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Disc Details
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| Title: |
Love Counts |
| Ensemble: |
Michael Nyman Band |
| Soloist(s): |
Andrew Slater, Helen Williams |
| Label Name: |
MN Records |
| Catalogue Number: |
MNRCD 111/112 |
| Recording Year: |
2006 |
| Release Date: |
10 March 2007 |
| Conductor: |
Paul McGrath |
Contents
Reviews
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'The second of Michael Nyman's operatic collaborations with librettist Michael Hastings, both commissioned by Karlsruhe Opera, seemed touching and well-observed when it was brought to London by Almeida Opera last year. It's a tight, bittersweet two-hander that chronicles the unlikely liason between Patsy, a boxer rapidly approaching the end of his undistinguished career, and Avril, a university maths lecturer who is a refugee from an abusive marriage. The couple meet in the local park, and when Avril discovers that Patsy is innumerate, she offers to teach him maths. Out of that, a romance develops, but Avril's attempt to get Patsy to give up boxig fail; he ends up in a wheelchair. Nyman's music drives the narrative along with his usual energy...'
Andrew Clements, The Guardian, 04 May 2007
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