Gavin Bryars - The Fifth Century [CD]

Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.The music of English composer Gavin Bryars has long managed the distinction of being both 'accessible and defiantly personal' (The New York Times). rrA 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. rrThe 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.rrPersonnel: PRISM saxophone quartet, The Crossing, Donald Nally (conductor)

The Fifth Century: We see the heavens with our eyes

The Fifth Century: As sure as there is a space infinite

The Fifth Century: Infinity of space is like a painteru2019s table

The Fifth Century: Eternity is a mysterious absence of times and ages

The Fifth Century: Eternity magnifies our joys exceedingly

The Fifth Century: His omnipresence is our field of joys

The Fifth Century: Our bridegroom and our king being everywhere

Two Love Songs: Io amai sempre

Two Love Songs: Solo et pensoso

• Genre: Classical
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 28948144952

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