Gavin Bryars: The Fifth Century

Gavin Bryars: The Fifth Century
- The music of English composer Gavin Bryars has long managed the distinction of being both "accessible and defiantly personal" (The New York Times)
The music of English composer Gavin Bryars has long managed the distinction of being both - accessible and defiantly personal - (The New York Times).

A deep yet unsentimental emotional resonance and a patient, contemplative view of time whether relating to harmonic rhythm or human experience are complementary characteristics that run through his instrumental, vocal and theatrical catalog like a red thread, the composer inspired by disparate spirits from Wagner and Satie to Cage and Silvestrov.

The ECM New Series released multiple recordings of Bryars music in the 1980s and early 90s, including the classic albums After the Requiem and Vita Nova.

The first full ECM album from Bryars in decades is The Fifth Century, which includes the seven-part title work: a slowly evolving yet immediately involving setting of words by 17th-century English mystic Thomas Traherne, performed by the mixed choir of The Crossing with saxophone quartet PRISM. The album also features Two Love Songs, luminous a cappella settings of Petrarch for the women of The Crossing.

The music within words, the humanity in breath, the sense of eternity within a moment or of a moment in eternity all are at play in Bryars latest music on ECM.
Country USA
Brand Verve
Manufacturer ECM New Series
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 46444636
Model 46444636
ReleaseDate 2016-11-18
UnitCount 1
UPCs 028948144952
EANs 0028948144952

Country	USA
Brand	Verve
Manufacturer	ECM New Series
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	46444636
Model	46444636
ReleaseDate	2016-11-18
UnitCount	1
UPCs	028948144952
EANs	0028948144952

Gavin Bryars: The Fifth Century

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