Sinking of the Titanic: Live Bourges

2009 CD edition of a celebrated live performance of the Sinking of the Titanic by acclaimed modern British composer Gavin Bryars. Originally released on Les Disques du Crepuscule, this extended 60 minute performance of Bryars' haunting masterpiece was recorded by the Gavin Bryars Ensemble at the French festival Le Printemps de Bourges in April 1990. The performance location was the Chateau D'Eau, a disused water tower on three storey's, in an environment conceived by L'Académie de Muséologue Évocatoire, showing works by French artist Christian Boltanski and also featuring documentation relating to the wreck of the Titanic supplied by divers Taurus International.