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A Musical Zoo ()

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composed by Benjamin Britten, Dmitry Shostakovich, Franz Schubert, Gabriel Fauré, Herbert Howells, Hugo Wolf, Johannes Brahms, John Ireland, Maurice Ravel, Modest Mussorgsky, Richard Strauss, Robert Schumann, Samuel Barber, Vernon Duke

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A Musical Zoo - Ashley Riches (bass baritone); Joseph Middleton (piano)
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  1. Die Forelle ("In einem Bächlein helle"), song for voice & piano, D. 550 (Op. 32)
  2. Die Vögel ("Wie lieblich und fröhlich"), song for voice & piano, D. 691 (Op. posth. 172/6)
  3. Die Löwenbraut ("Mit der Myrtle geschmückt"), song for voice & piano, Op. 31/1
  4. Der Rattenfänger ("Ich bin der wohlbekannte Sänger"), song for voice & piano (Goethe Lieder): No. 11 Der Rattenfänger
  5. An die Nachtigall ("Geuss nicht so laut"), song for voice & piano, Op. 46/4
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  1. Die Forelle ("In einem Bächlein helle"), song for voice & piano, D. 550 (Op. 32)
  2. Die Vögel ("Wie lieblich und fröhlich"), song for voice & piano, D. 691 (Op. posth. 172/6)
  3. Die Löwenbraut ("Mit der Myrtle geschmückt"), song for voice & piano, Op. 31/1
  4. Der Rattenfänger ("Ich bin der wohlbekannte Sänger"), song for voice & piano (Goethe Lieder): No. 11 Der Rattenfänger
  5. An die Nachtigall ("Geuss nicht so laut"), song for voice & piano, Op. 46/4
  6. Die Drossel ("Ich will ja nicht in Garten geh'n"), song for voice & piano, o.Op. 34 (TrV 49, AV 34)
  7. Le Papillon et la Fleur, song for voice & piano in C major, Op. 1/1
  8. Histoires naturelles, song cycle for voice & piano, M. 50
  9. Mephistopheles' Song of the Flea, for voice & piano or orchestra, edited by Rimsky-Korsakov
  10. Verses (4) of Captain Lebyadkin, songs for bass & piano, Op. 146: Once There Lived a Cockroach
  11. The three ravens, folk song arrangement for voice & piano
  12. King David for voice & piano
  13. The Monk and His Cat, song for voice & piano, Op. 29/8 (Hermit Songs, No. 8)
  14. Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo, for voice & piano
  15. Tom Bowling and Other Song Arrangements, for voice & piano: The Crocodile - Melody from English County Songs
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Musical representations of animals may be as old as music itself, but there are not many song recitals in the genre. This one by bass-baritone Ashley Riches and the reliably good accompanist Joseph Middleton is delightful on many levels and certainly sets a new standard. The album would be ideal for afternoon lectures introducing audiences to art song repertory, and such vivid tunes as Strauss' Die Drossel (The Thrush) will be accessible even to children. However, that song is an example of Riches' tendency to choose songs ...

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A Musical Zoo 2021, Chandos

UPC: 095115218426

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