Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint
Steve Reich, Kronos Quartet, Pat Metheny- America - Before the War
- Europe - During the War
- After the War
- Fast
- Slow
- Fast
1989 Grammy Award Winner
On the Grammy-winning piece Different Trains, performed by Kronos Quartet, Reich evokes his American childhood during World War II while also addressing the Holocaust. The New York Times declared it “a work of such originality that ‘breakthrough’ seems the only possible description.” Legendary guitarist Pat Metheny performs Electric Counterpoint.