Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Hindenburg: Nibelung Zeppelin
2. Hindenburg: A Very Impressive Thing to See
3. Hindenburg: I Couldn't Understand It
4. Bikini: In the Air 1
5. Bikini: The Atoll 1
6. Bikini: On the Ships 1
7. Bikini: In the Air 2
8. Bikini: The Atoll 2
9. Bikini: On the Ships 2
10. Bikini: In the Air 3
11. Bikini: The Atoll 3
12. Bikini: On the Ships 3
13. Bikini: Coda
14. Dolly: Cloning
15. Dolly: Dolly
16. Dolly: Human Body Machine
17. Dolly: Darwin
18. Dolly: Interlude
19. Dolly: Robots/Cyborgs/Immortality

Disc 2:

1. Hindenburg: It Could Not Have Been a Technical Matter [DVD]

Product Details

• Released on: 2003-09-02
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .30 pounds
• Running time: 59 minutes

Customer Reviews

Try again, it's all there and good, I promise
Just because you do not like "Three Tales" does not mean that "Three Tales" sucks. You were expecting "Music for 18 Musicians-the sequel", maybe?

This is a different kind of music.

To be honest, at first, I did not at all care for the music or the video. Then really, honestly went back and listened to the music. When you listen to what's actually going on, and shut your mind up, you will discover something incredible. You could of course continue thinking that "Three Tales" sucks. Good for you. But you're really missing out on one of the most interesting and spectacular works in recent times.

Just to Clarify
In response to the person who said not to listen to my review. I would like to add that I'm a long term Reich fan, I love most of his music, but I just think this work is extremely disappointing. I have listened to it and watched it a lot to try and get to like it but it just isn't happening. I'm not one of these Glass or Reich freaks who think you can't like one if you like the other. I think they both create great works but in recent years they have both been a bit disappointing. I am not alone in thinking this, almost all the people I know who love Reich's music think this is a poor piece, especially considering the amount of time it took to make. That is the most frustrating thing about Reich, it takes him so bloody long to come up with something, but recently when he does
it is just not worth the wait. Glass is far more prolific and although a lot of his recent output is fairly dull, he does produce some good stuff every now and then. You just have to find it. Anyway, I've said all I need to say, Three Tales sucks, go buy something like Trance by Michael Gordon instead.

Listen again (don't listen to the frisbee)
Three Tales is astounding and beautiful.
The way in which it covers the material is incredible.

The tragic sound of "Captain Ernst Lehman gasped".
The mechanic and maniacal music of "is designed to measure the effects on metal, flesh.." Man, it's eerie - the sound of the music is perfect.

The interviews of "Dolly" - man oh man, the music is extreme, reverent in places, dancing in others, introspective and yet so outward and foward looking.

I feel the Hindenberg crashing down. I feel the nervous anxiousness, the lies and deception in the Bikini Atoll. The microprocessor, the brains, the computer synaptic somatic chatter, a cloud of stars washing me as I listen to the interviews in "Dolly".

In short, this music is so wonderfully evocative of the subject matter. Don't listen too hard to those who would tell you rubbish of "Three Tales". Listen with an open mind - you just might hear the music that Steve Reich wrote.