Byrd and the Bird

anonim, Baldwin, John, Bartók, Béla, Dolci, Amico, Hotteterre, Jacques-Martin, Preston, Thomas, różni kompozytorzy, Sollima, Giovanni, Telemann, Georg Philipp, Van Eyck, Jacob

Antonini, Giovanni, Chiu, Sheng-Fang

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Giovanni Antonini and Shen-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 Hottetere 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...’

Works:

•Bartók: 44 Duos for 2 Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104: No. 35, Rutén Kolomejka
•anon.: Aquila altera
•Bartók: 44 Duos for 2 Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104: No. 11, Gyermekrengetéskor
•Hotteterre: Première suite de pièces à deux dessus sans basse, Op. 4
•anon.: Constantia
•Bartók: 44 Duos for 2 Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104: No. 31, Ujévköszöntő 4
•Amico Dolci: Nuovo ricercare No. 4
•Bartók: 44 Duos for 2 Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104: No. 10, Rutén Nóta
•anon.: Indescort
•Baldwin, J: The Baldwin Commonplace Book, R.M.24.d.2: A Duo
•anon.: Honte, paour, doubtance
•Telemann: Sonata No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 2, TWV 40
•Preston, T: Upon La Mi Re
•Sollima: Byrd and the Bird

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2026-04-20

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