Artist	Song
Paul Hillier & Steve Reich Ensemble	The Cave: West Jerusalem - Hebron: Act 1 : VI. Typing Music Repeat
from The Cave (2005)
Brad Lubman, Steve Reich Ensemble & Synergy Vocals	Dolly: II. Dolly
from Three Tales (2005)
Pat Metheny	Electric Counterpoint: III. Fast
from Reich: Different Trains, Electric Counterpoint (2006)
Steve Reich & Russ Hartenberger	Clapping Music (1972)
from Early Works (2005)
Ensemble Modern & Bradley Lubman	Octet (Eight Lines): Eight Lines
from Steve Reich: City Life - 8 Lines (2002)
Steve Reich Ensemble	Music for 18 Musicians: V. Section IIIB
from Music for 18 Musicians (2005)
Steve Reich	Drumming: Part IV
from Phases (2010)
Los Angeles Philharmonic & Stefan Asbury	Three Movements for Orchestra: III. Mvt 3
from DG Concerts - Minimalist Jukebox - Reich: Variations for Winds, Three Movements, Tehillim (2006)
Steve Reich & Steve Reich and Musicians	Sextet: 5th Movement
from Steve Reich: Sextet - Six Marimbas (2005)
Steve Reich & Steve Reich Ensemble	Variations for Vibes, Pianos, and Strings: III. Fast
from Reich: Daniel Variations (2008)
Eighth Blackbird	Double Sextet: III. Fast
from Steve Reich: Double Sextet, 2x5 (2010)
Ensemble Modern & Bradley Lubman	Octet (Eight Lines): Ziffer 31
from Steve Reich: City Life - 8 Lines (2002)
Steve Reich	The Four Sections: IV. Full Orchestra
from The Four Sections (2005)
Steve Reich	The Desert Music: First Movement (fast)
from Phases (2010)
Kronos Quartet	Different Trains: I. America-Before the War
from Reich: Different Trains, Electric Counterpoint (2006)

Comment:

Given that many of Reich's early performances took place outside the traditional concert hall, in venues such as art galleries and dance studios, it's no surprise that his dance/performance repertoire is extensive. Along with choreographer Laura Dean, he won a Bessie Award with his "Sextet: 5th Movement," a kinetic work featuring four percussionists, two keyboard players . . . and some very unexpected sonic textures. Speaking of awards, Reich won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for music with his "Double Sextet," which the prize committee said was "consistently intriguing to the ear." Clearly, it was intriguing to dancers as well, as the work was interpreted by choreographers Larry Keigwin and Peter Quanz, and performed at the Guggenheim during their 50th anniversary celebration. Reich's rippling, shimmering "Variations for Vibes, Pianos, and Strings" (from which we excerpt the final movement) made its American debut on the very day he turned 70, and is performed here by the ensemble that commissioned it, the London Sinfonietta. When artists say that Reich's music moves them, they often mean it quite literally.

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