VA - A Musical Bestiary (2025)

Tracklist

01. Le carnaval des animaux: VI. Kangourous - Tzimon Barto
02. Bagatelles, Op. 13: No. 9, L'abeille - Renaud Capuçon
03. 12 Études, Op. 25: No. 9 in G-Flat Major Butterfly - Maurizio Pollini
04. 2 Pièces pour piano: No. 1, Papillons noirs - Aldo Ciccolini
05. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Monkey's Dance - Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
06. Las abejas - Thibaut García
07. Esel aller Esel, WoO 227 - Accentus
08. Musikalische Schlittenfahrt: III. Das schüttelnde Pferd - Kurt Redel
09. E l'uccellino (Perf. By Trumpet and Piano) - Tine Thing Helseth
10. Moravian Duets, Op. 32, Pt. 2, B. 62: No. 6, Die Taube auf dem Ahorn - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
11. Préludes flasques (pour un chien): No. 3, Chanson canine - Michel Legrand
12. Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: Medley of Themes - London Philharmonic Orchestra
13. La cigale et la fourmi - François Le Roux
14. El grillo - The Hilliard Ensemble
15. The Frog Galliard, P. 23 - Joël Cohen
16. Old American Songs, Book I: No. 5, I Bought Me a Cat - Hugh Wolff
17. Sonata representativa: IV. Der Fresch - Il Giardino Armonico
18. Pour les enfants, Deuxième recueil: No. 2, Le petit oiseau - Lily Laskine
19. Oiseaux, si tous les ans, K. 307 - Elly Ameling
20. 8 Russian Folksongs, Op. 58: No. 4, Humorous Song I Danced with a Mosquito - Andreyev Imperial Russian Orchestra
21. Le bestiaire, ou le cortège d’Orphée, FP 15: No. 6, La carpe (Chamber Version) - Georges Prêtre
22. The Prince of the Pagodas, Op. 57, Pt. 2: Variation. Fish Creatures - London Sinfonietta
23. Quatrains valaisans, Op. 206: No. 5, Beau papillon - Ensemble vocal Stéphane-Caillat
24. Cats' Duet (Also Attributed to Pearsall) - Felicity Lott
25. A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, MWV M13: No. 3, Song with Chorus. Ye Spotted Snakes - Otto Klemperer
26. For Children, Sz. 42, Book IV Slovakian Folk Songs: No. 76, The Hidden Horse. Poco allegretto - Dezso Ranki
27. Keyboard Sonata in G Minor, Kk. 30 The Cat's Fugue - Anne Queffélec
28. Suite from the Incidental Music for Shakespeare's Cymbeline: III. Lied des Cloten. Horch, horch! Die Lerche (Live) - James Conlon
29. 7 Mélodies, Op. 2: No. 3, Les papillons - Barbara Hendricks
30. Suite No. 1, Op. 5 Pictures from Nordland: III. Reindeer - Leif Ove Andsnes
31. Le festin de l'araignée, Op. 17, Pt. 2: XIII. Funérailles de l'Éphémère - Jean Martinon
32. Der alte Brummbär, Op. 210 - Václav Neumann
33. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 7, Vogel als Prophet - Maria João Pires
34. Jaws: The Shark Theme - Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg
35. Flute Concerto in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3, RV 428 Il gardellino: III. Allegro - Emmanuel Pahud
36. Le cercle des heures: V. Si j'étais une luciole - Charles Munch
37. The Nightingale (Arr. Barbosa-Lima) - Sharon Isbin
38. Danse de la chèvre - Emmanuel Pahud
39. Songs Before Sleep: No. 1, The Mouse and the Bumblebee - Jonathan Lemalu
40. Petites esquisses d'oiseaux: No. 1, Le rouge-gorge - Yvonne Loriod
41. Second livre de pièces de clavecin, Sixième ordre: VIII. Le moucheron - Olivier Baumont
42. A Knot of Riddles: II. Swallows - Wyn Morris
43. Phyton, le mervilleus serpent - David Munrow
44. The Dicky Bird and the Owl - André Previn
45. Papillon, Op. 77 - Paul Tortelier
46. L'oiseau blessé d'une flèche, Op. 10, W062 (Arr. Zehavi for Voice and Guitar) - Liat Cohen
