > know what's so special with his "Music for a Large Ensemble (12/78)? > > I'm curios on what exactly makes this music so beautiful (that record > > is higher on my list compared to Different Trains). I was completely > > floored the first time I heard it and bought the vinyl album > > (released 1980) and later the CD. How about tunings? Does the > > orchestra perform in JI? But don't they have to rebuild marimbas etc > > if so? Or maybe it isn't the tuning... I was just thinking about that > > because I have been listening a lot to Robert Rich lately and somehow > > I hear a lot of Reich in his music and Robert is known for using JI. > > > > Maybe it's just a good recording that makes that record stand out? I > > have a CD of Bach's Brandenburger that sounds awesome and I'm always > > disappointed when hearing other recordings of that classic piece. > > > > Greetings from Sweden > > > > Per Boysen > > www.looproom.com (international) > > www.boysen.se (Swedish) > > ---> iTunes Music Store (digital) > > www.cdbaby.com/perboysen > > > > > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >----- >³Virtue is just repression waiting to go bad² - Trevor Exter > >³Classical music is related to the past more than it is related to the >creative part of sound² - Ornette Coleman >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >------ >Todd Reynolds >42-09 47th Ave 1C >Sunnyside, NY 11104 > >Ph. 718 392-3773 >Mob. 917 576-6166 >Fax 419 781-5502 > >http://www.toddreynolds.com > > >todd@toddreynolds.com >9175766166@vtext.com (155 characters or less) >AIM ID: toddreyn > > > >