Deborah Sternberg, Mark Vogel - Birds of Love and Prey (2020) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist
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01. Birds of Love and Prey: Prologue. Bird Cadenza
02. Birds of Love and Prey: No. 1, O Beloved Nightingale
03. Birds of Love and Prey: No. 2, The Tit and the Lovebird
04. Birds of Love and Prey: No. 3, The Eagle
05. Birds of Love and Prey: No. 4, Night Interlude
06. Birds of Love and Prey: No. 5, The Owl and the Nightingale
07. Birds of Love and Prey: No. 6, Bird Cadenza
08. Birds of Love and Prey: No. 7, The Turtle Dove
09. Birds of Love and Prey: No. 8, Interlude
10. Birds of Love and Prey: No. 9, Blest Are the Birds on the Wing
11. The Olney Avian Verse of William Cowper: No. 1, The Faithful Bird
12. The Olney Avian Verse of William Cowper: No. 2, To the Nightingale
13. The Olney Avian Verse of William Cowper: No. 3, On the Swallow
14. The Olney Avian Verse of William Cowper: No. 4, Sparrows Self-Domesticated
15. The Olney Avian Verse of William Cowper: No. 5, Invitation to the Redbreast
16. Cycle Avicellus: No. 1, De ton perchoir
17. Cycle Avicellus: No. 2, Blanc harfang
18. Cycle Avicellus: No. 3, Ils partent
19. Cycle Avicellus: No. 4, Envol


Soprano Deborah Sternberg brings together three song cycles themed on birds, each with its own unique flavour and expressive vocabulary. Andrew Earle Simpson’s eloquent skills as a composer and pianist are united in Birds of Love and Prey, in which both antique and modern textual sources contrast songbirds and predators in a variety of ways. Eric Kitchen uses transcriptions of actual birdsong in The Olney Avian Verse of William Cowper, while Gabriel Thibaudeau’s Cycle Avicellus portrays birds within landscapes using a language of modern impressionism.

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