Michael Nyman (1981 album)

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Michael Nyman
Studio album by Michael Nyman
Released	November 21, 1981 on Victor Records VIP6798 (Japan)
Recorded	1981
Genre	contemporary classical music minimalism film music
Label	Piano Records
Producer	David Cunningham
Michael Nyman chronology
Decay Music 1974 Michael Nyman 1982 The Draughtsman's Contract 1982

Michael Nyman is the second album release by Michael Nyman and the first complete album by the Michael Nyman Band, having previously contributed tracks to new music compilations. Most of the music was material from early films by Peter Greenaway such as "Bird List Song" from The Falls, sung by Lucy Skeaping, and music from A Walk Through H: The Reincarnation of an Ornithologist. It also includes his first concert work for the band, "In Re Don Giovanni", which is built around a brief phrase in the accompaniment of Leporello's catalog aria in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni, which was also released as a single under the title Mozart.

The album should not be confused with Criterion's 1995 promo CD (CRIT CD002), Michael Nyman, which featured previously released material, none of which was from this album, which was released as Piano Records Sheet 005, which has yet to be issued on CD.

Published by Chester Music/Michael Nyman Ltd

Produced by David Cunningham

[edit] Band Members

• Rory Allam - clarinet
• Alexander Balanescu - violin
• Anne Barnard - french horn
• Ben Grove - guitar, bass guitar
• John Harle - saxophone
• Nick Hayley - rebec, violin
• Ian Mitchell - clarinet
• Michael Nyman - piano
• Elisabeth Perry - violin
• Steve Saunders - trombone
• Roderick Skeaping - rebec, violin
• Keith Thompson - flute, piccolo, recorder, saxophone
• Doug Wootton - banjo

[edit] Guest Musicians

• Peter Brötzman - bass clarinet, tenor saxophone
• Evan Parker - soprano saxophone
• Lucky Skeaping - soprano

[edit] Track listing

1. Bird Anthem
2. Initial Treat
3. Secondary Treat
4. In Re Don Giovanni
5. Waltz in F
6. Bird List Song
7. M-Work

"Waltz in F" was reissued on the compilation, Century XXI UK: N-Z It is the only track to be issued on CD in its album performance. "In Re Don Giovanni" and the instrumental "Bird List" appeared on Live in new, live versions.