''Concertos'' is the 31st album by
Michael Nyman, released in
1997
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. It contains three
concerti commissioned from Nyman, the
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-sponsored ''Double Concerto for Saxophone and Cello'', featuring
John Harle and
Julian Lloyd Webber, the ''Harpsichord Concerto'' for
Elisabeth Chojnacka, and the ''Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra'' for
Christian Lindberg.
The album was intended as the first in a series of Nyman recordings, as it reads "NYMAN EDITION No1: Concertos" on the
EMI label, but Nyman's only other release on EMI (until ''
The Actors'' in 2003), ''
The Suit and the Photograph'' does not have such designation.
The album appeared just as completely clear
jewel cases were being introduced, and the inside back cover is colored solid red, with the series designation in the left area that was previously hidden by the tray. ''The Suit and the Photograph'', however, was packaged in a standard grey-black tray.
Nyman said of EMI, "I didn't excite them, and they didn't excite me."
[Michael Church]
"Michael Nyman: Piano, solo"
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References
1997 classical albums
Michael Nyman albums
Julian Lloyd Webber albums
Concerto albums
EMI Group albums
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