Friday, 15 April 2016

Jim Fassett - Symphony Of The Birds

JIM FASSETT - SYMPHONY OF THE BIRDS (wav/324mb/30mins)
UK, CD Trunk Records (PD227): September 2013. Originally released 1960 by Ficker Records

"Jim Fassett teamed up with CBS technician Mortimer Goldberg to create "Symphony of the Birds", which painstakingly assembled bird call recordings compiled by ornithologists Jerry and Norma Stilwell -- the two men re-recorded the bird calls on tapes at varying speeds, then superimposed multiple playbacks on one tape reel to create the album's dense, swirling sound, which Fassett organized into three separate movements in adherence to symphonic traditions. He premiered "Symphony of the Birds" on the "Strange to Your Ears" radio series." - Allmusic

01. Explanatory Comments by Jim Fassett (6:20)
02. First Movement (Andante E Lirico) (6:49)
03. Second Movement (Buffo) (3:08)
04. Third Movement (Misterioso) (4:16)
A Revelation In Birdsong Patterns
05. Cardinal, Mockingbird, Catbird, Robin, Summer Tanager (8:05)
06. Yellow Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Song Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow (4:10)
07. Carolina Wren, Goldfinch, Indigo Bunting, Purple Finch (4:11)

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