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Title: The Worst Ever
Review: I generally like Terry Riley's music, Persian Surgery Dervishes is great; but this one fails miserably.Some composers begin with an interesting concept but fail in the execution of the piece. This selection was stillborn from the beginning.Here's the premise: Riley provides a series of brief passages, and the performers play them all in the order written, repeating them as often as THEY want - each musician deciding on the fly how often to repeat a passage. They play as they see fit, soft or loud, slow or fast.Ultimately 'In C' becomes an exercise in vanity. (Talk about a player's self-centeredness!) This particular recording takes forever to end, it fills the entire CD; and when thankfully it does end there's a LONG stretch of applause. I applauded too because my suffering had ended.I've heard lots of music - lots. I've suffered through much, but this particular album is the worst music I've ever heard.
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