Terry Riley in C

Performed by the Shanghai Film Orchestra, conducted by Wang Yongji. Truly celestial and a different feeling than American / European performances of this famous piece. This CD also contains David Mingyue Lang's gorgeous Music of a Thousand Springs and his Zen (Ch'an) of Water. Highly recommended.

Terry Riley - In C - Raoul Duguay, SMCQ, Walter Boudreau (2000) {Atma Classique ACD 2 2251}
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© 2000 Atma Classique | ACD 2 2251
Classical / Contemporary Classical / Avant-Garde / Experimental / Minimalism

"In C" is one of those contemporary works of which each listening differs from the previous one. Not because the interpretation is better or worse, but because the score is moving, according to the wishes of Terry Riley. We know, with "Stimmung", "In C is one of the two great works of the 60s, reacting against the excessive drift of contemporary music, serial type Terry Riley wanted to reappropriate modern and traditional music, in especially those coming from the East.

If ever there were a popular work of minimalism, one that stated its purpose so clearly it could not be mistaken, Terry Riley's legendary composition In C is the one. It is a work that needs no explanation for its pulsing sequences of pitch all centering around the 53 phases of no duration played on the note and its performances have been numerous–even if there have been relatively few recordings of it. The Bang on a Can all-stars have recorded perhaps the most innovative version of the work thus far, after Riley's own, which was issued in the 1960s on Columbia's long defunct Odyssey label.

Cellist and producer Maya Beiser's latest solo album reimagines Terry Riley’s epic In C as a series of ever-evolving cello loops and drones. In her multi-cello solo version, the C string - the cello’s lowest, most resonant string - forms the depth and sonic architecture of the album. Enveloped by live drumming by Shane Shanahan and Matt Kilmer, Maya creates a hypnotic, rapturous soundscape that re-envisions this epic minimalist masterpiece.