Composer: Gavin Bryars
Audio CD
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: APE (image+cue)
Label: Philips
Size: 254 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: no
01. Cadman Requiem: Requiem
02. Cadman Requiem: Caedmon Paraphrase (Bede)
03. Cadman Requiem: Agnus Dei
04. Cadman Requiem: Caedmon’s ‘ Creation Hymn’
05. Cadman Requiem: In Paradisum
06. Adnan Songbook: Song I
07. Adnan Songbook: Song II
08. Adnan Songbook: Song III
09. Adnan Songbook: Song IV
10. Adnan Songbook: Song V
11. Adnan Songbook: Song VI
12. Adnan Songbook: Song VII
13. Adnan Songbook: Song VIII
14. Epilogue From Wonder Lawn
Not the usual Bryars
While I enjoy Gavin Bryars, in general I have to be in the perfect mood to listen intently or he dissolves into noise. That is not true of any of the pieces on this disk. The title piece, Cadman Requiem is a magnificant piece of deep prolonged sounds creating a dark and reflective Requiem. This is music perfectly fitted to the words. The Hilliard Ensemble does a splendid job in fitting the voices to the deep strings.
The Adnan Songbook puts six of the Lebanese-American poet’s poems to music. Bryars lets the words, the voice take the spotlight against a very quiet and melodic musical backdrop.
Epilogue From Wonderlawn is a varied piece, approaching the musical style that forces one to truly concentrate on Bryars’ music.
If you’ve ever been curious regarding Bryars’ work, this is an excellent CD to introduce his music to you. If you like his music, this will quickly move up high on your favorites list.
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