The Great Animal Orchestra / Carnival of the Animals (in a new Orchestration)
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SAINT-SAENS / BLACKFORD / KRAUSE
The Great Animal Orchestra / Carnival of the Animals (in a new Orchestration)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
[ Nimbus Alliance / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 21 August 2015
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The Great Animal Orchestra, Symphony for Orchestra and Wild Soundscapes by English composer Richard Blackford and wild soundscape recordist Bernie Krause combines the sounds of the natural world with the traditional sounds of the orchestra. Throughout the five movement symphony Gibbons, Humpback Whales, Pacific Tree Frogs, Mountain Gorillas, Beavers and the Musical Wren can be heard.
The Great Animal Orchestra Symphony is accompanied by a new reorchestration of Saint-Saën's Carnival of the Animals by Richard Blackford for Symphony Orchestra.
Tracks:
The Great Animal Orchestra:
Introduction and Tuning
Scherzo and Riffs
Elegy
March and Charge
Song of the Musician Wren
Carnival of the Animals:
Introduction and Royal March of the Lion
Hens and Roosters
Wild Asses
Tortoises
The Elephant
Kangaroos
Aquarium
Personages with Long Ears
The Cuckoo Deep in the Woods
Aviary
Pianists (imaginary)
Fossils
The Swan
Finale
Bernie Krause and Richard Blackford in conversation with Christopher Cook
