Steve Reich and Ensemble intercontemporain – Reich/Richter

Description

This is the first recording of Steve Reich’s Reich/Richter, performed by Ensemble intercontemporain and conducted by George Jackson. The composition was originally written to be performed with German visual artist Gerhard Richter and Corinna Belz’s film Moving Picture (946-3). After more than one hundred performances of Reich/Richter at The Shed in New York in 2019, it was performed in London at the Barbican by the Britten Sinfonia conducted by Colin Currie and then in Paris at the Philharmonie, where this recording was made.

Tracklist:

1. Reich/Richter: Opening
2. Reich/Richter: Patterns & scales
3. Reich/Richter: Cross fades
4. Reich/Richter: Ending