Animals in Music | Naxos 857828182

Animals in Music

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 857828182

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Release Date: 31st March 2014

Contents

Works

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Symphony no.6 in F major, op.68 'Pastoral'
» II Szene am Bach (Scene by the brook): Andante molto mosso

Brusa, Elisabetta

Favole
» no.3 The Ant and the Grasshopper

Delius, Frederick

On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

Grieg, Edvard

Lyric Pieces: Book 3 (6), op.43
» no.1 Butterfly
» no.4 Little bird
Norwegian Folksongs and Dances (25), op.17
» no.8 Grisen (The Pig)
» no.12 Solfager and the Snake King
» no.17 Kleggen og Fluga (The Horsefly and the Fly)
» no.22 Sa lokka me over den myra (Cow-call)
» no.25 The Raven's Wedding

Handel, George Frideric

Organ Concerto in F major, HWV295 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale'
» II Allegro

Martinu, Bohuslav

Procession of the Cats on Solstice Night, H122

Messiaen, Olivier

Catalogue d'oiseaux Book 1
» II Le Loriot (Golden Oriole)
Catalogue d'oiseaux Book 3
» V La Chouette Hulotte (The Tawny Owl)
Petites esquisses d'oiseaux (6)
» II Le merle-noir (blackbird)
» I Le rouge-gorge (robin)

Milhaud, Darius

Le Boeuf sur le toit, op.58

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Ein musikalischer Spass (A Musical Joke), K522
» IV Presto

Mussorgsky, Modest

Pictures at an Exhibition
» Unhatched Chicks (Ballet des poussins dans leur coques)

Poulenc, Francis

L'Histoire de Babar, le petit elephant
» Excerpt

Prokofiev, Sergei

Peter and the Wolf, op.67
» The Bird
» The Duck
» The wolf swallows the duck

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai

The Tale of Tsar Saltan
» Flight of the Bumblebee

Saeverud, Harald

The hare and the fox (Haren og reven)

Saint-Saens, Camille

Carnival of the Animals

Schubert, Franz

Piano Quintet in A major, D667 'The Trout' (Die Forelle)
» IV Tema con variazioni

Sibelius, Jean

Lemminkainen Suite, op.22
» no.2 The Swan of Tuonela

Vaughan Williams, Ralph

The Lark Ascending
The Wasps: Overture

Vivaldi, Antonio

Flute Concertos (6), op.10
» no.3 in D major, RV428 'Il gardellino': I Allegro
The Four Seasons (Le quattro stagioni)
» Violin Concerto in E major, op.8 no.1 R269 'La Primavera': II Largo e pianissimo sempre

Works

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Symphony no.6 in F major, op.68 'Pastoral'
» II Szene am Bach (Scene by the brook): Andante molto mosso

Brusa, Elisabetta

Favole
» no.3 The Ant and the Grasshopper

Delius, Frederick

On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

Grieg, Edvard

Lyric Pieces: Book 3 (6), op.43
» no.1 Butterfly
» no.4 Little bird
Norwegian Folksongs and Dances (25), op.17
» no.8 Grisen (The Pig)
» no.12 Solfager and the Snake King
» no.17 Kleggen og Fluga (The Horsefly and the Fly)
» no.22 Sa lokka me over den myra (Cow-call)
» no.25 The Raven's Wedding

Handel, George Frideric

Organ Concerto in F major, HWV295 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale'
» II Allegro

Martinu, Bohuslav

Procession of the Cats on Solstice Night, H122

Messiaen, Olivier

Catalogue d'oiseaux Book 1
» II Le Loriot (Golden Oriole)
Catalogue d'oiseaux Book 3
» V La Chouette Hulotte (The Tawny Owl)
Petites esquisses d'oiseaux (6)
» II Le merle-noir (blackbird)
» I Le rouge-gorge (robin)

Milhaud, Darius

Le Boeuf sur le toit, op.58

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Ein musikalischer Spass (A Musical Joke), K522
» IV Presto

Mussorgsky, Modest

Pictures at an Exhibition
» Unhatched Chicks (Ballet des poussins dans leur coques)

Poulenc, Francis

L'Histoire de Babar, le petit elephant
» Excerpt

Prokofiev, Sergei

Peter and the Wolf, op.67
» The Bird
» The Duck
» The wolf swallows the duck

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai

The Tale of Tsar Saltan
» Flight of the Bumblebee

Saeverud, Harald

The hare and the fox (Haren og reven)

Saint-Saens, Camille

Carnival of the Animals

Schubert, Franz

Piano Quintet in A major, D667 'The Trout' (Die Forelle)
» IV Tema con variazioni

Sibelius, Jean

Lemminkainen Suite, op.22
» no.2 The Swan of Tuonela

Vaughan Williams, Ralph

The Lark Ascending
The Wasps: Overture

Vivaldi, Antonio

Flute Concertos (6), op.10
» no.3 in D major, RV428 'Il gardellino': I Allegro
The Four Seasons (Le quattro stagioni)
» Violin Concerto in E major, op.8 no.1 R269 'La Primavera': II Largo e pianissimo sempre

About

Through the centuries, composers have brought colour and panache to bear in their depictions of animals in music. For some, such as Sibelius, animals become the central focus in their tone poems, whilst for others a symphonic unity is sought, as Beethoven showed in his ‘Pastoral’ Symphony.

Poetic imagery, through song, offers another avenue. The rich variety of the animal kingdom – from bees to birds, from fleas to fish (and much else) – offers memorable opportunities for sonic richness.

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