The Composer's Cut Series Vol. II: Nyman/Greenaway Revisited

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The Composer's Cut Series Vol. II: Nyman/Greenaway Revisited
Nymangreenawayrevisited.jpg
photograph by Michael Nyman
design by Russell Mills and Michael Webster
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 17, 2006 (UK)
September 29, 2008 (United States)
RecordedApril 2005, Abbey Road Studios
1992, Abbey Road Studios (Track 10)
Genre Contemporary classical music, Minimalist music, Film score
Length61:31
Label MN Records
Producer Michael Nyman
Michael Nyman chronology
The Composer's Cut Series Vol. I: The Draughtsman's Contract
(2006)
The Composer's Cut Series Vol. II: Nyman/Greenaway Revisited
(2006)
The Composer's Cut Series Vol. III: The Piano
(2006)

The Composer's Cut Series Vol. II: Nyman/Greenaway Revisited is the second in a series of albums, all released on the same day, by Michael Nyman to feature concert versions of film scores, in this case, films of Peter Greenaway, and his 52nd release overall. The album is similar to The Essential Michael Nyman Band , although a number of tracks are on only one album or the other. In spite of being recorded in 1992, with the same lineup, Memorial is not the same performance as the one that appears on The Essential Michael Nyman Band or After Extra Time , which was recorded in Tokyo. This performance was recorded in London and is slightly less aggressively performed.

Contents

Track listing

  1. An eye for optical theory ( The Draughtsman's Contract )
  2. Queen of the night (The Draughtsman's Contract)
  3. Chasing sheep is best left to shepherds (The Draughtsman's Contract)
  4. Car crash ( A Zed And Two Noughts )
  5. Time lapse (A Zed And Two Noughts)
  6. Vermeer's Wife (A Zed And Two Noughts)
  7. Trysting fields/Sheep 'n' tides ( Drowning by Numbers )
  8. Wheelbarrow walk (Drowning by Numbers)
  9. Fish beach (Drowning by Numbers)
  10. Memorial ( The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover )
  11. Come unto these yellow sands ( Prospero's Books )
  12. Prospero's curse (Prospero's Books)
  13. Miranda (Prospero's Books)

Personnel

The Michael Nyman Band

Memorial

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