Byrd and the Bird

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Release Date
April 24, 2026
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Anonymous, John Baldwin, Bela Bartok, Amico Dolci, Jacob van Eyck, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, Thomas
    • PERFORMER
      Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 24, 2026
    • UPC
      3701624511596
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA1159
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. 44 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 1: No. 35. Ruthenian Kolomejka (arr. for recorder)

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Performer: Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu

    2. Aquila altera

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu

    3. 44 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 1: No. 11. Gyermekrengetéskor (Lullaby) (arr. for recorder)

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Performer: Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu

    4. I. Gravement et gay, les croches egales

      Composer: Jacques-Martin Hotteterre

      Performer: Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu

    5. II. Allemande: Gay

      Composer: Jacques-Martin Hotteterre

      Performer: Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu

    6. III. Rondeau tendre: Les Tourterelles

      Composer: Jacques-Martin Hotteterre

      Performer: Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu

    7. IV. Rondeau: Gay

      Composer: Jacques-Martin Hotteterre

      Performer: Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu

    8. V. Gigue

      Composer: Jacques-Martin Hotteterre

      Performer: Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu

    9. VI. Passacaille

      Composer: Jacques-Martin Hotteterre

      Performer: Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu

    10. Der Fluyten Lust-hof, Book 1: No. 35. Amarilli mia Bella

      Composer: Jacob van Eyck

      Performer: Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu

    11. Constantia (arr. for recorder)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu

    12. 44 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 1: No. 31. Ujévköszöntő 4 (arr. for recorder)

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Performer: Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu

    13. I. Il Dialogo cerca di uscire dal convenzionale

      Composer: Amico Dolci

      Performer: Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu

    14. II. Con astio reciproco

      Composer: Amico Dolci

      Performer: Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu

    15. III. Come due colori si fondono in uno

      Composer: Amico Dolci

      Performer: Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu

    16. IV. Voci: La prima serena - La seconda pettegola, tediosa

      Composer: Amico Dolci

      Performer: Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu

    17. 44 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 1: No. 10. Rutén nóta (Ruthenian song) (arr. for recorder)

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Performer: Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu

    18. Indescort

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu

    19. The Baldwin Commonplace Book, R.M.24.d.2

      Composer: John Baldwin

      Performer: Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu

    20. Honte, paour, doubtance

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu

    21. I. Largo

      Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann

      Performer: Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu

    22. II. Vivace

      Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann

      Performer: Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu

    23. III. Gratioso

      Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann

      Performer: Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu

    24. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann

      Performer: Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu

    25. Upon La Mi Re (arr. for recorder)

      Composer: Thomas Preston

      Performer: Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu

    26. Byrd and the Bird

      Composer: Giovanni Sollima

      Performer: Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu


Giovanni Antonini and Sheng-Fang Chiu form a leading recorder duo who enjoy exploring varied and unexpected repertoires. This album is named after a piece composed by Giovanni Sollima in 2024: it pays tribute to William Byrd and combines the tenor recorder with the sopranino recorder, the perfect imitator of birdsong. This programme spans the ages, from the art of diminution and improvisation in the 15th century to Bartók's duets from the 1930s-originally composed for two violins-via the refined duets of Jacques Hotteterre in the 18th century and a sonata by Telemann from 1727. Don't miss Nuovo ricercare No. 4 (1973) by Amico Dolci, child prodigy of the flute and son of the great sociologist and pacifist Danilo Dolci. The two instrumentalists have mischievously chosen to highlight this quote from Shakespeare's Hamlet: '[playing the recorder] is as easy as lying: control these holes with your fingers and thumb, blow with your mouth, and it will produce the most eloquent music...'