http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-events-sounds/This year, the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty collaborated with former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker to produce an album of sounds recorded at eleven of Britain's historically significant sites.
I don't know if The National Trust: The Album can be considered field recordings - my basic understanding of field recordings is that they strictly capture non-human-made sounds - but many of The National Trust's tracks feature sounds such as human footsteps, a music box, billiards being shot and doors opening, all of which were likely coordinated. But The National Trust features enough natural sounds such as birds chirping and waves gently undulating that I personally consider it to be an album of field recordings.
The tracks are short, ranging from thirty-three seconds to three minutes, sixteen seconds (the whole album is just shy of twenty-six minutes) and diverse enough to keep listeners' interest. So, if you want a short, relaxing and, above all, interesting listen, The National Trust: The Album might just be for you.
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