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Track(s) taken from SIGCD506

Water Dances

composer

The Zoo Duet
Recording details: March 1994
Floating Earth Studios, United Kingdom
Produced by Tony Harrison
Engineered by Mike Hatch
Release date: May 2004
Total duration: 28 minutes 0 seconds
 

Reviews

'Released shortly after the composer's 60th birthday, this album from The Zoo Duet presents works that deserve to be better known. Taking a line for a second walk is vintage Nyman, conceived originally as an orchestral work for Houston Ballet in 1966 and transcribed for two amplified pianos without any loss of its hypnotic intensity. Water Dances began life as music for Peter Greenaway's film Making A Splash and receives its premiere recording in its five-movement form on this disc' (Music Week)

'Alongside Ludovico Einaudi, Nyman is the world's foremost composer for contemporary piano. But unlike his Italian compadre, Nyman delights in pushing back the frontiers of new compostion. His music is romantic, at times chaotic and always inventive. This collection features three pieces, an orchestral work, a five-movement piece for film and a delightful five-minute interlude' (The Shropshire Star)

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