June 12, 2025

Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Tracklist

1Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: No. 1, Butterfly

[1:41]

2Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Act 3: The Flight of the Bumblebee

[1:23]

3Berlioz: 8 Scènes de Faust, Op. 1, H 33: No. 5, Chanson de Méphistophélès "Histoire d'une puce"

[1:39]

4Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 25: No. 9 in G-Flat Major "Butterfly"

[1:04]

5Schubert, F: Bagatelles, Op. 13: No. 9, L'abeille

[1:15]

6Lyadov: 8 Russian Folksongs, Op. 58: No. 4, Humorous Song "I Danced with a Mosquito"

[0:59]

7Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87, Act 1: No. 14, Grasshoppers and Dragonflies

[0:52]

8Massenet: 2 Pièces pour piano: No. 1, Papillons noirs

[1:22]

9Trenet: La cigale et la fourmi

[1:36]

10Bartók: Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, Book VI: No. 142, From the Diary of a Fly

[1:27]

11Tippet: Songs for Ariel: No. 3, Where the Bee Sucks

[1:04]

12Schubert: Der Schmetterling, Op. 57 No. 1, D. 633

[1:27]

13Barrios Mangoré: Las abejas

[1:39]

14Couperin: Second livre de pièces de clavecin, Sixième ordre: VIII. Le moucheron

[2:09]

15Schumann: Liederalbum für die Jugend, Op. 79: No. 14, Marienwürmchen

[1:35]

16Vaughan Williams: The Wasps, an Aristophanic Suite: II. Entracte

[2:50]

17Arne: Where the Bee Sucks (From Shakespeare's "The Tempest")

[1:51]

18Desprez: El grillo

[1:50]

19Bennett: Songs Before Sleep: No. 1, The Mouse and the Bumblebee

[1:22]

20Wiltschinsky: Papillon

[1:39]

21Satie: Carnet d'esquisses et de croquis: No. 17, Petit prélude de "La mort de monsieur Mouche"

[1:13]

22Lecocq: 6 Fables de La Fontaine: No. 4, La cigale et la fourmi

[1:51]

23Johnson: Where the Bee Sucks (For Shakespeare's "The Tempest")

[2:20]

24Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Act 3: Mückentanz. "Mücken, Wespen, Fliegenchor" (Spärlich, Cajus, Falstaff, Reich, Chor)

[2:10]

25Chausson: 7 Mélodies, Op. 2: No. 3, Les papillons

[1:12]

26Roussel: Le festin de l'araignée, Op. 17, Pt. 2: XIII. Funérailles de l'Éphémère

[3:14]

27Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 4: Butterfly Dance

[2:12]

28Martin: 5 Songs of Ariel: No. 5, Where the Bee Sucks There Suck I

[1:22]

29Crumb: Black Angels "Thirteen Images from the Dark Land": Threnody I. Night of the Electric Insects

[1:46]

30Ravel: Histoires naturelles, M. 50: No. 2, Le grillon

[3:07]

31Mayerl: 4 Insect Oddities: No. 3, Praying Mantis

[3:07]

32Samazeuilh: Le cercle des heures: V. Si j'étais une luciole

[0:36]

33Friml: The Firefly, Act 1: "Love Is Like a Firefly" (Nina)

[2:29]

34Mussorgsky: Mephistopheles' Song in Auerbach's Cellar "Song of the Flea"

[3:29]

35Gallot: Dialogue ou Chaconne "La mouche"

[2:49]

36Plakidis: 2 Grasshopper Dances for Solo Violin: No. 2, Happy Dance

[0:51]

37Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Act 2: "Come una mosca prigioniera" (Suzuki, Butterfly)

[2:56]

38Elgar: The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 2, Op. 1b: III. Moths and Butterflies

[2:05]

39Shostakovich: Romance from The Gadfly

[2:50]

40Delage: Fables de La Fontaine, Op. 20: No. 2, La cigale et la fourmi

[3:24]

41Offenbach: Orphée aux enfers, Act 2: Duo de la mouche. "Il m'a semblé sur mon épaule" (Eurydice, Jupiter)

[5:03]

42Porter: Hitchy-Koo: Bring Me Back My Butterfly

[2:35]

43Andreyev: The Butterfly

[2:31]

44Wilbye: The Second Set of Madrigals: No. 17, Sweet Honey Sucking Bees: Pt. 2

[2:57]

45Lincke: Lysistrata, Act 2: Glühwürmchen-Idyll. "Wen die Nacht sich niedersenkt"

[3:49]

46Franck: Roses et papillons, FWV 81

[2:14]

47Bee

[2:13]

48Caplet: 3 Fables de La Fontaine: No. 2, La cigale et la fourmi

[4:08]

49Fauré: Papillon, Op. 77

[2:41]

50Messager: Madame Chrysanthème, Act 3: "Écoutez, c'est le chant des cigales" (Madame Chrysanthème)

[4:25]

51Rameau: Les Indes galantes, Troisième entrée "Les fleurs": "Papillon inconstant" (Fatime)

[4:53]

52Milhaud: Quatrains valaisans, Op. 206: No. 5, Beau papillon

[1:04]

53Gounod: Faust, Act 5, Appendice: Chanson. "Maître Scarabée, ayant fait fortune" (Méphistophélès)

[4:01]

54Lutosławski: Chantefleurs et chantefables: No. 2, La sauterelle

[1:32]

55Hersant: Poèmes chinois: No. 5, Papillon de nuit

[1:54]

56Chabrier: Les cigales

[3:17]

57Rosenthal: Papillons

[2:36]

58Scarlatti, A: Le papillon léger

[0:43]

59Beethoven: 29 Songs of Various Nations, WoO 158: No. 20, Como la Mariposa Soy

[1:45]

60Handel: Partenope, HWV 27, Act 2: Aria. "Qual farfalletta" (Partenope)

[6:31]

61Strauss, R: Krämerspiegel, Op. 66: No. 9, Es war mal eine Wanze

[3:25]

62Zemlinsky: Fantasien über Gedichte von Richard Dehmel, Op. 9: No. 4, Käferlied

[1:45]

63Strauss, Jos.: Die Libelle, Op. 204

[5:02]

64Dvořák: Moravian Duets, Op. 32, Pt. 2, B. 62: No. 13, Wilde Rose

[2:43]

65Telemann: Pimpinone oder die ungleiche Heirat, TWV 21:15: Duett. "Wilde Hummel!" (Pimpinone, Vespetta)

[3:51]

66Henze: 6 Gesänge aus dem Arabischen: No. 2, Die Gottesanbeterin

[9:19]

67Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob.XXI:2, Pt. 2: No. 21, Rezitativ. "Gleich öffnet sich der Erde Schoss" (Raphael)

[3:12]

68Poulenc: Sécheresses, FP 90: I. Les sauterelles

[6:35]

69Enescu: Impressions d'enfance, Op. 28: No. 6, Grillon

[0:22]

70Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "Spring": III. Allegro

[3:50]

71Loewe: 4 Fabellieder, Op. 64: No. 1, Der verliebte Maikäfer

[6:42]

72Debussy: Images pour orchestre, CD 118, L. 122: Pt. 3 "Rondes de printemps"

[7:04]

73Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act 1: Aria. "Non più andrai" (Figaro)

[4:00]

74Bach, JS: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: III. Allegro

[4:44]

75Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique": III. Allegro molto vivace

[8:42]

76Guy: Buzz

[6:00]