Steve Reich – Collected Works 26CD+DVD Box Set

Steve Reich – Collected Works

• 27 discs in wallets
• Two booklets of 132 and 120 pages

Steve Reich's music has found itself far from where it started: pieces like ‘Vermont Counterpoint’ are ingeniously worked into DJ sets by Björk, ‘Pendulum Music’ has been famously performed by Sonic Youth and Aphex Twin, and there's even a remix album featuring the likes of Coldcut, Howie B, and Nobukazu Takemura. It's all testament to his enduring, innovating presence in our collective music consciousness since his very first compositions in the 1960s, and his status as a pioneer of phasing, process music, and minimalism. Sixty years on since his fated ‘It's Gonna Rain’ piece got the tape rolling, Nonesuch release the most comprehensive catalogue of Reich's works to date with this 27 disc set stretching from the 60s to the modern day.

From simple language to glossolalic rhythm to the pure revolutions of tape, ‘Come Out’ ignited decades of exploration in bending and shaping sound through composition. The hypnotic nature of Reich's early phasing works seem to capture a transcendent mecha-human sound, a seemingly impossible, delicate dance between performers. Hungry to explore concepts across mediums and instruments, he injects the mathematics of music with vibrant colour in ‘Drumming’ and the magnum opus ‘Music For 18 Musicians’, their timeless twinkle and beauty rippling throughout. That magnificent sense of scope only evolves as time goes on, and Reich folds in influences from his Jewish heritage and NYC home.

The oft cited quote that Steve Reich is one of few living composers to change the course of music history becomes undeniable when his work is engaged with in this monolithic collection.

Tracklist:
Disc 1 – Early Works
Disc 2 – Early Works II
Disc 3 – Drumming
Disc 4 – Early Works III
Disc 5 – Music For 18 Musicians
Disc 6 – New York Counterpoint, Eight Lines, Four Organs
Disc 7 – Tehillim / Three Movements
Disc 8 – The Desert Music
Disc 9 – Sextet / Six Marimbas
Disc 10 – Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint
Disc 11 – The Four Sections / Music For Mallet Instruments, Voice And Organ
Disc 12 & 13 – The Cave
Disc 14 – Proverb / Nagoya Marimbas / City Life
Disc 15 – Triple Quartet
Discs 16 & 17 (DVD) – Three Tales
Disc 18 – You Are (Variations)
Disc 19 – Daniel Variations
Disc 20 – Double Sextet / 2x5
Disc 21 – WTC 9/11, Mallet Quartet, Dance Patterns
Disc 22 – Radio Rewrite
Disc 23 – Pulse / Quartet
Disc 24 – Runner / Music For Ensemble And Orchestra
Disc 25 – Reich/Richter
Disc 26 – Jacob’s Ladder / Traveler’s Prayer
Disc 27 – Music For 18 Musicians (Signal)

Label: Nonesuch
Released: 2025