The Steve Reich Ensemble - The Cave (1995)

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Artist: The Steve Reich Ensemble, Paul Hillier, Leslie Scott, Jeanne LeBlanc, James Bassi, Hugo Munday, Nurit Tilles, Edmund Niemann, Philip Bush, Elizabeth Lim, Todd Reynolds, Steve Reich
Title: The Cave
Year Of Release: 1995
Label: Nonesuch
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 1:43:26
Total Size: 419 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

1. Paul Hillier & Steve Reich Ensemble – I. Typing Music (Genesis XVI) (02:58)
2. Paul Hillier & Steve Reich Ensemble – II. Who is Abraham? (01:33)
3. Paul Hillier & Steve Reich Ensemble – III. Genesis XII (02:18)
4. Paul Hillier & Steve Reich Ensemble – IV. Who Is Sarah? (03:06)
5. Paul Hillier & Steve Reich Ensemble – V. Who Is Hagar? (02:37)
6. Paul Hillier & Steve Reich Ensemble – VI. Typing Music Repeat (01:13)
7. Paul Hillier & Steve Reich Ensemble – VII. Who is Ishmael? (04:42)
8. Paul Hillier & Steve Reich Ensemble – VIII. Genesis XVIII (02:32)
9. Paul Hillier & Steve Reich Ensemble – IX. Who Is Isaac? (04:57)
10. Paul Hillier & Steve Reich Ensemble – X. Genesis XXI (02:36)
11. Paul Hillier & Steve Reich Ensemble – XI. The Casting Out of Ishmael and Hagar (05:25)
12. Paul Hillier & Steve Reich Ensemble – XII. Machpelah Commentary (03:27)
13. Paul Hillier & Steve Reich Ensemble – XIII. Genesis XXV (chanted in Hebrew from the Torah by Ephraim Isaac) (01:20)
14. Paul Hillier & Steve Reich Ensemble – XIV. Interior of the Cave (04:29)
15. Paul Hillier & Steve Reich Ensemble – XV. Surah 3 (chanted in Arabic from the Koran by Sheikh Dahoud Atalah, Muqri of Al-Aksa Mosque) (04:41)
16. Paul Hillier & Steve Reich Ensemble – XVI. Who Is Ibrahim? (04:26)
17. Paul Hillier & Steve Reich Ensemble – XVII. Who Is Hajar? (03:54)
18. Paul Hillier & Steve Reich Ensemble – XVIII. The Near Sacrifice (05:05)
19. Paul Hillier & Steve Reich Ensemble – XIX. El Khalil Commentary (05:18)
20. Paul Hillier & Steve Reich Ensemble – XX. Interior of the Cave (03:46)
21. Paul Hillier & Steve Reich Ensemble – XXI. Who is Abraham? (06:29)
22. Paul Hillier & Steve Reich Ensemble – XXII. Who is Sarah? (04:23)
23. Paul Hillier & Steve Reich Ensemble – XXIII. Who is Hagar? (04:40)
24. Paul Hillier & Steve Reich Ensemble – XXIV. Who is Ishmael? (04:04)
25. Paul Hillier & Steve Reich Ensemble – XXV. The Binding of Isaac (04:28)
26. Paul Hillier & Steve Reich Ensemble – XXVI. The Cave of Machpelah (08:44)

The Cave is a December 1994 piece featuring the Steve Reich Ensemble (conducted by Paul Hillier) in collaboration with video/text writer Beryl Korot. The story concerns the only place in the world where both Jews and Muslims are allowed to worship, a mosque in Hebron supposed to be the Cave of the Patriarchs where Abraham and many of his descendants were buried. Reich's ensemble includes four vocalists, four percussionists, three vocalists and a five-piece string section. The work begins with regimented percussion and follows through short spoken-word parts and longer sung passages. In several of the spoken-word parts, the harmonics are echoed in the string section (one of Reich's most recognizable and appealing devices), and although the content may be uninteresting to those not familiar with the ongoing Israeli-Arab differences, The Cave is a fascinating piece.

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