Alessandro Fisher & Anna Tilbrook – A Gardener’s World (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Alessandro Fisher & Anna Tilbrook – A Gardener’s World (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 58:50 minutes | 570 MB | Genre: Classical
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During the period of lockdown in 2020, tenor Alessandro Fisher and his wife spent many hours in their garden. A heightened awareness of the beauty of nature, the flowers in their garden and the changes to the garden as winter moved to spring, and then to summer formed the basis of this beautifully curated recital.

All the songs are about flowers, the language of flowers, and flowers as a tokens of love. Above all, the album is about the way songs of the many composers on this album reference deep human emotions and the role of flowers in these emotions.

Where words fail, the language of flowers and nature take over. Nature regenerates, life continues, though for some composers, the short- lived glory of flowers is also an allegory for loss, or indeed the transience of romantic love.

This live recording was made by BBC Radio 3 at the Wigmore Hall in London.  Alessandro was the recipient of a BBT Fellowship in 2022.

Tracklist:
01. Alessandro Fisher & Anna Tilbrook – Schubert: Die Blumensprache, D. 519 (02:32)
02. Alessandro Fisher & Anna Tilbrook – Mendelssohn: 6 Gesänge, Op. 19a: No. 2, Das erste Veilchen, MWV K 63 (03:01)
03. Alessandro Fisher & Anna Tilbrook – Schumann: Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 7, Die Lotosblume (01:50)
04. Alessandro Fisher & Anna Tilbrook – Schumann: Das Veilchen (01:48)
05. Alessandro Fisher & Anna Tilbrook – Schumann: 6 Gedichte von N. Lenau und Requiem, Op. 90: No. 2, Meine Rose (03:37)
06. Alessandro Fisher & Anna Tilbrook – Sibelius: 6 Sånger, Op. 88 “Flower Songs”: No. 1, Blåsippan (00:45)
07. Alessandro Fisher & Anna Tilbrook – Sibelius: 6 Sånger, Op. 88 “Flower Songs”: No. 2, De bägge rosorna (01:30)
08. Alessandro Fisher & Anna Tilbrook – Sibelius: 6 Sånger, Op. 88 “Flower Songs”: No. 3, Vitsippan (01:21)
09. Alessandro Fisher & Anna Tilbrook – Sibelius: 6 Sånger, Op. 88 “Flower Songs”: No. 4, Sippan (01:02)
10. Alessandro Fisher & Anna Tilbrook – Sibelius: 6 Sånger, Op. 88 “Flower Songs”: No. 5, Törnet (02:21)
11. Alessandro Fisher & Anna Tilbrook – Sibelius: 6 Sånger, Op. 88 “Flower Songs”: No. 6, Blommans öde (01:48)
12. Alessandro Fisher & Anna Tilbrook – Fauré: 2 Songs, Op. 1: No. 1, Le Papillon et la Fleur (02:27)
13. Alessandro Fisher & Anna Tilbrook – Chausson: 7 Mélodies, Op. 2: No. 3, Les Papillons (01:32)
14. Alessandro Fisher & Anna Tilbrook – Poulenc: Fiançailles pour rire, FP 101: No. 6, Fleurs (02:53)
15. Alessandro Fisher & Anna Tilbrook – Toldrà: A l’ombra del lledoner: No. 1, A l’ombra del lledoner (03:49)
16. Alessandro Fisher & Anna Tilbrook – Toldrà: Menta i farigola (00:54)
17. Alessandro Fisher & Anna Tilbrook – Toldrà: Floreix l’ametller (01:43)
18. Alessandro Fisher & Anna Tilbrook – Gustavino: La rosa y el sauce (03:37)
19. Alessandro Fisher & Anna Tilbrook – Gustavino: Flores Argentina: No. 1, Cortadera, plumerito (03:01)
20. Alessandro Fisher & Anna Tilbrook – Herbert: Violets (01:55)
21. Alessandro Fisher & Anna Tilbrook – Herbert: To Daffodils (02:51)
22. Alessandro Fisher & Anna Tilbrook – Elgar: The Language of Flowers (04:12)
23. Alessandro Fisher & Anna Tilbrook – Haydn: Love’s Garden of Roses (03:52)
24. Alessandro Fisher & Anna Tilbrook – Swann, Flanders: At the Drop of a Hat: Misalliance (04:16)

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