Orpheus mournful songs that all the nymphs and gods wept. On their advice, Orpheus travelled to the underworld. His music softened the hearts of Hades and Persephone, who agreed to allow Eurydice to return with him to earth on one condition: he should walk in front of her and not look back until they both had reached the upper world. He set off with Eurydice following, and, in his anxiety, as soon as he reached the upper world, he turned to look at her, forgetting that both needed to be in the upper world, and she vanished for the second time,
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (soundtrack) Paraphrase" performed by Alexander Balanescu (violin) and Michael Nyman (piano) "Miserere" performed by London Voices, director Terry Edwards The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (soundtrack) The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover is the twelfth album release by Michael Nyman and the ninth to feature the Michael Nyman Band. It is the soundtrack to the eponymous film by Peter Greenaway. The album includes the first commercially released recording of "Memorial" (Greenaway heard a radio recording of the original performance that has not been commercially released), and this is the only piece discussed in the liner