String Quartets 2, 3 & 4/If & Why

String Quartets 2, 3 & 4/If & Why
Studio album by Michael Nyman
Released September 24, 2002
Genre Contemporary classical, Chamber music, minimalism, art song
Language English
Label Black Box Classics
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Michael Nyman chronology
The Claim
2000		 String Quartets 2, 3 & 4/
If & Why
2002		 Facing Goya
2002

String Quartets 2, 3 & 4/If & Why is an album by Simon Haram, The Lyric Quartet, and members of The Michael Nyman Band, featuring music by Michael Nyman. "If" and "Why" are songs written for The Diary of Anne Frank, where they were performed by Hilary Summers and the Michael Nyman Band. Here, the melody lines are taken by Simon Haram's alto saxophone.

Track listing

  1. String Quartet No. 2
  2. String Quartet No. 3
  3. Miserere Paraphrase, for violin & piano
  4. In Re Don Giovanni, for band
  5. String Quartet No. 4 No. 1
  6. String Quartet No. 4 No. 3
  7. String Quartet No. 4 No. 6
  8. String Quartet No. 4 No. 11
  9. String Quartet No. 4 No. 12
  10. If
  11. Why

Personnel