{"product_id":"steve-reich-electric-counterpoint-different-trains","title":"Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint; Different Trains","description":"This late-'80s work finds the minimalist composer mixing acoustic and taped material to great effect. The disc's centerpiece is \"Different Trains,\" a work that frames Reich's impressions of his boyhood train trips between his mother in Los Angeles and his father in New York; Reich also intersperses references to the much more harrowing train rides Jews were forced to take to Nazi concentration camps. Using the fine playing of the Kronos Quartet as a base, Reich layers the work with the taped train musings of his governess, a retired Pullman porter, and various Holocaust survivors -- vintage train sounds from the '30s and '40s add to the riveting arrangement. And for some nice contrast, Reich recruits guitarist Pat Metheny to create a similarly momentous piece in \"Electric Counterpoint\" (Metheny plays live over a multi-tracked tape of ten guitars and two electric basses). Two fine works by Reich in his prime. ~ Stephen Cook","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52408894882079,"sku":"075597917628","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/fb992854bf5f8c2d0270da028f861816_fb310b4e-88a2-4ddb-adf2-61bdcbd5414b.jpg?v=1778853917","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/steve-reich-electric-counterpoint-different-trains","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}