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In Reply to: RE: Gavin Bryars: The Sinking of the Titanic. Likes/Dislikes? posted by Cosmic Closet on May 10, 2008 at 11:14:02
I haven't purchased my own copy of the disc - but not because I didn't love it. I haven't purchased it because the context in which I heard it was so perfect I've wanted it to remain only in memory. I think you stated it very well - it's a piece about the echo and haunt of sources no longer present, and that's sort of how I want that day to remain. So I will probably never buy the disc - it would seem like a paltry attempt to recreate an extraordinary day and I'm sure it would fail. It's a piece I will never forget, and there are only a handful of pieces I can say that about. High, and wholly subjective, praise.I do have a couple of other of his works on disc. Someone mentioned 'Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet' which is quite good, I know, but which I don't love. I also have a copy of some segments from 'Man In A Room, Gambling'. That's an astonishing work - if there's another work like it, I'd very much like to know. 'Man in a Room, Gambling', too, is designed to create otherworldly spaces and succeeds in ways I can't attribute to other composers.
Thanks for kicking off a great thread. Bryars is special.
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