The fourth Reich album for Currie’s specialist ensemble celebrates the composer’s precise patterns with an enjoyably chilled feel and plenty of dynamic niceties
Colin Currie Group
(Colin Currie Records)
The fourth Reich album for Currie’s specialist ensemble celebrates the composer’s precise patterns with an enjoyably chilled feel and plenty of dynamic niceties
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he Colin Currie Group formed 20 years ago to honour Steve Reich’s 70th birthday with a performance of Drumming. This year, the great American composer turns 90, making this, the group’s fourth Reich album on Currie’s own label, a double celebration.
These performances of Bach’s solo works are elegant and persuasive – balancing a modern tone with an alert awareness of period…
The virtuosic musician’s effortless phrasing and imaginative collaborations make this collection short but sweet
In a deftly curated programme, youthful compositions rubbed shoulders with music from her most productive period, the 1920s
The free-collective energy of one of Braxton’s most intuitive groups jostles and enchants as a mirror of life’s rhythms
The delicate experimentation of the band’s debut may not have chimed with the post-punk 1980s, but its durability makes this…
Das Ensemble Resonanz und Tabea Zimmermann widmen sich George Enescu und Benjamin Britten, der Berliner Cellist Johannes Fink…
