Songs & arias : for soprano and piano /
Nyman, Michael.
London : Chester Music,
c2008.
Contains 16 songs and 7 arias.
Includes excerpts from song cycles, arias from operas and songs used in films.
"A few songs existed originally in voice and piano versions but mostly the piano accompaniments in this volume are specially-made reductions of scores generally written for the Michael Nyman Band" --Pref .by the composer.
Those songs originally written for alto or tenor have been adapted to suit soprano.
Includes discography.
Miserere : from The cook, the thief, his wife and her lover -- Allez! On préviendra les reflux d'incendie ; Quand tes pieds ont dansé : from L'orgie Parisienne -- Es war erde in ihnen ; Nächtlich geschürzt : from Six Celan songs -- Ariel songs : from Prospero's books -- I am an unusual thing : from Letters, riddles and writs -- Mozart on mortality -- If ; Why : from The diary of Anne Frank -- Silence emerges ; I'm riding on a tram ; He sang in a gentle voice : from Cycle of disquietude -- Tortured prisoner ; As noses move ; You are my son : from Facing Goya -- This is what I found today ; Things the artist must not do today : from Man and boy : Dada -- Life's chaos : from Acts of beauty.
Songs (High voice) with piano.
Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble
Song cycles
Operas
Motion picture music