Giovanni Antonini: Byrd and the Bird - COMPACT DISCS

Giovanni Antonini: Byrd and the Bird - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Byrd and the Bird

Artist:

Giovanni Antonini

Label:

Alpha

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

3701624511596

Genre:

Classical Artists

Release Date:

2026-04-24

Number of Discs:

1

Giovanni Antonini and Sheng-Fang Chiu form a leading recorder duo who enjoy exploring varied and unexpected repertoires. This album is named after a piece composed by Giovanni Sollima in 2024: it pays tribute to William Byrd and combines the tenor recorder with the sopranino recorder, the perfect imitator of birdsong. This programme spans the ages, from the art of diminution and improvisation in the 15th century to Bartók's duets from the 1930s-originally composed for two violins-via the refined duets of Jacques Hotteterre in the 18th century and a sonata by Telemann from 1727. Don't miss Nuovo ricercare No. 4 (1973) by Amico Dolci, child prodigy of the flute and son of the great sociologist and pacifist Danilo Dolci. The two instrumentalists have mischievously chosen to highlight this quote from Shakespeare's Hamlet: '[playing the recorder] is as easy as lying: control these holes with your fingers and thumb, blow with your mouth, and it will produce the most eloquent music...'

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