David Reich

Third Coast Percussion: David Friend; Oliver Hagen; Matthew Duvall. Third Coast Percussion has been saluted by the Washington Post for its virtuosity and precisely timed wit, and was called by the New York Times a commandingly elegant ensemble. The group, which is ensemble-in-residence at the University of Notre Dame, teaches and performs a concert series in Chicago, and has commissioned dozens of new works. This album is the ensembles Cedille label debut, and is an 80th birthday acknowledgement to American composer Steve Reich, the founding father of musical minimalism. This recording features four of Reichs most notable percussion works.

Durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale, un gruppo di soldati britannici combattono contro un’orda di zombi creati dai nazisti con i prigionieri dei campi. Hanno una sola notte per salvare la propria vita, ma il nemico è più forte…

Founded in 2018, the Dream House Quartet is bringing classical and contemporary music into completely new forms as a matter of course. The members can draw on decades of musical expertise: the two piano sisters Katia and Marielle Labèque - one of the most renowned piano duet who have never confined themselves to a single genre - are joined by Grammy-winning guitarist, composer and founding member of The National Bryce Dessner and composer, musician and producer David Chalmin, also on guitar. Together they perform radical commissions from visionary composers and key contemporary works from the past half century.

Here is the third release in the collaboration between the Ensemble Intercontemporain and Alpha.