Minimalism: favourite works

[Alison]

I suppose the accompanying question will inevitably be

'What is minimalism?'

[MrGongGong]

Maybe not going into the question
BUT

[Alison]

Maybe not going into the question
BUT

[Bryn]

I'll stick with early minimalism and the Michael Nyman 'definition', since he introduced the term from the world of graphic arts:

Riley: In C
Reich: Piano Phase, Drumming, Eight Lines, and Music for 18 Musicians
Glass: Music in 5ths, and Einstein on the Beach
Hobbs: Aran
Shrapnel: Four Toy Pianos
White: All the Elevens

and, of course:

Cardew: The Great Learning.

[teamsaint]

at the risk of going all mainstream ....

Steve Reich. Triple quartet.

and quite a bit else besides of his stuff.

You got any faves, Alison?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

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[Beef Oven!]

Adams - Shaker Loops

Reich - Different Trains

[ahinton]

None. And by no means for want of trying over the years. Half a minute of Elliott Carter's as good an antidote to most of it, I find...

Sorry.

[Beef Oven!]

None. And by no means for want of trying over the years. Half a minute of Elliott Carter's as good an antidote to most of it, I find...

Sorry.

Not even Six Pianos?

[EdgeleyRob]

None.
Please don't all shout at me at once,form an orderly queue.

[MrGongGong]

Are we going with the Nyman definition ?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Pass.

[Alison]

I was a big fan once, went off it and now feel like going back.

[Serial_Apologist]

Satie - Entr'acte cinematographique, from Relache (1924)

[Alison]

Are we going with the Nyman definition ?

Yeah, I liked Bryns crisp and unequivocal response.