Soprano Deborah Sternberg brings together three song cycles themed on birds, each with it's own unique flavour and expressive vocabulary. Andrew Earle Simpson's eloquent skills as a composer and pianist are united in Birds of Love and Prey, in which both antique and modern textual sources contrast songbirds and predators in a variety of ways. Eric Kitchen uses transcriptions of actual birdsong in The Olney Avian Verse of William Cowper, while Gabriel Thibaudeau's Cycle Avicellus portrays birds within landscapes using a language of modern impressionism.

Tracklist:

Birds Of Love And Prey: Prologue. Bird Cadenza
Birds Of Love And Prey: No. 1, O Beloved Nightingale
Birds Of Love And Prey: No. 2, The Tit And The Lovebird
Birds Of Love And Prey: No. 3, The Eagle
Birds Of Love And Prey: No. 4, Night Interlude
Birds Of Love And Prey: No. 5, The Owl And The Nightingale
Birds Of Love And Prey: No. 6, Bird Cadenza
Birds Of Love And Prey: No. 7, The Turtle Dove
Birds Of Love And Prey: No. 8, Interlude
Birds Of Love And Prey: No. 9, Blest Are The Birds On The Wing
The Olney Avian Verse Of William Cowper: No. 1, The Faithful Bird
The Olney Avian Verse Of William Cowper: No. 2, To The Nightingale
The Olney Avian Verse Of William Cowper: No. 3, On The Swallow
The Olney Avian Verse Of William Cowper: No. 4, Sparrows Self-Domesticated
The Olney Avian Verse Of William Cowper: No. 5, Invitation To The Redbreast
Cycle Avicellus: No. 1, De Ton Perchoir
Cycle Avicellus: No. 2, Blanc Harfang
Cycle Avicellus: No. 3, Ils Partent
Cycle Avicellus: No. 4, Envol

UPC: 747313906475
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 2.28.20
Format: CD

Kitchen / Sternberg / Vogel - Birds of Love & Prey (CD)