Gavin Bryars: A Portrait

Disc 1
1	Concerto for cello & orchestra ("Farewell to Philosophy")~[1st Movement 9:12
2	Concerto for cello & orchestra ("Farewell to Philosophy")~Pių mosso [De 4:52
3	Concerto for cello & orchestra ("Farewell to Philosophy")~[2nd Movement 4:36
4	Concerto for cello & orchestra ("Farewell to Philosophy")~[3rd Movement 2:04
5	Concerto for cello & orchestra ("Farewell to Philosophy")~("The Philoso 2:09
6	Concerto for cello & orchestra ("Farewell to Philosophy")~Poco meno mos 6:10
7	Concerto for cello & orchestra ("Farewell to Philosophy")~("Farewell") 6:03
8	One Last Bar Then Joe Can Sing, for 5 percussionists~Lento [For Percuss 8:27
9	One Last Bar Then Joe Can Sing, for 5 percussionists~Pių mosso [For Per 7:42
10	One Last Bar Then Joe Can Sing, for 5 percussionists~Coda [For Percussi 2:55
11	Les Fianįailles 18:45
12	Les Fianįailles / Tom Waits Single 4:04
Disc 2
1	Green Ray for saxophone & orchestra [DeDicated to John Harle and the Bo 21:28
2	Adnan Songbook, for soprano & ensemble~Song I [Dedicated to Jane Quinn 3:26
3	Adnan Songbook, for soprano & ensemble~Song II [Dedicated to Jane Quinn 4:22
4	Adnan Songbook, for soprano & ensemble~Song III [Dedicated to Jane Quin 3:17
5	Adnan Songbook, for soprano & ensemble~Song IV [Dedicated to Jane Quinn 1:35
6	Adnan Songbook, for soprano & ensemble~Song V [Dedicated to Jane Quinn 4:04
7	Adnan Songbook, for soprano & ensemble~Song VI [Dedicated to Jane Quinn 3:14
8	Adnan Songbook, for soprano & ensemble~Song VII [Dedicated to Jane Quin 3:12
9	Adnan Songbook, for soprano & ensemble~Song VIII [Dedicated to Jane Qui 5:31
10	The Sinking of the Titanic, for chamber group and multi-media~Titanic Lamen 4:07
11	The North Shore, for viola, strings, piano (or harp) & percussion 14:52
12	Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet / Tom Waits Single Remix 4:02

New York Times

It is late. Turn the lights low, sit back and relax. Such is the atmosphere of the music of the English composer Gavin Bryars, whose 60th birthday [in January 2003] is marked by [this] Philips release devoted largely to his works of the last decade. The tempos are slow, the general moods reflective and quiet, even somnolent. But this is also dangerous music. It can come out and grab you with sudden violence, or -- more often, and more insidiously -- lead you along pathways of sensuousness and reminiscence to places where trivial music has a beauty all its own. Paul Griffiths

Los Angeles Times

Turn first to the outstanding cello concerto Farewell to Philosophy, lovingly played by Julian Lloyd Webber, to see just how subtle and serious Bryars can be. Mark Swed