Gerard McChrystal and Richard Shaw - Edward Cowie: Because They Have Songs (2025)
Gerard McChrystal and Richard Shaw - Edward Cowie: Because They Have Songs (2025)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:28:04 | 320 Mb
Genre: Classical
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:28:04 | 320 Mb
Genre: Classical
Edward Cowie is one of the most notable voices in contemporary music and considered by many to be the leading contemporary composer of music that is related to the natural world (Fanfare). A remarkable polymath, Cowie is renowned as a composer, visual artist, and natural scientist. Because They Have Songs is the fourth in Cowies epic series of duo-works featuring cycles of stunning sonic portraits of birds he has encountered on his travels across the world, exploring the relationships between the bird singers, and where and how they sing. It follows three highly acclaimed releases featuring birds of the UK (Bird Portraits MSV 28619), Australia (Where Song Was Born MSV 28620) and the US (Where the Wood Thrush Forever Sings MEX 77104), each highlighting 24 distinct bird species.
Track List:
CD1
1. Because They Have Songs, Book I: No. 1, White-Crested Turaco (4:30)
2. Because They Have Songs, Book I: No. 2, Black-Collared Barbet (4:11)
3. Because They Have Songs, Book I: No. 3, Southern Pied Babbler (3:58)
4. Because They Have Songs, Book I: No. 4, Kori Bustard (3:36)
5. Because They Have Songs, Book I: No. 5, Ledder Striped Swallow (3:06)
6. Because They Have Songs, Book I: No. 6, Verreaux's Eagle Owl (3:16)
7. Because They Have Songs, Book II: No. 7, Scarlet-Chested Sunbird (3:54)
8. Because They Have Songs, Book II: No. 8, Maribou Stork (3:16)
9. Because They Have Songs, Book II: No. 9, Bearded Woodpecker (4:02)
10. Because They Have Songs, Book II: No. 10, Hildebrandt's Spurfowl (3:33)
11. Because They Have Songs, Book II: No. 11, Blacksmith Lapwing with Skimmers (4:20)
12. Because They Have Songs, Book II: No. 12, Redcrested Korhaan (4:13)
CD2
1. Because They Have Songs, Book III: No. 13, Speckled Mouse Bird (2:48)
2. Because They Have Songs, Book III: No. 14, African Green Pigeon (3:41)
3. Because They Have Songs, Book III: No. 15, Pied Kingfisher (3:33)
4. Because They Have Songs, Book III: No. 16, Saddle-Billed Stork (3:30)
5. Because They Have Songs, Book III: No. 17, Black-Necked Weaver (3:39)
6. Because They Have Songs, Book III: No. 18, Southern Ground-Hornbill (3:39)
7. Because They Have Songs, Book IV: No. 19, African Skimmer (4:17)
8. Because They Have Songs, Book IV: No. 20, Burchell's Starling (3:29)
9. Because They Have Songs, Book IV: No. 21, Cape Turtle Dove (3:46)
10. Because They Have Songs, Book IV: No. 22, African Crowned Eagle (3:35)
11. Because They Have Songs, Book IV: No. 23, Helmeted Guinea Fowl (3:11)
12. Because They Have Songs, Book IV: No. 24, Ostrich (3:14)
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Copyright © 2004 Oleg Berngardt. All rights reserved.
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