我最喜欢的极简主义作品之一

我真的好爱这张专辑！我真的好爱这套曲子！每次听这首曲子都会想哭，我听到幸存者的讲述我都恨不得把那些德国人抓起来都砂了！

这个链接里关于曲子创作背景讲得很详细：

https://pad.philharmoniedeparis.fr/0794704-different-trains-steve-reich.aspx

补充一点CD里说的，但是这个巴黎爱乐网站上没有的：

这首曲子创作时间是 1988年一月到八月，写了大半年啊。半个小时的曲子，竟然花费了作曲家大半年的时间。而且是因为这首曲子是作曲家对二战时期犹太人的同情的展现，我才知道steve reich 是犹太人。我喜欢的作曲家好多都是犹太人哦。

在CD小册子里，每一个录制的声音都标注了源头版权所有，这是什么样的版权意识啊。最后还有对个人的特别感谢。

三首曲子，第一首曲子因为讲的是美国的火车，所以使用了作曲家自己身边的人的录音；第二首曲子和第三首使用的都是战争幸存者的录音。我第一次听第二首曲子的时候，整个人的心都揪起来了。作曲家选择的录音内容真的很好，把整个紧张的情境都描绘了出来，文本和音乐相得益彰。“Quick, go! Don't breathe!” 这两句话还时不时地出现在我脑子里。而且美国火车声音还跟欧洲不一样，所以在第二首曲子里，使用的是更尖锐的欧洲火车声。

i. America - before the war

from chicago to new york

one of the fastest trains

the crack train from new york

from new york to los angeles

different trains every time

from chicago to new york

in 1939

1940

1941

1941 i guess it must've been

ii. Europe - during the war

1940

on my birthday

the germans walked in

walked into Holland

Germans invaded Hungary

I was in second grade

i had teacher

a very tall man, his hair was concretely plasterd smooth

he said, 'Black Crows invaded our country many years ago.'

and he pointed right at me

nomore school

you must go away

and she said 'Quick, go!'

and he said, 'Don't breathe!'

into those cattle wagons

for 4 days and 4 nights

and then we went through these strange sounding names

Polish names

lots of cattles wagons there

they were loaded with people

they shaved us

they tatooed a number on our arm

flames going up to the sky - it was smoking

iii. after the war

and the war was over

are you sure?

the war is over

going to America

to los angeles

to new york

from new york to los angeles

one of the fastest trains

but today, they're all gone

there was one girl, who had a beatiful voice

and they loved to listen to the singing, the Germans

and when she stopped singing, they said, 'more, more' and they applauded

crack in the older sense of best