War Work

Album by Michael Nyman

War Work is a studio album by British composer Michael Nyman, released in 2008. The album uses Nyman's minimalist approach in austere ensemble pieces with prominent strings and brass and contains vocal settings of wartime texts, and it shows a move toward more overtly political and text-driven work in his career.

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  1. 1.
    The Making of Faces
    2:20
  2. 2.
    Dreaming of Home
    2:20
  3. 3.
    The Engine Turns
    3:05
  4. 4.
    The Effects of Gas
    3:21
  5. 5.
    Song 1: “Urtod”
    4:22
  6. 6.
    Song 2: “What’s Left of the Soldier‐Man?”
    2:52
  7. 7.
    Song 3: “Kinder vor einem Londoner armenspeise Haus”
    3:39
  8. 8.
    Song 4: “Haidekampf”
    3:30
  9. 9.
    Puppenkorper
    4:06
  10. 10.
    Picabia’s Pigeons
    3:38
  11. 11.
    The Dead Are Sad Enough in Their Eternal Silence
    2:31
  12. 12.
    Playing at Soldiering
    3:08
  13. 13.
    The Mechanical Horse
    5:44
  14. 14.
    A la Pensee des Absents
    2:36
  15. 15.
    Song 5: “L’Adieu du cavalier / The Cavalier’s Farewell”
    3:25
  16. 16.
    Song 6: “For Just One Night”
    4:23
  17. 17.
    Song 7: “Louse Hunting”
    2:40
  18. 18.
    Song 8: “Abschied”
    5:29
  19. 19.
    “Urtod” (re‐recording)
    4:22

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