Steve Reich - Radio Rew (2014)

Nonesuch releases Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Steve Reich’s album Radio Rewrite. Co-commissioned for and recorded by Alarm Will Sound, the title piece references two songs by the English band Radiohead *. Alan Pierson conducts this premiere recording of Radio Rewrite, which was composed in 2012.

The album also includes recordings of Electric Counterpoint (1987) and Piano Counterpoint, which is a 2011 transcription by Vincent Corver of Reich’s 1973 Six Pianos; the works are performed, respectively, by Radiohead’s guitarist, Jonny Greenwood, and pianist Vicky Chow, who is a member of the Bang on a Can All-Stars.

TRACKLIST
1. Jonny Greenwood – Electric Counterpoint: I. Fast (6:51)
2. Jonny Greenwood – Electric Counterpoint: II. Slow (3:21)
3. Jonny Greenwood – Electric Counterpoint: III. Fast (4:31)
4. Vicky Chow – Piano Counterpoint (13:47)
5. Alan Pierson & Alarm Will Sound – Radio Rewrite: I. Fast (3:51)
6. Alan Pierson & Alarm Will Sound – Radio Rewrite: II. Slow (3:22)
7. Alan Pierson & Alarm Will Sound – Radio Rewrite: III. Fast (3:20)
8. Alan Pierson & Alarm Will Sound – Radio Rewrite: IV. Slow (3:52)
9. Alan Pierson & Alarm Will Sound – Radio Rewrite: V. Fast (2:58)