A Portrait [Import]

Gavin Bryars (Performer), Julian Lloyd Weber (Orchestra), Valerie Anderson (Orchestra), Tom Waits (Orchestra), Nexus Precussion Enasemble (Artist), Gavin Bryars Ensemble (Artist), English Chamber Orchestra (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Gavin Bryars
• Orchestra: Julian Lloyd Weber, Valerie Anderson, Tom Waits
• Audio CD (December 2, 2002)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Philips Import
• ASIN: B00007J4WD
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #326,039 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Adnan Songbook is hauntingly beautiful, April 10, 2009

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This review is from: A Portrait (Audio CD)

I bought this CD primarily for tracks 2 - 9 on disc two, a collection of pieces called the Adnan Songbook. These songs are the poems of Etel Adnan, a poet born and raised in Beirut Lebanon, born to a Muslim Syrian father and a Christian Greek mother. British composer and musician Gavin Bryars set these 9 poems of hers to music. The words are sung by British lyric soprano Valerie Anderson. I heard these tracks in February 2009 on WGBH, Boston public radio and I was immediately mesmerized by the beauty of the music and the wonderfully clear, pure voice of Valerie Anderson. The works are haunting, beautiful, otherworldly and powerful. I recommend this disc, purely for those tracks, alone, with the highest praise I can give. Buy it!