Steve Reich - Collected Works (CD)

This 26 CD/ 1 DVD box set featuring recordings spanning four decades of the composer's career with Nonesuch Records and sixty years of his career. The collection ranges from Reich's It's Gonna Rain (1965) to first recordings of his two latest works: Jacob's Ladder (2023) and Traveler's Prayer (2020). Two extensive booklets contain new essays by longtime Nonesuch President Robert Hurwitz, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, Steve Reich and Musicians percussionist Russell Hartenberger, producer Judith Sherman, and composer Nico Muhly, as well as a comprehensive listener's guide by pianist and composer Timo Andres.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Come Out
2. Piano Phase
3. Clapping Music
4. It's Gonna RainPart I
5. It's Gonna RainPart II

Disc: 2

1. Piano Phase
2. Pendulum Music
3. Four Organs
4. Phase Patterns

Disc: 3

1. DrummingPart I
2. DrummingPart II
3. DrummingPart III
4. DrummingPart IV

Disc: 4

1. Duet
2. Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ
3. Six Pianos
4. Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards
5. Vermont Counterpoint

Disc: 5

1. Music for 18 MusiciansPulses
2. Music for 18 MusiciansSection I
3. Music for 18 MusiciansSection II
4. Music for 18 MusiciansSection IIIA
5. Music for 18 MusiciansSection IIIB
6. Music for 18 MusiciansSection IV
7. Music for 18 MusiciansSection V
8. Music for 18 MusiciansSection VI
9. Music for 18 MusiciansSection VII
10. Music for 18 MusiciansSection VIII
11. Music for 18 MusiciansSection IX
12. Music for 18 MusiciansSection X
13. Music for 18 MusiciansSection XI
14. Music for 18 MusiciansPulses

Disc: 6

1. New York CounterpointI. Fast
2. New York CounterpointII. Slow
3. New York CounterpointIII. Fast
4. Eight Lines
5. Four Organs

Disc: 7

1. TehillimPart I (Fast)
2. TehillimPart II (Fast)
3. TehillimPart II (Slow)
4. TehillimPart IV (Fast)
5. Three MovementsMovement I: Quarter note = 176
6. Three MovementsMovement II: Quarter note = 88
7. Three MovementsMovement III: Quarter note = 176

Disc: 8

1. Desert MusicFirst Movement (Fast)
2. Desert MusicSecond Movement (Moderate)
3. Desert MusicThird Movement: Part One (Slow)
4. Desert MusicThird Movement: Part Two (Moderate)
5. Desert MusicThird Movement: Part Three (Slow)
6. Desert MusicFourth Movement (Moderate)
7. Desert MusicFifth Movement (Fast)

Disc: 9

1. SextetI.
2. SextetII.
3. SextetIII.
4. SextetIV.
5. SextetV.
6. Six Marimbas

Disc: 10

1. Different TrainsAmerica - Before the war
2. Different TrainsEurope - During the war
3. Different TrainsAfter the war
4. Electric CounterpointI. Fast
5. Electric CounterpointII. Slow
6. Electric CounterpointIII. Fast

Disc: 11

1. Four SectionsI. Strings (with Winds and Brass): Quarter note = 80
2. Four SectionsII. Percussion: Quarter note = 80
3. Four SectionsIII. Winds and Brass (with Strings): Quarter note = 120
4. Four SectionsIV. Full Orchestra: Quarter note = 180
5. Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ

Disc: 12

1. CaveAct 1. Typing Music (Genesis XVI)
2. CaveAct 1. Who Is Abraham?
3. CaveAct 1. Genesis XII
4. CaveAct 1. Who Is Sarah?
5. CaveAct 1. Who Is Hagar?
6. CaveAct 1. Typing Music Repeat
7. CaveAct 1. Who Is Ishmael?
8. CaveAct 1. Genesis XVIII
9. CaveAct 1. Who Is Isaac?
10. CaveAct 1. Genesis XXI
11. CaveAct 1. The Casting Out of Ishmael and Hagar
12. CaveAct 1. Machpelah Commentary
13. CaveAct 1. Genesis XXV
14. CaveAct 1. Interior of the Cave
15. CaveAct 2. Surah 3

Disc: 13

1. CaveAct 2. Who Is Ibrahim?
2. CaveAct 2. Who Is Hajar?
3. CaveAct 2. The Near Sacrifice
4. CaveAct 2. El Khalil Commentary
5. CaveAct 2. Interior of the Cave
6. CaveAct 3. Who Is Abraham?
7. CaveAct 3. Who Is Sarah?
8. CaveAct 3. Who Is Hagar?
9. CaveAct 3. Who Is Ishmael?
10. CaveAct 3. The Binding of Isaac
11. CaveAct 3. The Cave of Machpelah

Disc: 14

1. Proverb
2. Nagoya Marimbas
3. City LifeCheck it out
4. City LifePile driver / alarms
5. City LifeIt's been a honeymoon - Can't take no mo
6. City LifeHeartbeats / boats ; buoys
7. City LifeHeavy smoke

