Michael Nyman Band
Writing movie soundtracks and operas while a performing artist in his own right, Michael Nyman's wide-ranging talents have not only made him one of Britain's most admired and prolific talents, but one of the most popular too. His collaborations with film-maker Peter Greenaway have been particularly successful and his soundtrack music to the movie The Piano is a modern best-seller. From a Jewish family growing up in the East End of London, Nyman studied under Alan Bush and Thurston Dart and in 1961 specialised in piano and 17th Century baroque music at the Royal Academy of Music in London. In 1964 he won the Howard Carr memorial prize for composition and five years later provided the libretto for the Harrison Birtwistle opera, Down By The Greenwood Side. His early movie soundtracks include The Draughtman's Contract and The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover and he is generally credited with introducing the term "minimalism" to musical language. Always in tune with modern culture, Nyman's open-minded approach includes collaborations with Damon Albarn on Ravenous, though his biggest success came with his music for The Piano in 1993. In 1976 he formed the Michael Nyman Band, originally exclusively using early instruments like rebecs and shawms, and was also a member of Portsmouth Sinfonia, an orchestra which enjoyed cult success by playing their instruments deliberately badly.
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Discography
9 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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McQueen
Michael Nyman, Michael Nyman Band
Film Soundtracks - Released by Michael Nyman Records on 7 Jun 2018
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Essential Michael Nyman Band
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1992
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart 252
Classical - Released by Michael Nyman Records on 3 Mar 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Michael Nyman: Songbook
Ute Lemper, Michael Nyman Band, Michael Nyman
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1991
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Composer's Cut Series, Vol. III: The Piano
Film Soundtracks - Released by Michael Nyman Records on 19 Oct 1993
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
8 Lust Songs: I Sonetti Lussuriosi
Michael Nyman, Michael Nyman Band, Marie Angel
Classical - Released by Michael Nyman Records on 1 Jan 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Composer's Cut Series, Vol. I: The Draughtsman's Contract
Film Soundtracks - Released by Michael Nyman Records on 1 Jan 1982
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
War Work: Eight Songs With Film (Original Score)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Michael Nyman Records on 11 Dec 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Michael Nyman
Classical - Released by Michael Nyman Records on 1 Jan 1981
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo