Live (1994 album)
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Live is a 1994 album by Michael Nyman
and the Michael Nyman Band
. It is Nyman's 24th release and the fifteenth with the Band. It is the first commercial live album by the band, which had previously performed live on the magazine release, 'The Masterwork' Award Winning Fish-Knife. It is also known as "The Upside-Down Violin", the only new composition on the album, and the working title, Breaking the Rules, made it into many computer sales systems. The album's cover and booklet were designed by Dave McKean
. Liner notes are by David Toop
. Early printings of the album cover listed the first three tracks erroneously as "Queen of the Night", "An Eye for Optical Theory", and "Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds"
Michael Nyman
Michael Laurence Nyman, CBE is an English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist, known for the many film scores he wrote during his lengthy collaboration with the filmmaker Peter Greenaway, and his multi-platinum soundtrack album to Jane Campion's The Piano...
and the Michael Nyman Band
Michael Nyman Band
The Michael Nyman Band, formerly known as the Campiello Band, is a group formed as a street band for a 1976 production of Carlo Goldoni's 1756 play, Il Campiello directed by Bill Bryden at the Old Vic...
. It is Nyman's 24th release and the fifteenth with the Band. It is the first commercial live album by the band, which had previously performed live on the magazine release, 'The Masterwork' Award Winning Fish-Knife. It is also known as "The Upside-Down Violin", the only new composition on the album, and the working title, Breaking the Rules, made it into many computer sales systems. The album's cover and booklet were designed by Dave McKean
Dave McKean
David McKean is an English illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician....
. Liner notes are by David Toop
David Toop
David Toop is an English musician and author, and as of 2001 was visiting Research Fellow in the Media School at London College of Communication. He was notably a member of The Flying Lizards. He was a prominent contributor to the British magazine The Face. He is a regular contributor to The Wire,...
. Early printings of the album cover listed the first three tracks erroneously as "Queen of the Night", "An Eye for Optical Theory", and "Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds"
Track listing
- In Re Don Giovanni
- Bird List
- Queen of the Night
- Dipping
- Stroking
- Slow
- Faster
- Faster Still
- To the Edge of the Earth
- The Promise/The Heart Asks Pleasure First
- Here To There
- Lost & Found
- The Embrace
- All Imperfect Things
- Dreams of A Journey
- Here To There (Encore)
Personnel
- Musicians from the Michael Nyman BandMichael Nyman BandThe Michael Nyman Band, formerly known as the Campiello Band, is a group formed as a street band for a 1976 production of Carlo Goldoni's 1756 play, Il Campiello directed by Bill Bryden at the Old Vic...
- Michael NymanMichael NymanMichael Laurence Nyman, CBE is an English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist, known for the many film scores he wrote during his lengthy collaboration with the filmmaker Peter Greenaway, and his multi-platinum soundtrack album to Jane Campion's The Piano...
, piano - Jonathan CarneyJonathan CarneyJonathan Carney is a violinist, violist, and conductor noted for his interpretations of Luciano Berio, Michael Nyman, Max Bruch, Johannes Brahms, Jean Sibelius, Felix Mendelssohn, John Cage, Bruno Maderna, Pablo Sarasate, Fritz Kreisler, Krzysztof Penderecki, Paul Hindemith, Philip Glass, Toru...
, violin - Bill Hawkes, violin
- Catherine Musker, viola
- Tony HinniganTony HinniganAnthony "Tony" Hinnigan is a musician from Glasgow. He is best known for his work with Michael Nyman , Ennio Morricone, and James Horner. He plays cello as well as Irish whistle and various Andean woodwind instruments...
, cello - John HarleJohn HarleJohn Harle is an English saxophonist and composer.-Biography:John Harle - SaxophonistJohn Harle is one of the world’s leading saxophonists, and the most significant performer of the saxophone in the concert hall today...
, soprano/alto saxohones - David Roach, soprano/alto saxophones
- Andrew FindonAndrew FindonAndrew Findon is an English flautist and saxophonist. Educated at Harrow County School for Boys, he trained as an orchestral flautist, and served as principal flute of the National Youth Orchestra in the early 1970s and three years at the Royal College of Music...
, flute/piccolo/baritone saxophone - Nigel BarrNigel BarrNigel Barr grew up as a member of the High Wycombe Salvation Army band. In 1980 he went to the Guildhall School of Music and studied trombone with Peter Gane and Denis Wick during that time he was also a member of International Staff Band playing bass trombone.Since then Nigel has had a varied...
, trombone/tuba/euphonium - Martin Elliott, bass guitar
- Michael Nyman
- Extra musicians on tracks from The PianoThe PianoThe Piano is a 1993 New Zealand drama film about a mute pianist and her daughter, set during the mid-19th century in a rainy, muddy frontier backwater on the west coast of New Zealand. The film was written and directed by Jane Campion, and stars Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, and Anna Paquin...
- Guergui Stoianov Boiadjev (violin)
- Nanko Mikov Dimitrov (violin)
- Evelina Nedeva Arabadjieva (violin)
- Kantcho Stefanov Kantchev (violin)
- Nediltcho Suilianov Hristov (viola)
- Stefan Todorov Jilkov (viola)
- Marieta Mihaylova Ivanova (cello)
- Emilia Hrostova Radilova (cello)
- Musicians from Orquesta Andaluzi de Tetouan on Upside-Down Violin
- Abdessadak Ckara (violin)
- Abdella Chekara (laud)
- Jelloul Najidi (kanoun)
- Ahmed Taoud (violin)
- Driss Aaufi (saxophone)
- Ahmet Mrabet (clarinet)
- Abdesslam Beniisa (cello)
- Mohamed Achaalh (banderita (tambourine))
- Jalla Chekara (violin)
- Nour-Din Aghbal (violin)
- Abdelouahid El Bazi (derboliga (drum))
- Mohammed Chkara (cello)
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- Manager of Orquesta Andaluzi de Tetouan: Mehdi Emrane
- conducted by Michael Nyman
- composed, arranged, and directed by Michael Nyman
- produced by Michael Nyman and Michael J. Dutton
- engineer: Michael J. Dutton
- assistant engineer: Will Shapland
- Recorded with Manor Mobile Recording Studio at Paranfino de la Univrsidad, AlbaceteAlbaceteAlbacete is a city and municipality in southeastern Spain, 258 km southeast of Madrid, the capital of the province of Albacete in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. The municipality had a population of c. 169,700 in 2009....
on 14 May 1994 and Teatro MonumentalTeatro MonumentalThe Teatro Monumental is a concert hall in Madrid. The theatre, designed by Teodoro Anasagasti Algan, was built between 1922 and 1923 as a movie theatre and later was transformed to house symphonic concerts....
, MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
on 15 May 1994.
- Mixed at Kitsch Studios, BrusselsBrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
- Edited at Transfermation, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
- artist representative for Michael Nyman: Nigel BarrNigel BarrNigel Barr grew up as a member of the High Wycombe Salvation Army band. In 1980 he went to the Guildhall School of Music and studied trombone with Peter Gane and Denis Wick during that time he was also a member of International Staff Band playing bass trombone.Since then Nigel has had a varied...
- design, illustration, and photography by Dave McKeanDave McKeanDavid McKean is an English illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician....
@ Hourglass - Live and portrait photography by Lester Po Fun Lee