47. Suite for Two Recorders No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 4: IV. Rondeau tendre Les tourterelles - Frans Brüggen
48. Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. Posth. 114, D. 667 The Trout: IV. Tema con variazione. Andantino - Renaud Capuçon
49. Set No. 1 for Chamber Orchestra: IV. Like A Sick Eagle - Ensemble Modern
50. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 2: No. 13d, Dance of the Swans. Dance of the Little Swans - André Previn
51. Los pájaros perdidos - Christina Pluhar
52. Children's Album, Book I, Op. 62 Pictures of Childhood: No. 7, The Little Horse - Cristina Ortiz
53. Black Angels Thirteen Images from the Dark Land: Threnody I. Night of the Electric Insects - Brodsky Quartet
54. Il secondo libro di canzonette a quattro voci: No. 1, Mentre il cucolo - The King's Singers
55. 4 Insect Oddities: No. 3, Praying Mantis - Susan Tomes
56. Images, Livre II, CD 120, L. 111: No. 3, Poissons d'or - Cécile Ousset
57. En vacances, Second recueil: II. La vasque aux colombes - Aldo Ciccolini
58. Tortorella - James Bowman
59. Roses et papillons, FWV 81 - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
60. 2 Mélodies russes, S. 250 Arabesques: No. 1, Le rossignol (Live at Salle Pleyel, 20.I.1964) - Samson François
61. Faust, Act 5, Appendice: Chanson. Maître Scarabée, ayant fait fortune (Méphistophélès) - Michel Plasson
62. La fille du tambour-major, Act 1: Ce n'est pas un âne ordinaire (Claudine, Robert, Chœur) - Felix Nuvolone
63. 8 Scènes de Faust, Op. 1, H 33: No. 5, Chanson de Méphistophélès Histoire d'une puce - Yutaka Sado
64. Suite from the Gadfly, Op. 97a: Romance (Transcr. Lozakovich for Violin and Piano) - Daniel Lozakovich
65. A Mirror on Which to Dwell: III. Sandpiper - Pierre Boulez
66. Walking the Dog - Fazil Say
67. Folk Songs: No. 4, Rossignolet du bois - Linda Hirst
68. Villanelle des petits canards - (Dame) Janet Baker
69. The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 2, Op. 1b: VI. Wild Bears - Sir Adrian Boult
70. 4 Lieder, Op. 70: No. 2, Lerchengesang (Version with Harp) - Fatma Said
71. Fifty Million Frenchmen: Ballet The Snake in the Grass - London Sinfonietta
72. Circus Polka for a Young Elephant - New Philharmonia Orchestra
73. Hänsel und Gretel, Act 2: Kuckuck, Kuckuck, Eierschluck! (Gretel, Hänsel) - Donald Runnicles
74. Livre de pièces de clavecin, Suite No. 3: Le coucou - Georges Pludermacher
75. Main Theme (From The Sea Hawk) - Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg
76. Ballade de l'éléphant (From Un éléphant ça trompe énormément) - Alexandre Tharaud
77. 7 Frühe Lieder: No. 3, Die Nachtigall - Giuseppe Sinopoli
78. Lohengrin, Act 3: Mein lieber Schwan (Lohengrin) - Michael Spyres
79. Villanelle J'ai vu passer l'hirondelle - Natalie Dessay
80. La Santissima Trinità, Pt. 2: No. 35, Aria. Vedrai la tortorella (Fede) - Fabio Biondi
81. 5 Songs of Ariel: No. 5, Where the Bee Sucks There Suck I - Eric Ericson
82. Deuteromelia: No. 20, Tomorrow the Fox Will Come to Towne - The Consort of Musicke
83. Die schwedische Nachtigall: Lied der Nachtigall. Zauberlied der Nacht - Erika Köth
84. On an Overgrown Path, Book I: No. 5, They Chattered Like Swallows - Mikhail Rudy
85. Fantasie über Themen aus Wo die Lerche singt - Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra
86. 2 Pieces for Small Orchestra: No. 1, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring - Northern Sinfonia Of England
87. Dazu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40: No. 4, Aria. Höllische Schlange - Gustav Leonhardt
