Cello Counterpoint by Steve Reich by petergregson published on 2012-01-19T08:42:22Z I recorded all 8 parts of Steve Reich's monster Cello Counterpoint at Real World Studios in October 2009 in glorious binaural surround. The official programme note is below: A blog post about the recording process is here: http://blog.bowers-wilkins.com/music/discussing-sound-quality/peter-gregsons-real-world-recording-blog/ -- Cello Counterpoint (2003) is scored for eight cellos and can be played by a soloist with the other parts pre-recorded or by a Cello Octet. It is in three movements, fast, slow fast. The first and last movements are both based on a similar four chord cycle that moves ambiguously back and forth between c minor and Eb major. This harmonic cycle is treated extremely freely however, particularly in the third movement. As a matter of fact, what strikes me most about these movements is that they are generally the freest in structure of any I have ever written. The second, slow movement, is a canon in Eb minor involving, near the end of the movement, seven separate voices. Cello Counterpoint is one of the most difficult pieces I have ever written, calling for extremely tight, fast moving rhythmic relationships not commonly found in the cello literature. The piece is a little more than 11 minutes in duration and was co-commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation in the Library of Congress, the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and Leiden University, for cellist Maya Beiser. © Steve Reich Genre Contemporary Classical Comment by Adrian Lane : Great piece, is this available to download or on CD anywhere? 2013-05-13T20:25:02Z Comment by amistry great performance, really great mix 2012-12-30T17:06:42Z Comment by rav_avraham A sighful section all the way to the end. 2012-11-12T10:22:56Z Comment by rav_avraham Wonderful ostinati, perfect performamce. Bravo! 2012-11-12T10:21:53Z Comment by rav_avraham @petergregson: Fantasitc.. 2012-11-12T10:21:06Z Comment by Naz Von Gates Inspirational, sounds very theatrical, like theres an act going on whilst listening. Great music! 2012-10-13T20:04:30Z Comment by silent wings preeeeetty !!!!! i like how all the instruments are panned 2012-05-28T01:48:49Z Comment by sector9000 yes to hear that you are a professional thank you 2012-03-09T16:47:40Z Comment by sector9000 good job 2012-03-09T16:42:25Z Comment by Vitaliy Rybakin great music! I like 2012-02-06T13:06:05Z Comment by petergregson @philippe-a-g-r-janssens: thankyou! it was a wonderful English engineer called Greg Freeman, in a really nice room in Wiltshire. 2012-02-05T12:58:05Z Comment by llamantolenzel No words... Bravo! 2012-01-27T01:07:09Z Comment by alisonboston-1 Thanks for that. A great listen. Thanks also for link to blog about recording. Interesting read. 2012-01-26T19:29:54Z Comment by Afflux Rising This is most excellent! Truly fantastic! 2012-01-25T13:00:15Z Comment by Guido Lusetti / Loalue really impressive, bravo ! 2012-01-23T22:15:13Z Comment by petergregson 3rd movement 2012-01-22T18:45:05Z Comment by petergregson 1st movement 2012-01-22T18:44:32Z Comment by petergregson 2nd movement 2012-01-22T18:44:08Z