Recorded April 2005 Artist Michael Nyman Producer Michael Nyman | Length 45:54 Release date 1982 Label MN Records | |
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Released April 17, 2006 (UK)
July 29, 2008 (United States) The Composer's Cut Series Vol. I The Draughtsman's Contract
2006 The Composer's Cut Series Vol. II Nyman/Greenaway Revisited
2006 Genres Film score, Minimal music, Contemporary classical music Similar Michael Nyman albums, Minimal music albums, Other albums | ||
The Composer's Cut Series Vol. I: The Draughtsman's Contract is the 51st album by Michael Nyman, recorded in 2005 with the Michael Nyman Band and released in 2006. It is the first in an unprecedented series in which Nyman began rerecording some of his film music independently of the needs of film production, and the culmination and refinement of 23 years of performances of the work since the recording of the original 1982 recording of The Draughtsman's Contract.
Contents
Nyman lamented that he had failed to have a sticker placed on the album noting that it contained all-new recordings, resulting in slow sales.
Track listing
The tracks are in a different order than they are on the soundtrack album.
- Chasing sheep is best left to shepherds
- The garden is becoming a robe room
- An eye for optical theory
- A watery death
- The disposition of the linen
- Queen of the night
- Bravura in the face of grief
Personnel
The Michael Nyman Band:
Note that of these players, only Nyman and Findon played on the original soundtrack recording.
Songs
1Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds5:02
2The Garden is Becoming a Robe Room7:45
3An Eye for Optical Theory4:28