Michael Nyman Songs & Arias for Soprano and Piano. Collected together here are 23 such works presented for high voice with piano accompaniment from across Michael Nyman's varied and exhilarating output songs from his celebrated film scores, like The Cook,The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, & prospero's books from 2 recent opera, Facing Goya & Man and Boy & a TV opera, Letters, Riddles & Writs; several concert song cycles and two songs that stand independently.