Search - Various Artists :: Bird Songs of Amazon Rainforest

Dispensable

James Remsen, Jr. | Lindenhurst, NY USA | 03/16/2000

(2 out of 5 stars)

"I got this disc as part of a surprisingly cheap set of bird CDs from Brazil. This disc is actually a CD version of an album by Johan Dalgas Frisch, a pioneer in the recording of Brazilian bird songs. He produced several albums of nature sounds from his country, as well as several more in which the sounds were accompanied by dubbed-in music. If this is your cup of tea, fine, but I prefer my nature sounds straight. (A little nature sounds with music goes a very long way for me).This disc does have some interest for the first three tracks, which are edited-together sound portraits of various wild places in Brazil, without accompanying music. The remaining tracks have musical accompaniment. Aside from the music, this disc's biggest debit is the sound quality, which suggests that it was mastered from an old LP rather than a master tape...pretty lo-fi, to say the least.I don't play this disc too often, but when I do I program the CD player to play only the first three tracks, so I can hear the bird sounds without the embellishment of Stephen Foster, or any of the other artists whose music is probably better appreciated elsewhere. As entertainment for your pet bird, this will probably suffice; as an exciting sound portrait of any exotic land, there are lots of better CDs out there."

Disapointment

James Remsen, Jr. | 05/28/1999

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Much of the CD has music along with the bird songs. The birds by themselves would have sounded much nicer. The CD does not mention that it has music, background trains etc..."

Beautiful bird songs accompanied by music

V. Dingler | Texas USA | 07/04/1998

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I play this CD for my African Grey Parrot. He loves listening to the birds, and sings along with them. It keeps us both entertained for hours."