''The Piano Sings'' is a 2005 solo album by Michael Nyman featuring personal interpretations of

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he wrote between 1993 and 2003. It is his second release on his own label, MN Records, and his 49th release overall. The album was released alongside a concert tour.Michael Church. "Michael Nyman: Piano, solo" ''

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''. Thursday, 28 September 2006

/ref> Nyman's February 2005 statement about the album printed within the booklet is very brief:

All my music starts out as piano music so the opportunity to get back to that essence appealed to me. Hence my desire to make this album a personal signature as a composer/performer. I have deliberately focused on my more song-like music: the album title suggested itself.

Track listing

#Diary of Love ('' The End of the Affair (1999 film), The End of the Affair'') #If ('' The Diary of Anne Frank'') #Franklyn ('' Wonderland'') #The Morrow (''

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'') #Jack (''Wonderland'') #The Heart Asks Pleasure First (''

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'') #Big my Secret (''The Piano'') #Debbie (''Wonderland'') #The Departure (''Gattaca'') #Why (''The Diary of Anne Frank'') #Odessa Beach (''

Man with a Movie Camera ''Man with a Movie Camera'' (russian: Человек с киноаппаратом, translit=Chelovek s kinoapparatom) is an experimental 1929 Soviet silent documentary film, directed by Dziga Vertov, filmed by his brother Mikhail Kaufman, an ...

'') #Lost and Found (''The Piano'') #The Exchange ('' The Claim'') #Candlefire (''The Diary of Anne Frank'') #All Imperfect Things (''The Piano'') #Diary of Love eprise(''The End of the Affair'')

Personnel

*Composed and performed by Michael Nyman *Recorded, mixed and edited by Austin Ince at Whitfield Street Studios,

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, 12–14 February 2005 *Assistant engineer: Phil Tyreman *Produced by Declan Colgan *Mastered by

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, 17 February 2005 *All music published by

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Ltd./Michael Nyman Ltd., except 1, 4, 9, 16 published by Colpix Music Ltd., administered by

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/ ATV Songs LLC ( BMI) *Photography by Michael Nyman *Photograph of Michael Nyman by John Fago *Design by Russell Mills (shed) *Co-design by Michael Webster (storm) *Thanks to Elizabeth Lloyd, Rachel Thomas, Rebecca Duncan at Whitfield Street Studios, Lucy Launder at Abbey Road, Gareth Davies,

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, Melane Mueller and Andrew Thompson. *Thanks also to the directors of the respective films:

Jane Campion Dame Elizabeth Jane Campion (born 30 April 1954) is a New Zealand filmmaker. She is best known for writing and directing the critically acclaimed films ''The Piano'' (1993) and '' The Power of the Dog'' (2021), for which she has received a tot ...

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, Akinora Nagaoka,

Andrew Niccol Andrew Niccol (born 10 June 1964) is a New Zealand screenwriter, producer, and director. He wrote and directed ''Gattaca'' (1997), '' Simone'' (2002), ''Lord of War'' (2005), ''In Time'' (2011), '' The Host'' (2013), and ''Good Kill'' (2014). H ...

Dziga Vertov Dziga Vertov (russian: Дзига Вертов, born David Abelevich Kaufman, russian: Дави́д А́белевич Ка́уфман, and also known as Denis Kaufman; – 12 February 1954) was a Soviet Union, Soviet pioneer documentary f ...

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and lyricists Hachiro Konno and

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References

2005 albums Michael Nyman albums {{classical-album-stub