Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians - comparison of the 5 available recordings

I'm putting together a small tribute website to "Music for 18 Musicians" at http://www.18musicians.com and thought I'd compare the 5 official recordings which are avialable. The video is a montage of the covers however it doesn't correspond to the version you are hearing. You are hearing 5 versions of just 6 seconds of Section 7 of the piece. The versions are in their released order:
1. ECM original
2. Ensemble Modern
3. 2nd Steve Reich and Musicians Version
4. Amadinda & Musicians live from Budapest
5. Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble

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Music

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• steve
• reich
• 18
• musicians
• music

[thawtz]

i love your website and thank you!

[amistrymister]

Very interesting. I have all of them.

[asdkjahsdkjhasdkjh]

thank you for upgrading this interesting comparison. I've ever loved this superb and unique work by steve reich, in fact I've made the italian webpage of wikipedia. I'd like someday to see a live section of this...

Thanks ever so much.