The Essential Michael Nyman Band

Tracklist

• 1
  The Draughtsman's Contract: Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds
  5:07
  4.0 ★
• 2
  The Draughtsman's Contract: An Eye for Optical Theory
  4:18
  4.0 ★
• 3
  The Draughtsman's Contract: The Garden Is Becoming a Robe Room
  6:10
  4.0 ★
• 4
  A Zed & Two Noughts: Prawn: Watching
  2:30
  4.0 ★
• 5
  A Zed & Two Noughts: Time Lapse
  3:56
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Drowning by Numbers: Fish Beach
  2:56
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Drowning by Numbers: Wheelbarrow Walk
  2:36
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Drowning by Numbers: Knowing the Ropes
  5:46
  3.0 ★
• 9
  The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover: Miserere Paraphrase
  7:09
  3.0 ★
• 10
  The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover: Memorial
  11:21
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Water Dances: Stroking / Synchronising
  11:09
  3.0 ★
• 12
  Prospero's Books: Miranda
  4:16
  3.0 ★

More by Michael Nyman

All Imperfect Things

All Imperfect Things 2013

The End of the Affair

The End of the Affair 1999

Gattaca: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Gattaca: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 1997

And Do They Do / Zoo Caprices

And Do They Do / Zoo Caprices 1989

La Traversee de Paris

La Traversee de Paris 1989

The Draughtsman's Contract

The Draughtsman's Contract 1982

Release credits

• Alexander Bălănescu
  violin
• Andy Findon
  baritone saxophone, flute, piccolo
• Ann Morfee
  violin
• Clare Connors
  violin
• David Roach
  alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
• John Harle
  alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
• John Lenehan
  piano
• Justin Pearson
  cello
• Kate Musker
  viola
• Linda Hirst
  mezzo-soprano vocals, mezzo-soprano vocals [12]
• Marjorie Dunn
  horn
• Martin Elliott
  bass guitar
• Michael Nyman
  piano, conductor, piano [1-3, 11-12]
• Michael Nyman Band
  instrument [10]
• Nigel Barr
  bass trombone, euphonium
• Sarah Leonard
  soprano vocals, soprano vocals [9-10, 12]
• Steve Sidwell
  trumpet
• Tony Hinnigan
  cello
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Issues

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  T
  The Essential Michael Nyman Band

  CD
  1992
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  T
  The Essential Michael Nyman Band

  CD (black Argo logotype on front)
  1992
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  T
  The Essential Michael Nyman Band

  CD (PMDC Germany pressing)