John Walsh:
The Bird Fancyer's Delight - The Starling

Henry Purcell:
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - A Birds Prelude
Sonata VII in C Major, Z.808

William Williams:
Sonata secunda
Sonata sesta in imitation of birds

Angelo Michelle Bartolotti:
Passacaille en sol majeur

Jacques-Martin Hotteterre:
Doux sommeil
Pourquoy Doux Rossignol

Jean-Philippe Rameau:
Le Rappel des oiseaux

Marco Uccellini:
Sonata decima settima a tre
Aria sopra 'La Bergamasca'

Claudio Monteverdi:
O come się gentile, Caro Augellino

Ensemble Sonorita:
Improvisation 'In the forest'

Tarquinio Merula:
Sonata 20 - Ciaccona

What a wonderful and multifaceted play between the poles of nature and art unfolds here! Rich in color and immensely playful, the Ensemble Sonorita knows how to shape the space between these poles with the artfully assembled colours and sounds. English as well as French and Italian works integrate on this CD the closeness to nature or are inspired by it.

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Recording: Tonstudio Waldenburg (CH), 17–21. October 2021.