Ultima

Amanda Roocroft, soprano (1st work) ; Thomas Hampson, baritone (1st work) ; Tamsin Little, violin (4th work) ; BBC Symphony Chorus (1st work) ; BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Sir Andrew Davis, conductor

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Anon : Dawn Chorus [Birdsong] (2:03) -- Skylark - Nightingale - Bullfinch [Birdsong] (0:15) -- The Lark Ascending (14:23) -- Yellowhammer - Thrush Nightingale - Blackbird [Birdsong] (0:10) -- Peer Gynt Suite No.1 Op.46 : I Morning Mood (4:21) -- Cuckoo - Starling - Robin [Birdsong] (0:10) -- On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (5:57) -- Thrush Nightingale - Robin - Marsh Tit [Birdsong] (0:11) -- Thaïs, Act 2: Meditation (4:51) -- Nightingale - Song Thrush - Starling [Birdsong] (0:08) -- Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Op.23 : II Andantino semplice (6:34) -- Willow Warbler - Nuthatch - Tree Sparrow [Birdsong] (0:13) -- Ave Maria (4:47) -- Linnet - Marsh Tit - Bullfinch [Birdsong] (0:13) -- Daphnis et Chloé : Suite No.2 - Lever du jour (5:47) -- Barn Owl - Garden Warbler - Blackcap [Birdsong] (0:10) -- Beethoven : Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor Op.27 No.2, 'Moonlight' : I Adagio sostenuto (4:50) -- Starling - Yellowhammer - Cuckoo [Birdsong] (0:10) -- Le carnaval des animaux (Carnival of the Animals): XIII. The Swan (3:25) -- Cantus Arcticus, Op. 1: II. Melankolia (Melancholy) (4:05) -- Garden Warbler - Blackbird - Linnet [Birdsong] (0:13) -- A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61 : Act 3 Nocturne (5:40) -- Blackcap - Dunnock - Swallow [Birdsong] (0:11) -- Serenade No.10 in B flat major K361, 'Gran Partita' : III Adagio (4:50) -- Blackbird - Swallow - Dunnock [Birdsong] (0:11) -- "Oiseaux, si tous les ans" K307 (1:40) -- Swallow - Nightingale - Robin [Birdsong] (0:16)