Batinica, Ana: Birdsong

The terrifying legend about the Pied Piper, as well as the well-known – and completely opposite – opera about the magic flute, are but two recognizable poles of the instrument that some regard as the oldest, according to the preserved and found Neanderthal pipes (which may be over 50,000 years old). It is this origin, ties to unimaginable scenarios, along with the richness of possible sounds that make the flute an interesting queen of the sounds of our time – this CD was filled with tokens created in the second half of the last century and our time, reflecting thus the composers’ imagination which was captured in the breath and flow – just the way the flute works. The artist who recorded them all is Ana Batinica, and the composers are Croatian composers of our time – from the ones no longer among us, such as Rudolf Matz, Božidar Kunc or Milko Kelemen, to our contemporaries – Berislav Šipuš, Frano Đurović, Vjekoslav Nježić, Dubravko Palanović and (the youngest among them) Tibor Szirovicza.

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