Live (1994 album)

Infobox Album
Name = Live
Type = Live
Longtype =
Artist = Michael Nyman


Caption = art by Dave McKean
Released = October 18, 1994
Recorded = 14-15 May, 1994
Genre = Contemporary classical music
Length = 73:58
Label = Virgin/Venture
Producer = Michael Nyman, Michael J. Dutton
Reviews =
Last album = À la folie (1994)
This album = Live (1994)
Next album = Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs (1995)
Misc = Singles
Name = Live
Type = live
Single 1 = In Re Don Giovanni
Single 1 date = 1994
Single 2 =
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Single 3 =
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"Live" is a 1994 album by Michael Nyman 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". 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. 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 fron the Michael Nyman Band
**Michael Nyman, piano
**Jonathan Carney, violin
**Bill Hawkes, violin
**Catherine Musker, viola
**Tony Hinnigan, cello
**John Harle, soprano/alto saxohones
**David Roach, 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"
**Abdessadak Ckara (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 Paranfino de la Univrsidad, Albacete on 14 May 1994 and Teatro Monumental, Madrid on 15 May 1994.

*Mixed at Kitsch Studios, Brussels
*Edited at Transfermation, London

*artist representative for Michael Nyman: Nigel Barr
*design, illustration, and photography by Dave McKean @ Hourglass
*Live and portrait photography by Lester Po Fun Lee