L'Albatros is a setting in French from one of Charles Baudelaire's poems of the same name.  It tells of sailors on long voyages who capture albatrosses, teasing them to pass the time, but at the same time admiring them for their strength and endurance. Baudelaire compares the poet to the bird in this "poem with a message". Compass is Bb2 to F4 and the piece is about 4 mins.  in duration.