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Table of Contents:

• Die Forelle, op. 32, D 550 (2:20) ; Die Vögel, op. 172, no. 6, D 691 (1:13) / Franz Schubert
• Die Löwenbraut, op. 31, no. 1 / Robert Schumann (8:06)
• Der Rattenfänger / Hugo Wolf (2:37)
• An die Nachtigall, op. 46, no. 4 / Johannes Brahms (2:58)
• Die Drossel, WoO 34, TrV 49 / Richard Strauss (2:28)
• Le papillon et la fleur, op. 1, no. 1 / Gabriel Fauré (2:06)
• Histoires naturelles. Le paon = the peacock (4:34) ; Le grillon = The cricket (3:08) ; Le cygne = the swan (2:59) ; Le martin-pêcheur = the kingfisher (2:56) ; La pintade = the guinea-fowl (3:07) / Maurice Ravel
• Mephistophele's Song of the flea in Auberbach's tavern / Modest Mussorgsky (3:18)
• Once there lived a cockroach, op. 146, no. 2 / Dmitri Shostakovich (3:44)
• The three ravens / John Ireland (4:28)
• King David / Herbert Howells (5:09)
• The monk and his cat, op. 29, no. 8 / Samuel Barber (2:24)
• Ogden Nash's musical zoo. The jelly fish. swimmingly (0:26) ; The fly. with acute suffering (0:19) ; Our dog. tenderly (0:53) ; The any. Busily (0:24) ; The pig. In clumsy waltz style (0:27) ; The duck. Kind of groovy (0:25) ; The termite. Plaintively (0:32) ; The calf. Persuasively (0:58) ; The turkey. Importantly (0:27) ; The sea gull. Wistfully (0:45) ; The rooster. Pompously (0:24) ; The germ. Apprehensively (0:59) ; The centipede. Emphatically (0:30) ; The firefly. Uncertainly (0:50) ; The sparrow. Cockily - Grand opera style (0:30) ; The cow. With respect (0:49) ; The kitten. Almost a hit tune (0:38) ; The mouse. Waltz away (0:34) ; The pigeon. Sedately (0:34) ; The frog. With gusto (0:45) / Vernon Duke
• The crocodile / Benjamin Britten (5:19).

Contributors:

Riches, Ashley , singer

Middleton, Joseph (Pianist) , instrumentalist

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828

Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856

Wolf, Hugo, 1860-1903

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949

Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924

Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937

Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881

Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975

Ireland, John, 1879-1962

Howells, Herbert, 1892-1983

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981

Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976

Languages:

English
French
German
Russian

Language Notes:

Sung in English, French, German and Russian.

Included Works:

Forelle (Song) [by Schubert, F.]

Vögel [by Schubert, F.]

Gesänge [by Schumann, R.] > Op. 31 > Löwenbraut

Goethe-Lieder [by Wolf, H.] > Rattenfänger

Lieder [by Brahms, J.] > Op. 46 > An die Nachtigall

Drossel [by Strauss, R.]

Papillon et la fleur [by Fauré, G.]

Histoires naturelles [by Ravel, M.]

Pesni︠a︡ o blokhe [by Mussorgsky, M.P.]

Stikhotvorenii︠a︡ kapitana Lebi︠a︡dkina [by Shostakovich, D.D.] > Tarakan

Three ravens [by Ireland, J.]

King David [by Howells, H.]

Hermit songs [by Barber, S.] > Monk and his cat

Musical zoo [by Duke, V.]

Crocodile [by Britten, B.]

Subjects:

Animals — Songs and music

Songs (Low voice) with piano

Animals

Genres:

Songs

Art music

Songs and music

Performers:

Ashley Riches, bass-baritone ; Joseph Middleton, piano.

Performance Medium:

2 performers: bass-baritone voice; piano
2 performers: low voice; piano

General Notes:

Title from disc label.
Includes program notes in English, German, and French and texts in English, French, German and Russian with English translations (66 pages) inserted in container.
Recorded 2020 June 29-July 1 Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (01:15:13) ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 160,068

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 095115218426
Publisher Number, Chandos: CHAN 20184

OCLC Numbers:

1241261543