If I Were A Bird - A Piano Aviary / Michael Lewin

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Label
Sono Luminus
Release Date
March 30, 2010
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      RAMEAU HOFMANN GRIFFES MACD
    • PERFORMER
      Michael Lewin
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 30, 2010
    • UPC
      053479210326
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      DSL-92103
    • LABEL
      Sono Luminus
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. Pieces de clavecin: Suite in E Minor: V. Le rappel des oiseaux

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Michael Lewin

    2. Waldvogeleins Lust, Op. 55

      Composer: Józef Hofmann

      Performer: Michael Lewin

    3. Roman Sketches, Op. 7: No. 1. The White Peacock

      Composer: Charles Tomlinson Griffes

      Performer: Michael Lewin

    4. 6 Fancies, Op. 7: No. 2. To a Humming Bird

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

      Performer: Michael Lewin

    5. Preludes: No. 1. La colombe (The Dove)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Michael Lewin

    6. Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: No. 4. Little Bird (Voglein)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Michael Lewin

    7. Goyescas, Book 1: No. 4. Quejas, o La maja y el ruisenor

      Composer: Enrique Granados

      Performer: Michael Lewin

    8. Abendmusik, Op. 59: No. 3 Waldvglein (Little Wood-Bird)

      Composer: Adolf Jensen

      Performer: Michael Lewin

    9. 2 Pieces for Piano, Op. 2: No. 1. Les Doux Alouettes (Two Larks): Impromptu

      Composer: Theodor Leschetizky

      Performer: Michael Lewin

    10. Miroirs: No. 2. Oiseaux tristes

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Performer: Michael Lewin

    11. Glinka - A Farewell to St Petersburg: No. 10. Zhavoronok (The Lark)

      Composer: Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev

      Performer: Michael Lewin

    12. Waldscenen, Op. 82: No. 7. Vogel als Prophet (The Songster-Prophet)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Michael Lewin

    13. Water-wagtail, Op. 71: No. 3. Bergeronnette

      Composer: Cyril Scott

      Performer: Michael Lewin

    14. Premier livre de pieces de clavecin, Suite No. 3: No. 15. Le Coucou

      Composer: Louis-Claude Daquin

      Performer: Michael Lewin

    15. Carnival of the Animals: XIII. Le Cygne (The Swan) (arr. A. Siloti)

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Performer: Michael Lewin

    16. 2 Melodies russes, S250/R102: No. 1. Le rossignol, air russe d'Alabieff

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Michael Lewin

    17. Turkey in the straw (arr. D. Guion)

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Michael Lewin

    18. Etude caracteristique, Op. 2: No. 6. Si oiseau j'étais

      Composer: Adolf von Henselt

      Performer: Michael Lewin

    19. Alt-China (Old China), Op. 62: No. 2. The Chinese Nightingale, "Elegy"

      Composer: Walter Rudolph Niemann

      Performer: Michael Lewin

    20. II. Dance infernal du roi Kastchei

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Michael Lewin

    21. VI. Berceuse (Lullaby)

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Michael Lewin

    22. VII. Finale

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Michael Lewin


Taking a cue from a plethora of existing poetry and musical works, pianist Michael Lewin has included many bird selections in his recent concert programs, and their overwhelming public acceptance inspired the creation of this soaring musical collection. Compiling them into this album, If I Were a Bird contains enjoyable and rare works, some of which have not been previously recorded. The album is concluded by Stravinsky's Firebird Suite in the rarely heard and fiendishly difficult solo piano transcription by Guido Agosti.