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Steve Reich

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Stephen Michael Reich (pronounced RYSHE; born October 3, 1936 in New York City) is an American composer. He is a pioneer of minimalism, although his music has increasingly deviated from a purely minimalist style. Reich's innovations include using tape loops to create phasing patterns (examples are his early compositions, "It's Gonna Rain" and "Come Out"), and the use of processes to create and explore musical concepts (for instance, "Pendulum Music" and ""Four Organs").

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3.93/53k ratings 1980 Octet; Music for a Large Ensemble; Violin Phase ▶ Play

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YearAlbumPlays
1968 Live / Electric Music ▶ Play
1970 Four Organs / Phase Patterns ▶ Play
1971 Drumming ▶ Play
1978 Music for 18 Musicians 1 ▶ Play
1982 Tehillim ▶ Play
1985 The Desert Music ▶ Play
1986 Sextet / Six Marimbas ▶ Play
1987 Drumming ▶ Play
1987 Early Works ▶ Play
1989 Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint 5 ▶ Play
1990 Steve Reich: Six Pianos / Terry Riley: In C ▶ Play
1990 The Four Sections / Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ ▶ Play
1993 Another Look at Counterpoint ▶ Play
1993 Six Pianos / Variations / Music for Mallet Instruments ▶ Play
1994 Tehillim / Three Movements ▶ Play
1995 Music for Mallet Instruments ▶ Play
1996 City Life / Proverb ▶ Play
1996 The Desert Music / Shaker Loops ▶ Play
1998 Music for 18 Musicians 1 ▶ Play
1999 Exclusive Selection ▶ Play
1999 Music for 18 Musicians (Ensemble Modern) ▶ Play
1999 Phase Patterns / Pendulum Music / Piano Phase / Four Organs ▶ Play
2000 New York Counterpoint / Eight Lines / Four Organs ▶ Play
2001 Triple Quartet ▶ Play
2002 Tehillim / The Desert Music ▶ Play
2002 Variations ▶ Play
2003 City Life / New York Counterpoint / Eight Lines / Violin Phase ▶ Play
2004 Different Trains / Triple Quartet / The Four Sections ▶ Play
2005 Different Trains ▶ Play
2005 You Are (variations) / Cello Counterpoint ▶ Play
2006 Reich at the Roxy ▶ Play
2007 Music for 18 Musicians (Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble) ▶ Play
2007 Sextet / Piano Phase / Eight Lines ▶ Play
2008 American Classics: Minimalism ▶ Play
2008 Daniel Variations ▶ Play
2008 Percussion Masterpieces ▶ Play
2010 Double Sextet / 2x5 ▶ Play
2011 2x5 Remixed ▶ Play
2011 American Music ▶ Play
2011 Different Trains / Piano Counterpoint / Triple Quartet ▶ Play
2011 Kuniko Plays Reich ▶ Play
2011 Three Movements / The Desert Music ▶ Play
2011 WTC 9/11 / Mallet Quartet / Dance Patterns ▶ Play
2014 Live. Know. Love. ▶ Play
2014 Radio Rewrite ▶ Play
2015 Music for 18 Musicians (Ensemble Signal) ▶ Play
2016 Clapping Music / Music for Pieces of Wood / Sextet ▶ Play
2016 Double Sextet / Radio Rewrite ▶ Play
2016 Six Pianos / Keyboard Study # 1 ▶ Play
2016 Steve Reich ▶ Play
2016 WTC 9/11 / Different Trains ▶ Play
2018 Drumming ▶ Play
2018 Pulse / Quartet ▶ Play
2020 Eight Lines / City Life ▶ Play
2020 Music for 18 Musicians (Ensemble Links) ▶ Play
2021 Steve Reich, Nexus, Sō Percussion ▶ Play
2022 Reich/Richter ▶ Play
2022 Runner / Music for Orchestra and Ensemble ▶ Play
2023 Music for 18 Musicians (Colin Currie Group) ▶ Play
2023 The String Quartets ▶ Play
2024 Kuniko Plays Reich II ▶ Play
2025 Jacob’s Ladder / Traveler’s Prayer ▶ Play
2025 Joe Hisaishi Conducts ▶ Play