Sometimes they lie in plain sight, sometimes not—in music as in real life.
In this hour, a fishing expedition for underwater life in works by Schubert, Saint-Saens, Debussy, Mahler, and more.
Each composer brings a different perspective. Sometimes it’s the color or the movement of fish that inspires, or the sport of fishing--trying to lure and outwit the wily creatures. Whatever the reason, fish appear in a surprising number of classical works.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title | Group/Artist | Catalog # | UPC |
| Prokofiev: Peter & the Wolf; Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals | Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard | Naxos 8.550335 | 730099533522 |
| Franz Schubert – Lieder | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Gerald Moore | EMI Classics 7243 5 74638 2 9 | 724357463829 |
| Schubert - String Quintet in A major "The Trout” | Hagen Quartet; Andras Schiff | Decca 458608 | 028941197528 |
| Couperin: Les 4 Livres de Pièces de Clavecin (Livre No. 4, 22e Ordre: No. 3, L'Anguille) | Pierre Etcheverry | Amazon download ASIN: B00B81004Q | 5-disc set: ASIN: B00B818VZ6 |
| Poulenc: Complete Chamber Music Vol. 4 (for Le Carpe) | Franck Leguerinel, Ensemble directed by Pierre-Michel Durand | Naxos 8.553614 | 0730099461429 |
| Smetana: Wedding Scenes / Libuse's Judgement, etc | Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Robert Stankovsky | Marco Polo 8.223705 | 0730099370523 |
| Debussy - Piano Works (for ‘Poissons d’Or’) | Pascal Rogé | Decca 443-021-2 | 028944302127 |
| Satie: Piano Works Vol. 4 (for ‘Le Poisson Reveur’) | Klara Kormendi | Naxos 8.550699 | 730099569927 |
| Mahler - Des Knaben Wunderhorn (for “St. Anthony’s Sermon to the Fish”) | Matthias Goerne, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly | Decca 0289 467 3482 7 | 028946734827 |
| Mahler - Symphony No. 2 In C Minor, "Resurrection" | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Yoel Levi | Telarc CD-80548-B | 089408054822 |
