Gavin Bryars - Sinking Of The Titanic Condition:New Although he made many recordings

Although he made many recordings in the 1950s and 1960s

making a substantial contribution to the development of the melodramma romantico

both with it's audiences and in professional circles

" - The Ottawa Citizen

Gavin Bryars - Sinking Of The Titanic Condition:New Although he made many recordingsGavin Bryars was born in Yorkshire, England in 1943. His first musical forays were as a jazz bassist working in the early 1960s with improvisors Derek Bailey and Tony Oxley. Bryars later worked with composers John Cage and Cornelius Cardew, founded the Portsmouth Sinfonia and collaborated with Brian Eno on his famed Obscure imprint. The Sinking of the Titanic, Bryars' first major composition, was inspired by the tragic event of the British passenger