88. Trauer-Music eines kunsterfahrenen Canarienvogels, TWV 20:37 - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
89. Impressions d'enfance, Op. 28: No. 4, L'oiseau en cage et le coucou au mur - Gidon Kremer
90. Aussi come unicorne sui - Anne Azéma
91. Organ Concerto No. 13 in F Major, HWV 295 The Cuckoo and the Nightingale: II. Allegro - Ton Koopman
92. Véronique, Act 2: Duetto de l'âne. De-ci de-là, cahin-caha (Hélène, Florestan) - Jules Gressier
93. Tableaux de Paris: III. Quai aux fleurs, marché aux oiseaux - Michel Plasson
94. The Lark (Arr. Auer for Violin and Piano) - Maria Ioudenitch
95. Im Krapfenwald'l, Op. 336 - Bramwell Tovey
96. A Booke of Ayres with a Triplicitie of Musicke: No. 9, A Pretty Duck - Joël Cohen
97. The Invincible Eagle - The Band Of The Grenadier Guards
98. The Three-Cornered Hat, Pt. 1: The Afternoon, the Blackbird - Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
99. 3 Fables de La Fontaine: No. 2, L'oiseau blessé d'une flèche - François Le Roux
100. 7 Songs After Poems by Pushkin, Op. 52: No. 2, The Ravens - Nikolaï Medtner
101. The Second Set of Madrigals: No. 17, Sweet Honey Sucking Bees: Pt. 2 - The Hilliard Ensemble
102. 2 Grasshopper Dances for Solo Violin: No. 2, Happy Dance - Gidon Kremer
103. Les Élémens: V. Rossignols - Marc Minkowski
104. 2 Lieder, Op. 21: No. 2, Die Nachtigallen - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
105. Intimations of Immortality, Op. 29: VIII. Then Sing, Ye Birds, a Joyous Song - Richard Hickox
106. The Butterfly - Andreyev Imperial Russian Orchestra
107. Suite from As You Like It: Snake Scene (Orch. Davis) - London Philharmonic Orchestra
108. Where the Bee Sucks (From Shakespeare's The Tempest) - (Dame) Janet Baker
109. The Donkey Serenade (From The Firefly) - The King's Singers
110. 14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise (Transcr. Strauss & Rizikov for Cello and Piano) - Lisa Strauss
111. Histoires: II. Le petit âne blanc. Avec une tranquille bonne humeur - Leif Ove Andsnes
112. Where the Bee Sucks (For Shakespeare's The Tempest) - Emma Kirkby
113. The Famous Tay Whale - Dame Edith Evans
114. Le rossignol éperdu: No. 52, Hivernale (Version for Piano) - Shani Diluka
115. Symphony No. 7 Sinfonia antartica: II. Scherzo. Moderato - Andrew Davis
116. Poèmes chinois: No. 2, Singes blancs - Joël Suhubiette
117. 6 Fables de La Fontaine: No. 6, La chauve-souris et les deux belettes - François Le Roux
118. Lysistrata, Act 2: Glühwürmchen-Idyll. Wen die Nacht sich niedersenkt - Erna Sack
119. The Lamb - Edward Higginbottom
120. Gli uccelli, P. 154: II. La colomba - Hugh Wolff
121. The Goat - Boris Christoff
122. The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Act 3: The Flight of the Bumblebee - Kurt Masur
123. Duo pour 2 violoncelles Chameau-loutres - Paul Tortelier
124. 6 Alte Weisen: No. 2, Singt mein Schatz wie ein Fink - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
125. Impressions de music-hall, Op. 47: Berceuse. Hommage à Bobby, chien savant (Arr. Dushkin for Violin and Piano) - Henry Merckel
126. Titon et l'Aurore, Op. 7, Act 3: La tourterelle tendre et fidèle (L'Aurore) - Marc Minkowski
127. 4 Fabellieder, Op. 64: No. 3, Die Katzenkönigin - Wolfgang Anheisser
128. Second livre de pièces de clavecin, Suite en mi: V. Le rappel des oiseaux - Alexandre Tharaud
129. Symphony No. 82 in C Major, Hob. I:82 L'ours: IV. Finale. Vivace assai - Hugh Wolff
130. Songs of a Fairy-Tale Princess, Op. 31: No. 2, The Nightingale - Sir Simon Rattle
