Three Tales (CD & DVD)
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 2003-08-19
Music Label: Nonesuch
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Hindenburg: Nibelung Zeppelin
- Hindenburg: A Very Impressive Thing to See
- Hindenburg: I Couldn't Understand It
- Bikini: In the Air 1
- Bikini: The Atoll 1
- Bikini: On the Ships 1
- Bikini: In the Air 2
- Bikini: The Atoll 2
- Bikini: On the Ships 2
- Bikini: In the Air 3
- Bikini: The Atoll 3
- Bikini: On the Ships 3
- Bikini: Coda
- Dolly: Cloning
- Dolly: Dolly
- Dolly: Human Body Machine
- Dolly: Darwin
- Dolly: Interlude
- Dolly: Robots/Cyborgs/Immortality
- Hindenburg: It Could Not Have Been a Technical Matter [DVD]
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Free Music Review: Don't miss out on some of Reich's best work: listen and listen again, without preconceived expectations!
Hit: 4 Stars
Steve Reich seems to suffer from having been a prodigious and prolific talent in the 70's. Often those who discover his work like to pigeonhole him as a 'minimalist', and site his groundbreaking ensemble work as his best, and all those works that followed as inferior.
I love 'Music for 18 Musicians', 'Drumming', 'Mallet Instruments' and all of these other pieces (even the relatively austere and slightly brain-melting 'four organs'), but what people seem to miss is that Reich is a true talent, and a pioneer, and there is no way he can continue to achieve his best if he simply repeats himself endlessly until the end of his time as a composer.
Instead, he developed.
Many of his more contemporary works (arguably from around 'Different Trains' onwards) are considerably more ambitious, often more musically complex, and, I imagine, more demanding for many listeners who are more accustomed to the pure zen beauty of '18 musicians'. This does not mean that they are not as worthy of attention.
I too discovered Reich through his earlier work, and I was a little alienated by 'Three Tales' in particular, as well as pieces like 'the Cave' and 'Proverb'. The vocals seemed jarring and unambiguous, and the music was stark: intense in a very different way. However, my respect for Reich drove me to listen further, and I have grown to appreciate and enjoy Reich's modern works as the equal of his earlier successes.
Three Tales, in particular, is a staggering piece of art, which asks some pertinient questions about post-industrial life, faith and science through some of the most wonderful music I've ever heard. By turns Reich delivers bombast, tragedy and irereverent humour blended with serious social commentary. It's fascinating stuff, and much like 'the Cave', has rich levels of meaning.
Reich continues to deliver the goods: 'Daniel Variations' and 'You Are' deserve unprejudiced ears, and offer as much reward to listeners as any of his early work.
The only reason I give a 4 star score for 'Three Tales' is that the video art seems inferior to the music, to me. I'm not certain that it would be possible to create visuals that would be the equal of Reich's score, but the dated computer graphics that dominate the DVD seem weak to me in places, particularly during the first two of the 'tales'. 'Dolly' is much more interesting to me, visually. I still watch the DVD, and I comsider it a worthwhile purchase.
Listen and enjoy this truly original piece!
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