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Title: The Piano
Condition: New
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The Piano - Michael Nyman

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Michael Nyman came of age as a classical composer in the radical London of the late 1960s. His work embraces multiple vernaculars (jazz, avant-garde, conceptual art) and helped cement the foundation of what came to be known as minimalism. Decades into his career, Nyman's score to Jane Campion's film The Piano made him a star. The movie's themes of colonialism and silence (its protagonist, portrayed by Holly Hunter, cannot speak) were perfectly aligned with his long-time interests in world and ambient music. Horn players assist members of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra in fleshing out Nyman's stately, hymn-like motifs. On the more heavily orchestrated cues, sentimentality wins out over minimalist restraint; the best tracks feature Nyman on solo piano, playing the rudimentary, faux period repertoire of Hunter's character. --Marc Weidenbaum
Artist: Michael Nyman
Format: CD
Genre: Soundtracks
No Of Discs: 1
EAN: 0724383954926
Record Label: Venture
Release Date: 04/22/2010
Release Year: 2010

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