Giovanni Antonini and Shen-Fang Chiu form a terrific recorder duo that enjoys playing diverse and unusual programs. This album is named after a piece composed by Giovanni Sollima in 2024: It is a tribute to William Byrd and combines the tenor recorder with the sopranino recorder, which can imitate birdsong perfectly. The program spans different eras, from the art of diminution and improvisation in the 15th century to the refined duets of Jacques Hottetere in the 18th century and a sonata by Telemann from 1727 to Bartók's duets from the 1930s, which were originally composed for two violins. The Nuovo ricercare No. 4 (1973) was written by the flute prodigy Amico Dolci, son of the great sociologist and pacifist Danilo Dolci. With a wink, the two instrumentalists quote from Shakespeare's Hamlet: "[Playing the recorder] is as easy as lying: Control these holes with your fingers and thumb, blow with your mouth, and it will produce the most melodious music ..."

Bela Bartok: Nr. 10, 11, 31, 35 aus "44 Duos für 2 Violinen"
+Anonymus: "Aquila Altera", "Constantia", "Indescort" & "Honte, Paour, Doubtance" aus dem "Manuscript Codes Faenza"
+Jacques-Martin Hotteterre: Suite Nr. 1 aus "Pieces a Deux Dessus Sans Basse" op. 4
+Jacob van Eyck: Amarilli Mia Bella aus "Der Fluyten Lust-Hof"
+Amico Dolci: Nuovo Ricercare Nr. 4
+John Baldwin: A Duo
+Georg Philipp Telemann: Sonate Nr. 5 d-moll TWV 40: 104
+Thomas Preston (attr.): Upon La Mi Re
+Giovanni Sollima: Byrd and the Bird