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This 26 CD/ 1 DVD box set featuring recordings spanning four decades of the composer's career with Nonesuch Records and sixty years of his career. The collection ranges from Reich's It's Gonna Rain (1965) to first recordings of his two latest works Jacob's Ladder (2023) and Traveler's Prayer (2020). Two extensive booklets contain new essays by longtime Nonesuch President Robert Hurwitz, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, Steve Reich and Musicians percussionist Russell Hartenberger, producer Judith Sherman, and composer Nico Muhly, as well as a comprehensive listener's guide by pianist and composer Timo Andres. Album Tracks 1. Come Out 2. Piano Phase 3. Clapping Music 4. It's Gonna Rain-Part I 5. It's Gonna Rain-Part II 1. Piano Phase 2. Pendulum Music 3. Four Organs 4. Phase Patterns 1. Drumming-Part I 2. Drumming-Part II 3. Drumming-Part III 4. Drumming-Part IV 1. Duet 2. Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ 3. Six Pianos 4. Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards 5. Vermont Counterpoint 1. Music for 18 Musicians-Pulses 2. Music for 18 Musicians-Section I 3. Music for 18 Musicians-Section II 4. Music for 18 Musicians-Section Iiia 5. Music for 18 Musicians-Section Iiib 6. Music for 18 Musicians-Section IV 7. Music for 18 Musicians-Section V 8. Music for 18 Musicians-Section VI 9. Music for 18 Musicians-Section VII 10. Music for 18 Musicians-Section VIII 11. Music for 18 Musicians-Section IX 12. Music for 18 Musicians-Section X 13. Music for 18 Musicians-Section XI 14. Music for 18 Musicians-Pulses 1. New York Counterpoint-I. Fast 2. New York Counterpoint-II. Slow 3. New York Counterpoint-III. Fast 4. Eight Lines 5. Four Organs 1. Tehillim-Part I (Fast) 2. Tehillim-Part II (Fast) 3. Tehillim-Part II (Slow) 4. Tehillim-Part IV (Fast) 5. Three Movements-Movement I Quarte