After the Requiem

by Gavin Bryars

After the Requiem cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 8 May 1991
  • Label: ECM
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:06:18
  • Community rating: 3.63/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Centered around four compositions, including pieces originally conceived as musical epilogues for larger stage works, this ECM release demonstrates Gavin Bryars' mastery of sombre pacing. The album utilizes electric guitars, strings, and brass to build deeply reflective, atmospheric chamber music that stretches the boundaries of contemporary minimalism.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, instrumental, minimal, repetitive, ambient, spacious, long-form

Tracklist

  1. After the Requiem (15:38)
  2. The Old Tower of L枚benicht (15:49)
  3. Alaric I or II (15:04)
  4. Allegrasco (19:46)

Credits

  • Tony Hinnigan - cello
  • Bill Frisell - electric guitar
  • Alexander Balanescu - viola, violin
  • Kate Musker - viola
  • Roger Heaton - bass clarinet
  • Martin Allen - percussion
  • Simon Limbrick - percussion
  • Dave Smith - tenor horn, piano

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