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Duet

composer
Steve Reich (b1936)
1994

 
Duet was composed in 1994 and is dedicated to Yehudi Menuhin and to those ideals of international understanding which Sir Yehudi practiced throughout his life. The piece is approximately five minutes in length. Beginning and ending in F the music is built around simple unison canons between the two violins who, from time to time, slightly vary the rhythmic distance between their two voices.

Duet was commissioned by the Gstaad Festival for Yehudi Menuhin and The Gstaad Festival Orchestra.

from notes by Steve Reich © 2005

Recordings

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Orchestra of the Swan
SIGCD662Download only Available Friday 22 January 2021
Reich: Different Trains, Triple Quartet & Duet
The Smith Quartet
SIGCD064Download only

Details

Orchestra of the Swan, David Le Page (violin), Catherine Leech (violin)
Track 4 on SIGCD662 [5'11] Download only Available Friday 22 January 2021
The Smith Quartet
Track 4 on SIGCD064 [5'14] Download only

Track-specific metadata for SIGCD064 track 4

Artists
The Smith Quartet
ISRC
GB-LLH-05-06404
Duration
5'14
Recording date
7 June 2015
Recording venue
Konk Studios, London, United Kingdom
Recording producer
Martin Cotton
Recording engineer
Mike Hatch
Hyperion usage
  1. Reich: Different Trains, Triple Quartet & Duet (SIGCD064)
    Disc 1 Track 4
    Release date: September 2005
    Download only

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