Among the multifaceted images that represent nature in music, the song of birds occupies a special place. The nightingale, for example, is often used as the embodiment of longing and the romantic ideal, its song reflecting the deepest human emotions with all their nuances and complexities.
With its intelligently selected repertoire, the a offers a broad spectrum at the highest musical level, invites listeners into a world of emotions and metaphors and connects cultures. For example, when French Romanticism meets Russian soul, or when composers such as Felicien David succeed in combining the sound-typical images of European opera tradition with exotic oriental elements such as pentatonics.
1. Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
Granados: Goyescas, o Los Majos enamorados : Quejas, o la Maja y el Ruiseñor
2. Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Les Oiseaux dans la charmille
3. Léo Delibes (1836-1891)
Delibes: Le Rossignol
4. Félicien David (1810-1876)
David: La Perle du Brésil: Charmant oiseau
5. Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Saint-Saëns: Parysatis : Le Rossignol et la rose
6. Eva Dell’Acqua (1856-1930)
Dell’Acqua: Villanelle
7. Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Gounod: Mireille: O légère hirondelle
8. Franz Grothe (1908-1982)
Grothe: Lied der Nachtigall
9. Walter Braunfels (1882-1954)
Braunfels: Die Vögel, Op. 30: Ach, ach, ach! Liebwerte Freunde, gegrüßt!
10. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Nightingale Enslaved by the Rose, 1866
11. Alexander Alyabyev (1787-1851)
Alyabyev: The Nightingale
12. Victor Herbert (1859-1924)
Herbert: Mile Modiste: The Nightingale and the Star
13. Henry Bishop (1787-1856)
Bishop: The Comedy of Errors: Lo! Here the Gentle Lark (from The Comedy of Errors, 1819, edited by Andreas Gies)
14. Vincenzo de Crescenzo (1875-1964)
Crescenzo: Rondine al nido