The one hundred and fifth classical recording: #951 Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians
There are few pieces that use vocals as an instrument, a repetitive lyrical sound that the performers even modulate the volume of through moving their microphones as they perform. That sound and the ongoing marimbas create the base of a hypnotic sound, then manipulated by other instruments as they come in and out until it returns to that same base. It's interesting, different from what game before, something I can imagine as part of a video game soundtrack, giving it such a different feel from the standard classical pieces on the list. There's something hypnotic about it, more than anything I feel I could just sit here and listen to it.
We've already heard of Steve Reich with Different Trains, a piece that stood out for its innovation, and I can see how this originated that work. In fact, this is the one work that is also ons ome popular music lists, and it has its place as a work that both draws on the differences in popular music of the day and passed it on to later artists.
It's a beautiful piece, different but in a way that works really well.