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Michael Nyman created a companion album of the same title in 1999. The second disc of the two-disc album contains The Fall of Icarus, the score to an eponymous art installation by Peter Greenaway from 1986 which had previously been unreleased. The first disc, The Commissar Vanishes, is a version of The Fall of Icarus that has been defaced similarly to the photographs reproduced in King's book.
- Leah Dickerman, David King
- 1997
The Commissar Vanishes: The Fall of Icarus by Michael Nyman released in 1999. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1999 CD release of "The Commissar Vanishes / The Fall Of Icarus" on Discogs.
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Musically, The Commissar Vanishes is a re-organised re-ordered edit of The Fall of Icarus. The "subject shift” is less awkward, for instance, than that of Memorial, which slipped rather uneasily into the soundtrack of The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover in 1989. The translation of Icarus into Commissar works well on both the ...
Jan 1, 1999 · Listen to The Commissar Vanishes - The Fall of Icarus by Michael Nyman on Apple Music. 1999. 10 Songs. Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes.
Listen to The Commissar Vanishes/The Fall Of Icarus on Spotify. Michael Nyman · Album · 1999 · 10 songs.
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Jan 1, 1999 · Listen to The Commissar Vanishes - The Fall of Icarus by Michael Nyman on Apple Music. Stream songs including “Earth In Turmoil”, “Jealousy and Revenge” and more.
