''Live'' is a 1994 album by

Michael Nyman Michael Laurence Nyman, Order of the British Empire, CBE (born 23 March 1944) is an English composer, pianist, libretto, librettist, musicologist, and filmmaker. He is known for numerous film soundtrack, scores (many written during his length ...

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 ''The Masterwork' Award Winning Fish-Knife'' is a 1979 performance sculpture by Paul Richards and Bruce McLean with music by Michael Nyman. The companion album is the second release by Michael Nyman and the first release including the Michael ...

''. 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 David McKean (born 29 December 1963) is an English illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician. His work incorporates drawing, painting, photography, collage, found objects, digital art, and sculpt ...

. 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"

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 Band **

, piano **

Jonathan Carney Jonathan Carney is an American violinist, viola, violist, and conducting, conductor. Carney studied at the Juilliard School with Christine Dethier and Ivan Galamian. He is the concertmaster of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Career Carney m ...

, violin ** Bill Hawkes, violin ** Catherine Musker, viola **

Tony Hinnigan Anthony Hinnigan is a musician from Glasgow. He is best known for his work with Michael Nyman (having been cellist for the Michael Nyman Band since 1987), Ennio Morricone, and James Horner. He plays cello as well as Irish whistle and various ...

, cello ** John Harle, soprano/alto saxophones **

David Roach David Roach may refer to: *David Roach (American football) (born 1985), American football safety *David Roach (saxophonist) (born 1955), British classical saxophonist *David Roach (comics), British comics artist * David Roach (athletic director) (b ...

, soprano/alto saxophones ** Andrew Findon, flute/piccolo/baritone saxophone ** Nigel Barr, trombone/tuba/euphonium ** Martin Elliott, bass guitar *Extra musicians on tracks from '' The Piano'' ** 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'' ** Abdessadeq Cheqara (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) **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 Paraninfo de la Universidad,

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on 14 May 1994 and

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on 15 May 1994. *Mixed at Kitsch Studios,

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*Edited at Transfermation,

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*artist representative for Michael Nyman: Nigel Barr *design, illustration, and photography by

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*Live and portrait photography by Lester Po Fun Lee

References

* 1994 live albums Michael Nyman live albums {{Classical-album-stub