The canary polka / L.C. Read (2:26) -- Selected tunes from The bird fancyer's delight (2:54) -- The nightingale in love / François Couperin (4:39) -- The turtle dove polka / E. Demare [i.e. Damaré] (5:20) -- Hush, ye pretty warbling quire / G.F. Handel (6:37) -- Under the greenwood tree / Thomas Arne (2:28) -- The nightingale polka / Ernest Koehler (7:11) -- An apotheosis of archaeopterix / Lejaren Hiller (11:51) -- Two little bullfinches / H. Kling (3:28) -- Shut up, mockingbird / Robert McBride (1:28) -- Selected tunes from The bird fancyer's delight (3:05) -- The march of the bluebirds / Leoš Janáček (1:58) -- The nightingale / Adolf Terschak (5:56) -- Birds. Origin of birds (1:11) ; Birds in art and symbol (1:37) ; Baby birds (1:34) ; Strange birds (1:15) ; Beautiful birds (2:06) ; Extinct birds (2:41) ; Endangered birds (1:44) ; Birds in flight (2:33) / Michael Horwood.
Note
Original works and arrangements, featuring 1-4 piccolos.
Compiled from previously-released analog recordings.
Event (note)
Recorded at St. Paul's Cathedral, Buffalo, N.Y.
Language (note)
Vocal works sung in English.
Source of description (note)
Description based on hard copy version record.
Author
Trott, Laurence. Instrumentalist
Title
For the birds [electronic resource].
Imprint
Buffalo, N.Y. : Fleur de Son classics, p2001.
Performer
Laurence Trott, piccolo ; Rachel Lewis, soprano (5th-6th, 13th works) ; Jane Car[e]y, harpsichord (5th-6th)) ; Marcella Branagan (7th and 12th) or John Landis (1st, 4th, 9th, 13th, 14th), piano ; Jan Williams, berimbau (8th) ; L.C. Read (1st-2nd, 11th), Marlene Witnauer (9th-10th), Virginia Markson (10th work), and/or Sheryl Gobett-Hoffman (10th), piccolo.