Animals In Music

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Release Date
April 29, 2014
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BEETHOVEN GRIEG DELIUS MESS
    • PERFORMER
      Various
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 29, 2014
    • UPC
      747313828173
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8578281-82
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite: I. Overture

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Kees Bakels

    2. Organ Concerto No. 13 in F Major, HWV 295, "The Cuckoo and The Nightingale": II. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Handel Festival Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Johann Aratore

      Conductor: John Tinge

    3. Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: No. 4. Little bird

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Balázs Szokolay

    4. Pictures at an Exhibition: V. Ballet of the Chickens in their Shells (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Peter Breiner

    5. Pruvod kocek v noci slunovratu (Procession of the Cats on Solstice Night), H. 122

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Giorgio Koukl

    6. The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269, "La primavera" (Spring): II. Largo e pianissimo sempre

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana

      Performer: Takako Nishizaki

      Conductor: Stephen Gunzenhauser

    7. No. 8. Grisen (The Pig)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Einar Steen-Nøkleberg

    8. No. 12. Solfager og ormekongen (Solfager and the Snake King)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Einar Steen-Nøkleberg

    9. No. 17. Kleggen og Fluga (The Horsefly and the Fly)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Einar Steen-Nøkleberg

    10. No. 22. Kulok (Cow Call)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Einar Steen-Nøkleberg

    11. No. 25. Rabnabryllup (The Raven's Wedding)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Einar Steen-Nøkleberg

    12. Haren og reven (The Hare and the Fox)

      Composer: Harald Saeverud

      Performer: Einar Steen-Nøkleberg

    13. 2 Pieces for Small Orchestra: No. 1. On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones

    14. Le Boeuf sur le toit, Op. 58

      Composer: Darius Milhaud

      Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lille

      Conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus

    15. Piano Quintet In A Major, Op. 114, D. 667, "Die Forelle" (The Trout): IV. Thema with Variations: Andantino

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Ensemble: Kodály Quartet

      Performer: István Tóth, Jenő Jandó

    16. The Bird

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd

    17. The Duck

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd

    18. The Wolf swallows the Duck

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd

    19. 1er Livre: II. Le Loriot (Golden Oriole)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Håkon Austbø

    20. 3e Livre: V. La Chouette Hulotte (Tawny Owl)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Håkon Austbø

    21. Tale of Tsar Saltan, Op. 57: Flight of the Bumblebee

      Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Anthony Bramall

    22. Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, "Pastoral": II. Scene by the brook: Andante molto mosso

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    23. I. Le rouge-gorge (Robin)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Håkon Austbø

    24. II. Le merle-noir (Blackbird)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Håkon Austbø

    25. The Lark Ascending

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: English Northern Philharmonia

      Performer: David Greed

      Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones

    26. Favole: No. 3. The Ant and the Grasshopper

      Composer: Elisabetta Brusa

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Fabio Mastrangelo

    27. Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: No. 1. Butterfly

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Balázs Szokolay

    28. Divertimento in F Major, K. 522, "Ein musikalischer Spass" (A Musical Joke): IV. Presto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Kodály Quartet

      Performer: Jenő Keveházi

    29. L'histoire de Babar, le petit elephant (The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant), FP 129 (excerpt)

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Performer: Alexandre Tharaud

    30. Lemminkainen Suite, Op. 22: II. The Swan of Tuonela

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn

    31. Flute Concerto in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3, RV 428, "Il cardellino": I. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana

      Performer: Jiří Válek

      Conductor: Jaroslav Krček

    32. I. Introduction and Royal March of the Lion

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Marián Lapšanský, Peter Toperczer

      Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd

    33. II. Hens and Cockerels

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Marián Lapšanský, Peter Toperczer

      Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd

    34. III. Wild Asses

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Marián Lapšanský, Peter Toperczer

      Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd

    35. IV. Tortoises

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Marián Lapšanský, Peter Toperczer

      Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd

    36. V. The Elephant

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Marián Lapšanský, Peter Toperczer

      Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd

    37. VI. Kangaroos

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Marián Lapšanský, Peter Toperczer

      Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd

    38. VII. Aquarium

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Marián Lapšanský, Peter Toperczer

      Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd

    39. VIII. People with Long Ears

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd

    40. IX. The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Marián Lapšanský, Peter Toperczer

      Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd

    41. X. Aviary

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Marián Lapšanský, Peter Toperczer

      Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd

    42. XI. Pianists

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Marián Lapšanský, Peter Toperczer

      Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd

    43. XII. Fossils

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Marián Lapšanský, Peter Toperczer

      Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd

    44. XIII. The Swan

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Marián Lapšanský, Peter Toperczer

      Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd

    45. XIV. Finale

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Marián Lapšanský, Peter Toperczer

      Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd


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.