Ai festeggiamenti per il novantesimo compleanno di Steve Reich si affiancano quelli per i vent'anni di attività dell'ensemble guidato da Colin Currie, con la pubblicazione in questi giorni dell'album Steve Reich: The Sextets, registrato nel cuore dell'estate scorsa al Kings Place a Londra. Ne parla Currie stesso su YT.
Celebrating Steve Reich’s 90th birthday and the 20th anniversary of the Colin Currie Group, this landmark release brings together four of Reich’s most iconic works for chamber ensemble. United by the elegant symmetry of sextet forces, these pieces showcase the rhythmic vitality, harmonic clarity, and emotional depth that have defined Reich’s music for generations. From the scintillating textures of Sextet, the driving power and poignancy of Double Sextet, and the hypnotic time-bending sonorities of Six Marimbas, the album offers a journey through Reich’s unparalleled sound world. Colin Currie Group’s fresh interpretation of Dance Patterns adds a lesser-known gem to this celebration, highlighting the composer’s enduring fascination with movement and pattern.