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MNR 205CD
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"Collaborations is a specially priced boxed set from MN Records featuring three albums from the label's back catalog, focusing on partnerships between Michael Nyman and other artists and traditions. Included are The Glare, Acoustic Accordions, and Sangam." Performed by David McAlmont (vocals); Motion Trio; U. Shrinivas (mandolin); Rajan Misra (vocals); Sajan Misra (vocals); Michael Nyman Band; Michael Nyman.
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MNR 206CD
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" Piano is a specially priced boxed set from MN Records featuring three albums from the label's back catalog. It focuses on Michael Nyman's special connection to the keyboard. It includes the first album released on MN Records, The Piano Sings, Nyman's score for Jane Campion's 1993 film The Piano and Nyman's 'Piano Concerto,' one of the most exciting and inspiring pieces he has written." Performed by Michael Nyman (piano); Kathryn Stott (piano); Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Michael Nyman Band.
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MNR 120CD
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"Piano Trios 1992-2010 offers a compelling portrait of Michael Nyman's skillfully written chamber music. The Irish Fidelio Trio is featured in this set of the complete Piano Trios. Each of Nyman's trios has a programmatic element. Two are heard here in world première recordings. 'Poczatek' is derived from Nyman's score to the film of the same name. 'The Photography of Chance' refers to the industrial reality in early Soviet photography." Performed by Fidelio Trio.
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MNR 124CD
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"String Quartets Nos. 1-3 offers another compelling portrait of Michael Nyman's skillfully written chamber music. Nyman's three string quartets were not conceived as a series, as they owe their origins to three very different sets of circumstances. However, when the composer heard them together on the 1991 Argo recording featuring the Balanescu Quartet (reissued here), he realized that the works had an unintentional but unmistakable consistency of compositional approach."
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MNR 119CD
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$18.00
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"Sangam, a ground-breaking collaborative work by Michael Nyman, reflects both the commonalities and differences between Eastern and Western musical traditions. Sangam - a Hindi word meaning 'a coming together' or 'meeting point' - is the culmination of a two year musical odyssey by Michael Nyman which began with a month-long visit to India at the end of 2000. Nyman and his collaborators, mandolinist U. Shrinivas and the vocal team of brothers Rajan Misra and Sajan Misra, create stunningly lovely music. This welcome reissue from MN Records was originally released in 2002."
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EMI 47502CD
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"Affirming Michael Nyman's status as an innovator in orchestral music, these three concertos demonstrate a bold reinterpretation of musical traditions. This collection includes Nyman's 'Double Concerto for Saxophone,' 'Cello and Orchestra,' and the virtuosic 'Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings,' both of which illustrate Nyman's inventive approach to timbre. The album concludes with the 'Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra,' a dramatic and tumultuous conflict between instruments."
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EMI 47752CD
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"Michael Nyman is particularly recognized for his work in film composition, showcased here in his soundtracks for Peter Greenaway. Often building upon pre-existing sources, from Purcell to Mozart, by blending in aspects of popular music and minimalist techniques, Nyman's compositions transformed how the role of film music is understood, while complementing Greenaway's avant-garde creations."
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EMI 47512CD
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"This album explores two compelling examples of Nyman's writing for string quartet through the 'String Quartet No.4' and the single-movement '3 Quartets,' in which the ensemble is complemented by the addition of saxophone and brass quartets. If the 'String Quartet' is notable for its sequence of compact and closely linked movements, '3 Quartets,' by contrast, is characterized by variety, a vehicle for shifting textures and contrasting tempos."
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MNR 123CD
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$19.00
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Deluxe 30th anniversary of the first Michael Nyman Band album, originally released in 1981. "Critically acclaimed as Nyman's groundbreaking record that combined minimalist, experimentalist music and jazz improvisation for the first time, this album has only ever been available on the rarest of long-since deleted vinyl. Most of the music on Michael Nyman was material from the early films by Peter Greenaway such as Bird Anthem (Act Of God) and Bird List Song (The Falls). The album also includes his first concert work for the band, 'In Re Don Giovanni' which was released as a single on Les Disques du Crepuscule (home of Cabaret Voltaire, Durutti Column and Josef K amongst others) under the title 'Mozart.' The most groundbreaking track on Michael Nyman, however, is 'Waltz in F,' a piece Nyman wrote for art students whilst teaching at Trent Polytechnic in 1977, Nyman subsequently commandeering two modern jazz improvisers, Evan Parker and Peter Brotzman, to 'destroy' this piece. Ultimately, Parker and Brotzman ended up playing over and around ten separate tracks whilst Nyman and Cunningham mixed in their 'Waltz.' Beautifully packaged in a 6 panel digipack and including two limited edition posters of the the original UK and Japanese LP artwork."
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