1. Chasing Sheep Is Best Left To Shepherds
2. Eye For Optical Theory
3. Garden Is Becoming A Robe Room
4. Prawn Watching
5. Time Lapse
6. Fish Beach
7. Wheelbarrow Walk
8. Knowing The Ropes
9. Miserere Paraphrase
10. Memorial
11. Stroking
12. Synchronising
13. Miranda

If you're unfamiliar with Nyman and want a broad overview of his best work, I'd start here.I played it over and over-- Nyman's almost creepily insistent and precise compositions will appeal to those who appreciate minimalism and repetition in the music of other composers such as John Adams, Steve Reich, Michael Torke, and Philip Glass.Ten years later, Nyman is recognised as one of the biggest composers of late XXth century. In part with the astonishing soundtrack of "The Piano". But I think this "Essential" album has more to offer to you.The Essential Michael Nyman Band collects some of the music Michael Nyman has composed for the films of director Peter Greenaway. One might consider this collection to be a "Best of Nyman/Greenaway." Nyman's music is an essential element of Greenaway's films, as the director usually shoots his film to the music after it has been composed and recorded. Greenaway's films are known to be surreal, manipulative endeavors, and the Nyman compositions on this album are no different. There's an off-kilter intensity to much of the goings-on, and Nyman's band always sounds commited to achieving the final, epic vision. The selected compositions are all quite superb, showcasing meditative pieces with all-out classical attacks worthy of a disturbed techno artist.

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