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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. Album Tracks 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