Disc: 15

1. Triple QuartetFirst Movement
2. Triple QuartetSecond Movement
3. Triple QuartetThird Movement
4. Electric Guitar Phase
5. Music for a Large Ensemble
6. Tokyo/Vermont Counterpoint

Disc: 16

1. Three TalesPart I: Hindenburg: Nibelung Zeppelin
2. Three TalesPart I: Hindenburg: A Very Impressive Thing to See
3. Three TalesPart I: Hindenburg: I Couldn't Understand It
4. Three TalesPart II: Bikini: In the Air - 1
5. Three TalesPart II: Bikini: The Atoll - 1
6. Three TalesPart II: Bikini: On the Ships - 1
7. Three TalesPart II: Bikini: In the Air - 2
8. Three TalesPart II: Bikini: The Atoll - 2
9. Three TalesPart II: Bikini: On the Ships - 2
10. Three TalesPart II: Bikini: In the Air - 3
11. Three TalesPart II: Bikini: The Atoll - 3
12. Three TalesPart II: Bikini: On the Ships - 3
13. Three TalesPart II: Bikini: Coda
14. Three TalesPart III: Dolly: Cloning
15. Three TalesPart III: Dolly: Dolly
16. Three TalesPart III: Dolly: Human Body Machine
17. Three TalesPart III: Dolly: Darwin
18. Three TalesPart III: Dolly: Interlude
19. Three TalesPart III: Dolly: Robots/Cyborgs/Immortality

Disc: 18

1. You Are (Variations)You are wherever your thoughts are
2. You Are (Variations)Shiviti Hashem l'negdi (I place the Eternal before me)
3. You Are (Variations)Explanations come to an end somewhere
4. You Are (Variations)Ehmor m'aht, v'ahsay harbay (Say little and do much)
5. Cello Counterpoint

Disc: 19

1. Daniel VariationsI saw a dream
2. Daniel VariationsMy name is Daniel Pearl (I'm a Jewish American from Encino, California)
3. Daniel VariationsLet the dream fall back on the dreaded
4. Daniel VariationsI sure hope Gabriel likes my music, when the day is done
5. Variations for Vibes, Pianos and StringsFast
6. Variations for Vibes, Pianos and StringsSlow
7. Variations for Vibes, Pianos and StringsFast

Disc: 20

1. Double SextetFast
2. Double SextetSlow
3. Double SextetFast
4. 2x5Fast
5. 2x5Slow
6. 2x5Fast

Disc: 21

1. WTC9/11I. 9/11
2. WTC9/11II. 2010
3. WTC9/11III. WTC
4. Mallet QuartetI. Fast
5. Mallet QuartetII. Slow
6. Mallet QuartetIII. Fast
7. Dance Patterns

Disc: 22

1. Electric CounterpointI. Fast
2. Electric CounterpointII. Slow
3. Electric CounterpointIII. Fast
4. Piano Counterpoint
5. Radio RewriteI. Fast
6. Radio RewriteII. Slow
7. Radio RewriteIII. Fast
8. Radio RewriteIV. Slow
9. Radio RewriteV. Fast

Disc: 23

1. Pulse
2. QuartetI. Fast
3. QuartetII. Slow
4. QuartetIII. Fast

Disc: 24

1. RunnerI. Sixteenths
2. RunnerII. Eighths
3. RunnerIII. Quarters
4. RunnerIV. Eighths
5. RunnerV. Sixteenths
6. Music for Ensemble and OrchestraI. Sixteenths
7. Music for Ensemble and OrchestraII. Eighths
8. Music for Ensemble and OrchestraIII. Quarters
9. Music for Ensemble and OrchestraIV. Eighths
10. Music for Ensemble and OrchestraV. Sixteenths

Disc: 25

1. Reich/RichterOpening
2. Reich/RichterPatterns ; scales
3. Reich/RichterCross fades
4. Reich/RichterEnding

Disc: 26

1. Jacob's LadderGenesis
2. Jacob's LadderVayachalom (And he dreamed)
3. Jacob's LadderV'hinei, sulam mutzav artza (And behold, a ladder set up on the Earth)
4. Jacob's LadderV'rosho magia hashamayima (And its top reached heaven)
5. Jacob's LadderV'hinei, malachei Elokim olim v'yordim bo (And behold, messengers of G-d ascending and descending on it)
6. Traveler's Prayer

Disc: 27

1. Music for 18 MusiciansPulses
2. Music for 18 MusiciansSection I
3. Music for 18 MusiciansSection II
4. Music for 18 MusiciansSection IIIA
5. Music for 18 MusiciansSection IIIB
6. Music for 18 MusiciansSection IV
7. Music for 18 MusiciansSection V
8. Music for 18 MusiciansSection VI
9. Music for 18 MusiciansSection VII
10. Music for 18 MusiciansSection VIII
11. Music for 18 MusiciansSection IX
12. Music for 18 MusiciansSection X
13. Music for 18 MusiciansSection XI
14. Music for 18 MusiciansPulses