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Classical · 2019 · 15 tracks · 1h 7m

If

Michael Nyman

Crystalline piano patterns and ethereal soprano vocals. A quiet, cerebral reimagining of baroque structures and historical texts through a minimalist lens.

March 22, 2019

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A serene and intellectually stimulating meditation on time and memory.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks · 1h 7m
01
No Time in Eternity: I. To Music (I)
2:14
02
No Time in Eternity: II. No Time in Eternity
0:50
03
No Time in Eternity: III. Fortune
1:03
04
No Time in Eternity: IV. The Definition of Beauty
0:55
05
No Time in Eternity: V. Things Mortal Still Mutable
1:26
06
No Time in Eternity: VI. The Watch
1:57
07
No Time in Eternity: VII. To Music (II)
2:29
08
Balancing the Books
9:50
09
The Diary of Anne Frank: If
3:32
10
The Diary of Anne Frank: Why
4:20
11
Oedipus, Z.583: II. Music for a While
3:53
12
Music After a While
11:51
13
Evening Hymn, Z.193
4:52
14
The Self-Laudatory Hymn of Inanna and her Omnipotence
13:17
15
O Solitude, my Sweetest Choice, Z.406
5:21
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition between the brief, clock-like movements of No Time in Eternity where the silence feels as composed as the notes.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does If sound next to the rest of Michael Nyman's catalogue?

Existential+3.3σ

The writing leans far further into existential than the rest of the catalogue.

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