Six Pianos / Keyboard Study #1 vinyl

This album is the brainchild of pianist and modern classical composer Gregor Schwellenbach, who decided to create contemporary interpretations of two touchstones of American minimalism. The A-side features a superb rendition of Steve Reich's 1973 piece Six Pianos, which was an early example of the minimalist icon's obsession with cyclical composition and natural phasing. This rendition wasn't recorded live, but instead features the work of six pianists carefully edited and layered up by Schwellenbach in his Berlin studio. On the flip you'll find his fine revision of Terry Riley's 1965 piece "Keyboard Study No. 1", which famously had no determinate length (it was up to the pianist to decide how long he continued playing the slowly shifting melodic patterns).