A beautiful selection of classical music inspired by our feathered friends! Composers have been inspired by birds and birdsong for generations. Blue tit, robin, lark, nightingale, cuckoo, blackbird and linnet find musical expression alongside exotic pelicans, a bluebird and some imaginary birds.

Tracklist:

Allegro. Spring from the Four Seasons - Antonio Vivaldi - Baroque Festival Orchestra
Largo E Pianissimo Sempre. Spring from the Four Seasons - Antonio Vivaldi - Baroque Festival Orchestra
Allegro (Danzo Pastorale). Spring from the Four Seasons - Antonio Vivaldi - Baroque Festival Orchestra
The Cuckoo - Louis-Claude Daquin - Martin Souter
The Dawn Chorus - Jean-Philippe Rameau - Martin Souter
The Lark in the Clear Air - Ian Giles
The Pelican - Thibaut de Navarre - Matthew Spring
On Wings of Song - Felix Mendelssohn - James Gregory/Martin Souter
Bird As Prophet - Robert Schumann - Martin Souter 1
Tit Willow - Gilbert ; Sullivan - Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra 1
Little Bird - Edvard Grieg - Martin Souter 1
Ah, Robin - Serendipity 1
Dou Way Robin - Oxford Girls' Choir 1
The Nightingale in Love, Part 1 - Martin Souter 1
The Nightingale in Love, Part 2 - Martin Souter 1
The Linnet - Martin Souter 1
The Nightingale Victorious - Francois Couperin - Martin Souter 1
The Blackbird - Jon Banks 1
The Bluebird - Charles Villiers Stanford - the Cherwell Singers 2
Sumer Is Icumen in - Oxford Girls' Choir 2
Overture to the Thieving Magpie - Gioacchino Rossini - Philharmonia Slavonica

UPC: 658592126921
Label: Gift Of Music
Release Date: 3.26.13
Format: CD

Vialdi / Baroque Festival Orchestra / Souter - Music for Bird Lovers (CD)