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1. Mendelssohn : Die Blumensprache D519

2. Schumann: Das Erste Veilchen, Op.19a/2

3. Clara Schumann: Myrthen, Op.25 Die Lotosblume

4. Schumann: Das Veilchen

5. Meine Rose: Sechs Gedichte von N.Lenau und Requiem, Op.90/5

6. Sibelius: Six Songs, Op.88

7. Blåsippen (The Anemone)

8. De bägge rosorna (The Two Roses)

9. Vitsippan (The Wood Anemone)

10. Sippan (The Primrose)

11. Törnet (The Thorn)

12. Faure: Blommans öde (The Flower's Destiny) Two Songs Op.1

13. Chausson: No.1 le Papillon et la Fleur

14. Poulenc: Les Papillons Op.2/3

15. Toldrà Soler: Fiançailles pour rire FP 101 - Fleurs

16. Al'ombra del lledoner

17. Menta I Farogola

18. Guastavino: Floeix l'ametller

19. La rosa y el sauce

20. Herbert: Flores Argentina - Cortadera, plumerito

21. Violets

22. Elgar: To Daffodils

23. Wood: The Language of Flowers

24. Flanders ; Swan: Love's garden of roses; Encore

25. At the Drop of a Hat: Misalliance

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During the period of lockdown in 2020, tenor recipient of a BBT Fellowship in 2022, Alessandro Fisher and his wife spent many hours in their garden. A heightened awareness of the beauty of nature, the flowers in their garden and the changes to the garden as winter moved to spring, and then to summer formed the basis of this beautifully curated recital. All the songs are about flowers, the language of flowers, and flowers as a tokens of love. Above all, the album is about the way songs of the many composers on this album reference deep human emotions and the role of flowers in these emotions. Where words fail, the language of flowers and nature take over. Nature regenerates, life continues, though for some composers, the short-lived glory of flowers is also an allegory for loss, or indeed the transience of romantic love.

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