Amor Oriental CD

Recorded at The Protecting Veil Church in Cherkizovo, Russia in 1987. Recording information: Protecting Veil Church, Cherkizovo, Russia (1987).

Track Listing of songs: DISC 1; Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11, CT. 47: Allegro maestoso; Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11, CT. 47: Romance: ...

Amor Oriental Recording information: St. John the Baptist Church, Alkborough, North Lincolns (10/2008/11/2009).

Amor Oriental  

Amor Oriental Having already scored a few successful soundtracks for director Peter Greenaway, composer Michael Nyman applies his minimalist and romantic art to the director's 1988 release Drowning By Numbers. While not as provocative as future Greenaway collaborations like The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover and Prospero's Books, this disc contains enough solid material to keep the Nyman faithful satisfied. Taking the slow movement from Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra as inspiration (a piece Greenaway had suggested), Nyman concocts a series of fetching variations that both reflect the luminous buoyancy of the original and come off as very original pieces in their own right. ...

Amor Oriental Track Listing of songs: Lara's Theme; Schachtelchen; Bublitschki; Stromab Die Wolga; Der Rote Sarafan; Ich Bin Nur Ein Halm; Sserdjetschnaja Persenkja; Uchnjem, Lied Der Wolgaschiffer; Schwarze Augen; Ein Nachtigall Fliegt Voruber; Katjuschka; Lutschimuschka;