Suvarna Garge (Editor)

The Composer's Cut Series Vol. III: The Piano

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Length
  
52:03

Artist
  
Michael Nyman

Producer
  
Michael Nyman

Director
  
Michael Nyman

Release date
  
17 April 2006

Label
  
MN Records

The Composer's Cut Series Vol. III: The Piano httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaenthumb0

Released
  
April 17, 2006 (UK) May 27, 2008 (United States)

Recorded
  
April 2005, Abbey Road Studios February 2005, Whitfield Studios (tracks 1 & 6) August 2005, Whitfield Studios (tracks 7 &10)

The Composer's Cut Series Vol. III The Piano 2006
  
Six Celan Songs • The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi 2006

Genres
  
Film score, Minimal music, Contemporary classical music

Similar
  
Michael Nyman albums, Minimal music albums, Other albums

The Composer's Cut Series Vol. III: The Piano is the third in a series of albums, all released on the same day, by Michael Nyman to feature concert versions of film scores, in this case, Jane Campion's The Piano, and his 53rd release overall. The collection is more streamlined and has fewer tracks than the soundtrack album, starting and ending with the popular "The Heart Asks Pleasure First."

Contents

Track listing

  1. The heart asks pleasure first
  2. The heart asks pleasure second to love
  3. To the edge of the earth
  4. A wild and distant shore
  5. The promise
  6. Here to there
  7. Big my secret
  8. Silver-fingered fling
  9. Lost and found
  10. The embrace
  11. The mood that passes through you
  12. All imperfect things
  13. The wounded
  14. Dreams of a journey
  15. The heart asks pleasure first/The promise

Personnel

The Michael Nyman Band

  • Michael Nyman, piano
  • Gabrielle Lester, violin
  • Catherine Thompson, violin
  • Ian Humphries, violin
  • Beverley Davison, violin
  • Mia Cooper, violin
  • Rebecca Hirsch, violin
  • Lizzie Bull, violin
  • Morvent Bruce, violin
  • Kate Musker, viola
  • Joseph Boyd, viola
  • John Metcalfe, viola
  • Tony Hinnigan, cello
  • Robert Max, cello
  • Justin Pearson, cello
  • Martin Elliott, bass guitar
  • David Roach, soprano and alto saxophone
  • Simon Haram, soprano and alto saxophone
  • Andrew Findon, baritone saxophone, flute, piccolo
  • Nigel Barr, bass trombone
  • References

    The Composer's Cut Series Vol. III: The Piano Wikipedia