International Contemporary Ensemble & Colin Currie Group – Steve Reich: Pulse / Quartet (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 31:03 minutes | 534 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Nonesuch
Steve Reich’s Pulse / Quartet is performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). An artist collective committed to transforming the way music is created and experienced—and Quartet (2013) is played by the Colin Currie Group, an ensemble led by percussionist Colin Currie that specializes in the music of Steve Reich; these are also the ensembles that gave the world premiere performances of the respective works.
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International Contemporary Ensemble – AEQUA (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 57:08 minutes | 1,90 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sono Luminus
AEQUA presents a varied constellation of recent chamber pieces for smaller forces by composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir — ranging from solo piano to string ensemble — orbiting the large ensemble work Aequilibria. The album takes the listener on a journey through Thorvaldsdottir’s distinctive soundworld, where sounds and nuances are as much part of the meticulously structured tapestry of the music as harmonies and lyrical material. The works are performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble, with two works conducted by Steven Schick and a work for solo piano performed by Cory Smythe.
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