131. Tales of Beatrix Potter: Peter Rabbit - Royal Opera House Orchestra
132. Tierkreis: XII. Capricorn - Markus Stockhausen
133. Dialogue ou Chaconne La mouche - Pascal Monteilhet
134. Papillons - Stephen Hough
135. Chantefleurs et chantefables: No. 7, L'alligator - Solveig Kringelborn
136. Le Loup: Troisième tableau. La forêt d'hiver - Danse d'amour - Danse de mort - Georges Prêtre
137. Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Act 3: Mückentanz. Mücken, Wespen, Fliegenchor (Spärlich, Cajus, Falstaff, Reich, Chor) - Robert Heger
138. The Three Bears - London Symphony Orchestra
139. Chants de la jungle, Op. 21: No. 2, Maktah (Berceuse phoque) - Felicity Lott
140. El cant dels ocells - Han-Na Chang
141. A Briefe and Easye Instruction to Learn the Tablature: La souris - Christopher Wilson
142. The Big Turtle Fanfare from the South China Sea - Peter Masseurs
143. Papillon - Robin Hill
144. Jurassic Park: Theme - Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg
145. Ensement com la panthere - Anne Azéma
146. Bye Bye Blackbird - Clément Doucet
147. The Pink Panther - Die 12 Cellisten der Berliner Philharmoniker
148. Una panthera - Studio der frühen Musik
149. Krämerspiegel, Op. 66: No. 9, Es war mal eine Wanze - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
150. Netsuke 6 Movements for Violin and Piano: No. 4, Baku, the Monster that Devours Nightmares - Augustin Hadelich
152. La paloma (Orch. Gamley) - Victoria de los Angeles
153. Amadis, LWV 63, Act 2: Air pour les démons et les monstres - Jean-François Paillard
154. À contre-voix, Op. 104: No. 4, L'arche de Noé - Groupe Vocal De France
155. 5 Poems, Op. 53: No. 1, Lauds. Among the Leaves the Small Birds Sing - Thomas Hemsley
156. 25 Norwegian Folk Songs and Dances, Op. 17: No. 22, Cattle Call (Arr. Antonsen and Marshall for Trumpet and Organ) - Wayne Marshall
157. 3 Fables de La Fontaine: No. 1, Le corbeau et le renard - François Le Roux
158. 26 Ayeres or Phantasticke Spirites: No. 25, The Nightingale - The King's Singers
159. Histoires naturelles, M. 50: No. 5, La pintade - Gabriel Bacquier
160. Mélodies passagères, Op. 27: No. 2, Un cygne - Patricia Petibon
161. Die Libelle, Op. 204 - Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra
162. Goyescas Los majos enamorados, Cuaderno II: Quejas o la maja y el ruiseñor - Gabriela Montero
163. Practical Cats: Overture - Alan Rawsthorne
164. Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22 Legends of the Kalevala: No. 2, The Swan of Tuonela - Paavo Berglund
165. Zémire et Azor, Act 3: Air de la fauvette. La fauvette avec ses petits (Zémire) - Edgard Doneux
166. Buzz - Fretwork
167. Signes: II. L'arbre animé d'oiseaux - Marius Constant
168. 6 Gesänge aus dem Arabischen: No. 2, Die Gottesanbeterin - Ian Bostridge
169. The Curlew: I. O, Curlew, Cry No More in the Air - Ian Partridge
170. Les noces de Jeannette: Air du rossignol. Voix légère, chanson passagère (Jeannette) - Mady Mesplé - Pierre Dervaux - Orchestre Philharmonic de Monte Carlo - Claude Grognet
171. Gurre-Lieder, Pt. 1: Tauben von Gurre (Waldtaube) - Sir Simon Rattle
172. Spirit of the Peacock (From Sunbird) - Hu Bing Xu
173. Ritual Dances from The Midsummer Marriage: Second Dance. The Waters in Winter, the Otter Chases the Fish) - Transformation - Preparation for the Third Dance - - Rudolf Barshai
174. With the Wild Geese - Alexander Gibson
175. Das klagende Lied: I. Waldmärchen - Sir Simon Rattle

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