Maya Beiser performs Terry Riley’s In C as recorded on her bestselling 2024 album. Beiser recreates the composition as a series of ever-evolving cello loops, constructing a hypnotic, rapturous soundscape that reenvisions this classic 1964 minimalist masterpiece. As NPR puts it, “This album is a musical journey for mind and body—both a stimulant and a sedative. It offers many engaging stopovers, from an oasis of calm where the pulse evaporates, to Led Zeppelin–like headbanging reminiscent of ‘Kashmir,’ to moments where the cello loops interleave with the sweet delicacy of Vivaldi. If you have a spare hour to let this singular, hypnotic music wash over you, the world might just seem a little brighter.”