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Steve Reich – Kronos Quartet
WTC 9/11

Album US 2011 on Nonesuch label
Classical (Contemporary)

WTC 9/11 (2010) Recorded February 21-24, 2011, at Studio Trilogy, San Francisco, CA Mixed at John Kilgore Sound, New York, NY. Commissioned by the Kronos Quartet. World Premiere: March 19, 2011, by Kronos Quartet, at Duke University, Durham, NC. "Dedicated to the victims of 9/11. A portion of any profits from the piece will be donated to the FDNY Foundation for the benefit of New York City firefighters and their families." Mallet Quartet (2009) Recorded March 22, 2011, in Studio C of Avatar Studios, New York, NY Mixed at John Kilgore Sound Co-commissioned by the Amadinda Quartet in Budapest, on the occasion of its 25th Anniversary, by Nexus in Toronto, Sō Percussion in New York, and Synergy Percussion in Australia. The world premiere was given by the Amadinda Quartet in Bela Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest, on December 6, 2009. The American premiere was given by Sō Percussion at Stanford University Lively Arts on January 9, 2010. Mallet Quartet DVD is Region 1 with SD PCM audio encoding. Dance Patterns (2002) Recorded December 13, 2004, in Studio A of Avatar Studios Commissioned by the Ictus Ensemble to accompany Counterphrases of de Keersmaeker’s Choreography, a film by Thierry de Mey about the work of choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker. Mastered at Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland, ME. Comes in glossy double-panel Digipak-like sleeve with booklet. Original artwork art (also submitted here) featuring Masatomo Kuriya's infamous photograph of the second plane flying into the World Trade Center on 11 September, 2001, was eventually changed for this final cover art "so we can put the focus back where it belongs, on the music" wrote Steve Reich. Pre-order comes with a digital download of the album at 320 kbps. ℗ & © 2011 Nonesuch Records & WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States

Musicians

	Steve Reich mar, p, *1936 US album by
	Kronos Quartet , *1973 US ensemble, album by
	Jeffrey Zeigler vc, cello
	So Percussion perc, *1999 US ensemble
	Adam Sliwinski perc, marimba
	Josh Quillen perc, st-d, marimba
	Masatomo Kuriya , photography by, cover, detail
	Jay Blakesberg , *1961 US photography by, steve reich, kronos quartet
	Janette Beckman , GB photography by, sō percussion
	Sasithon Pooviriyakul , photography by, sō percussion
	Eric Beach perc, vib, tri, US vibraphone
	Jason Treuting dr, perc, US vibraphone
	Hank Dutt vl, viola
	David Harrington vn, US violin
	John Sherba vn, violin
	Edmund Niemann p, US piano
	Nurit Tilles p, US piano
	James Preiss dr, mar, 1941-2014 US vibraphone
	Thad Wheeler mar, dr, US vibraphone
	Frank Cassara mar, perc, US xylophone
	Garry Kvistad perc, mar, xylophone

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