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I just downloaded 4 recordings of Terry Riley's "In C". There are lots of things I find awesome about the piece, but at the moment I'm mostly enjoying how different four performances of the same composition can be. Tempos, dynamics, but perhaps most significantly timbres are incredibly far apart. Each time, "In C" means something vastly different.

"In C" by the Styrenes... Cleveland punk rock band

"In C" by Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.... Japanese psych rock band.

"In C" by Riley's own ensemble... new music chamber ensemble

"In C" by Paul Hiller and Ars Nova Copenhagen... choral ensemble