Giovanni Antonini; Sheng-Fang Chiu
Release Date: 24 April 2026
Label: Outhere / Alpha
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 3701624511596
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Composer/Series: Byrd and the Bird
Description
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 Bartok'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...'
Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu
Frankfurt Radio Symphony; Alain Altinoglu
La Tempete; Simon-Pierre Bestion
Cyrille Dubois; Pierre Dumoussaud; Brussels Philharmonic
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Alena Baeva; Vadym Kholodenko
Thomas Dunford
Franz Schubert; Robert Schumann; Carl Loewe; Adolf Jensen
John Potter, tenor, Erik Westberg Vocal Ensemble, dir. Erik Westberg
Duo Rozemond & Bekkers: Reneee Bekkers, accordion Jacobien Rozemond, violin and voice
Pieter-Jan Belder/Rainer Zipperling
Max Volbers, Il Pomo d'Oro
Leslie Howard/Mattia Ometto
Dresdner Kreuzchor
David Bergmuller
Corina Marti/Capella Tiberina/Lorenzo Cavasanti/Tripla Concordia
