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If I were a bird - Michael Lewin (piano)
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  1. Le Rappel des oiseaux, for harpsichord in E minor (Pièces de clavecin avec une méthode)
  2. Woodbird's Delight, for piano
  3. Roman Sketches (4), suite for piano, Op. 7: The White Peacock
  4. Fancies (6) for piano, Op. 7: To a Humming Bird
  5. Preludes (8) for piano, I/2: The Dove
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  1. Le Rappel des oiseaux, for harpsichord in E minor (Pièces de clavecin avec une méthode)
  2. Woodbird's Delight, for piano
  3. Roman Sketches (4), suite for piano, Op. 7: The White Peacock
  4. Fancies (6) for piano, Op. 7: To a Humming Bird
  5. Preludes (8) for piano, I/2: The Dove
  6. Lyric Pieces (6) for piano, Book 3, Op. 43: Little Bird
  7. Goyescas (Dandies in Love), pieces (6) in 2 books for piano, H. 64, DLR 2:4: The Maiden and The Nightingale
  8. Waldvöglein (Little Wood-Bird), for piano, Op. 43/3
  9. Les Doux Alouettes (The Two Larks), impromptu for piano, Op. 2/1
  10. Miroirs, for piano (or orchestra), M. 43: Sad Birds
  11. The Lark (Zhavronok), song for voice & piano (A Farewell to St. Petersburg No. 10), G. x250
  12. Waldszenen No. 7 ("Vogel als Prophet"), for piano, Op. 82/7
  13. Water Wagtail, for piano, Op. 71/3 (W 414)
  14. Le Coucou, rondeau for harpsichord in E minor (Pièces de clavecin, Suite No. 3)
  15. The Swan (from "Carnival of the Animals"), original (for 2 pianos & ensemble) and arrangements
  16. Le rossignol (Solovei), air russe d'Alabieff II, for piano, S. 250/1 (LW A86/1) (Mélodies Russes No. 1)
  17. Turkey in the Straw, for piano
  18. Études caractéristiques (12) for piano, No. 6, Were I a Bird, Op. 2/6
  19. Chinese Nightingale, for piano (from the Old China Suite)
  20. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert suite for orchestra No. 2: Danse infernale de roi Kastchei
  21. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert suite for orchestra No. 2: Berceuse
  22. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert suite for orchestra No. 2: Finale
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Throughout his career pianist Michael Lewin has been fascinated by music inspired by birds and has often included these pieces on his recitals. If I were a bird is a diverse, charming selection that brings together 20 avian pieces from the Baroque to the 20th century. The most impressive and substantial work is a highly effective transcription of three movements from Stravinsky's Firebird Suite made by Guido Agosti, and Lewin plays it with ferocious intensity and it's a real show-stopper. Lewin is especially compelling in ...

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If I were a bird 2010, Dorian

UPC: 053479210326

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