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Dec 7, 2011The Kronos Quartet, So Percussion, and the six players in Dance Patterns deliver topnotch performances, and Nonesuch's sound is immaculate.
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Oct 6, 2011A project conceived in noble intentions but hobbled by confused, muddled execution.
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Dec 2, 2011"Mallet Quartet" and "Dance Patterns" feel inconsequential on their own and even more so when sharing CD space with WTC 9/11. But that's the way it goes with these extended works. A weak link doesn't always equal a weak release, but it still weakens it all the same.
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Oct 6, 2011This album shows him to still be in thrall to the possibilities of composition and unafraid of tackling the bigger issues it can so powerfully address.
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Oct 6, 2011It's short--15 minutes--but perfectly proportioned.
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Jan 27, 2012It is a difficult piece to listen to on many levels.
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Nov 15, 2011Fortunately, his two other pieces on the record, Mallet Quartet, and Dance Patterns are nothing short of the flowery style that make Reich's music so rich. WTC 9/11, on the other hand, just sounds muddy.
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Oct 6, 2011It's the rigor and directness of the voice-music connection--and the apparent lack of artifice--that makes for the work's stark power.
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Oct 6, 2011There's no getting away from the fact that WTC 9/11 simply doesn't have the structural cohesion or magnitude of Different Trains--a comparison which Reich fans will inevitably draw.
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Oct 6, 2011The performances are superb.
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Oct 6, 2011Haunting and harrowing, the uncomprehending first reactions are combined with a score both alarming and consoling. Also here, Mallet Quartet (2009) and Dance Patterns (2002), but it is WTC 9/11 which packs the most powerful punch.