Lauda Dolce No.2 (Bryars)
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Gavin Bryars was born in Yorkshire in 1943. His first musical reputation was as a jazz bassist working in the early sixties with improvisers Derek Bailey and Tony Oxley. He abandoned improvisation in 1966 and worked for a time in the United States with John Cage. Subsequently he collaborated closely with composers such as Cornelius Cardew and John White. This is one of three pieces for solo cello called Tre Laude Dolçe that Gavin wrote for Audrey Riley in 2006, as well as duo versions of the same pieces with Audrey and James Woodrow.
