The Fish Connection
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Brown trout by Timothy Knepp, created for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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 |
