Stewart Copeland - Stewart Copeland Wild Concerto (2025) [Official Digital Download]

STEWART COPELAND COLLABORATES WITH ‘THE DAVID ATTENBOROUGH OF SOUND’ TO PRESENT THE WORLD’S FIRST ‘WILD CONCERTO,’ FEATURING NATURE AS THE SOLOIST.
LONDON, UK: Seven-time Grammy-winning composer and former Police drummer, Stewart Copeland, has created Wild Concerto, a pioneering album which fuses orchestral composition with authentic animal sounds, recorded in the field by celebrated British naturalist, The Listening Planet’s Martyn Stewart, whose archive of over 100,000 recordings has earned him the moniker ‘The David Attenborough of Sound’.
This unique collaboration between nature and music features a diverse array of animals including a guillemot, a hyena, red deer, an Asian barred owlet and a croaking collection of frogs. These natural recordings were the starting point for Wild Concerto, which comprises twelve movements, composed by Stewart Copeland, telling the story of the remarkable migration of the Arctic tern. A tern completes a round trip of up to 44,100 miles every year, as it journeys from pole to pole, beginning in the Arctic breeding grounds, over the Galapagos, to Antarctica for summer, then back via the African coast. On its journey, it engages in a musical dance with Martyn Stewart’s animals in their natural habitats.
Copeland said: “This project is a culmination of everything I’ve learned as a film and opera composer. But instead of sopranos and tenors, I’m working with hyenas, wolves, and a chorus of birds. Their voices bring an unparalleled authenticity to the music.”
The recording process was equally groundbreaking, as Copeland seamlessly blended the sounds of traditional instruments with the music of the animal kingdom. His detailed orchestral score was brought to life by the musicians of the Kingdom Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios, who skilfully integrated their parts with the rhythms and melodies of the natural world. Stewart Copeland's Wild Concerto fuses Martyn Stewart's remarkable field recordings with vibrant orchestral textures, crafting a unique soundscape where nature takes the role of the soloist.

TRACKLIST

1. Stewart Copeland - Copeland: White Throated Sparrow (Is Happy On the Glacier)
2. Stewart Copeland - Copeland: Barred Owl and the Frog Brigade
3. Stewart Copeland - Copeland: Blackfoot Albatross (Lands On the Sonoma Coast)
4. Stewart Copeland - Copeland: Galapagos Seal (Meets Blue-Footed Boobies)
5. Stewart Copeland - Copeland: Screaming Piha (Trolls the Titi Monkeys of the Andes Basin)
6. Stewart Copeland - Copeland: Penguins in the Wind of Antarctica
7. Stewart Copeland - Copeland: Indri and the Asian Barred Owl
8. Stewart Copeland - Copeland: Kookaburra and the Marbled Frogmouth (on Cape Tribulation)
9. Stewart Copeland - Copeland: Hyena Party On the Skeleton Coast
10. Stewart Copeland - Copeland: Go Away Love (On the African Coast)
11. Stewart Copeland - Copeland: Guillemot Serenades the Red Deer
12. Stewart Copeland - Copeland: Coltrane Wolves in the Arctic Circle



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