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Steve Reich: Daniel Variations (2008)
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30 Jun 2009 08:04:40
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Steve Reich - Daniel Variations (2008)
Classical | EAC (APE, CUE & LOG) | 252 MB
Classical | EAC (APE, CUE & LOG) | 252 MB
| “ | Daniel Variations is, in the composer's words, "a memorial and remembrance" of the slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, whose abduction and brutal murder in Pakistan in 2002 was chronicled in the book A Mighty Heart, which in turn became a feature film. Steve Reich combined texts by Daniel Pearl together with the texts from the Old Testament Book of Daniel to produce a somber and yet uplifting tone accompanied by pulsating music for strings, piano, and percussion. Reich explains: “Daniel Variations is in four movements using texts from the Biblical book of Daniel for the first and third movements and from the words of Daniel Pearl, the American Jewish reporter, kidnapped and murdered by Islamist extremists in Pakistan in 2002, for the second and fourth movements.” The texts/movements are: 1. I saw a dream. Images upon my bed & visions in my head frightened me (Daniel 4:2, or 4:5 in Christian translations) 2. My name is Daniel Pearl (I'm a Jewish American from Encino, California) 3. Let the dream fall back on the dreaded (Daniel 4:16, or 4:19 in Christian translations) 4. I sure hope Gabriel likes my music, when the day is done. Daniel Variations was premiered in 2006 in New York City. | ” |
- Tracklist
Daniel Variations (2006)
1 I Saw A Dream (6:25)
2 My Name Is Daniel Pearl (I'm A Jewish American From Encino California) (8:23)
3 Let The Dream Fall Back On The Dreaded (4:42)
4 I Sure Hope Gabriel Like My Music, When The Day Is Done (10:11)
Variations For Vibes, Pianos & Strings (2005)
5 Fast (11:35)
6 Slow (6:51)
7 Fast (3:33)
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From the log I think yes. So many thanks.
As IZ wrote in his highly humanitarian note at that time:
"I found this at some blog, can't remember which one precisely. So, thanks to whom it may concern. ... ... The mp3's themselves are of course a drag, but since the original recording quality apparently is excellent, I hope you'll appreciate it just the same. The mp3's hold some pauses after each track, which is annoying, since both works are contiguous movements. I therefore removed the pauses where appropriate, burned them onto cd, and then ripped them with a cue. So that explicitly means the ape+cue is NOT an eac, but provided here for listening & burning convenience only. Being a preview and all, it also implies, that if you like what you hear, you go & buy the cd. After all, Reich still is a living composer who has to survive as well, and could use some support."