Drumming

"No collector will want to be without ... Reich's most exquisite work ... the DG set must be judged indispensable ..."
(Gramophone, Sep. 1989)

Drumming by Steve Reich is a classic piece between contemporary music, new age and world music.

It is a classic of hope and achievement.

Drumming is an immense sound machine which, while holding its ensemble of percussionists and vocalists in a firm grip, also gives them the means to exult in the immediacy of performance.

The rhythmic processes as well as a renewed sense of communality in music-making came out of Soho as well as Africa.

Performers and listeners are as one, exploring notions of sound and time...

"..one of the most charismatic figures in contemporary music." Daily Telegraph