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40 Most Beautiful Spring Classics

Hugh Wolff · Ton Koopman · Andrew Davis · Ari Rasilainen · Claudio Scimone · Daniel Barenboim · Eliahu Inbal · Gennady Rozhdestvensky · Giovanni Antonini · James Conlon

Warner Classics & Jazz2008Cat. CDESP3252h 35m40 tracks

40 Most Beautiful Spring Classics (2008), CD, on Warner Classics & Jazz. Music by Aaron Copland, George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, performed by Hugh Wolff, Ton Koopman, Andrew Davis, Ari Rasilainen; 40 tracks.

Composers

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Four Seasons: Spring: 1 Allegro

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Marieke Blankestijn

3:29

02

Four Seasons: Spring: 2 Larghetto

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Marieke Blankestijn

2:54

03

Four Seasons: Spring: 3 Allegro

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Marieke Blankestijn

4:07

04

The Seasons: Spring

Alexander Glazunov - Les saisons, op. 67: Tableau II. Le Printemps

José Serebrier, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

5:08

05

The Seasons: March

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Seasons, op. 37a

Viktoria Postnikova

2:19

06

The Seasons: April

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Seasons, op. 37a

Viktoria Postnikova

2:34

07

The Seasons: May

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Seasons, op. 37a

Viktoria Postnikova

4:21

08

Fantasia on Greensleeves

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on “Greensleeves”

Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra

4:30

09

The Birds: The Cuckoo

Ottorino Respighi - Gli uccelli, P. 154

Claudio Scimone, I Solisti Veneti

3:50

10

Carnival of the Animals: Cuckoo

Camille Saint-Saëns - Le Carnaval des animaux

Gennady Rozhdestvensky, unknown composer author

2:08

11

On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

Frederick Delius - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, RT VI/19 no. 1

Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra

5:58

12

Orchestral Suite No 2 BWV 1067: Badinerie

Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestersuite Nr. 2 h-Moll, BWV 1067

Jean-François Paillard, Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

1:23

13

Horn Concerto No 4: Rondo

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Horn no. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, David Pyatt

3:35

14

Franz Schubert - Im Frühling, D. 882

4:32

15

Two Elegaic Melodies: Last Spring

Edvard Grieg - To elegiske melodier, op. 34: No. 2. Våren

Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Juha Kangas

4:22

16

Winterreisse: Frühlingstraum

Franz Schubert - Winterreise, op. 89, D. 911

Andreas Staier, Christoph Prégardien

4:30

17

The Four Seasons: Primavera Portena

Astor Piazzolla - Primavera porteña

Daniel Barenboim, Hector Console

2:34

18

Suite in D Minor for Violin & Strings: Evening in Spring

Jean Sibelius - Suite for Violin and String Orchestra, JS 185

Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Jari Valo, Juha Kangas

3:22

19

The Rite of Spring (excerpts)

Igor Stravinsky - Le Sacre du printemps

Eliahu Inbal, Philharmonia Orchestra

8:42

20

Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

Zubin Mehta, London Philharmonic Choir

2:30

Disc 2

01

Violin Sonata 5 (Spring)

Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Violin and Piano no. 5 in F major, op. 24 “Spring”

Maxim Vengerov, Itamar Golan

9:04

02

Appalachian Spring, Allegro

Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring

Hugh Wolff, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

2:45

03

Appalachian Spring, Simple Gifts

Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring

Hugh Wolff, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

3:14

04

Appalachian Spring, Broadly

Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring

Hugh Wolff, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

0:36

05

Appalachian Spring, Moderato

Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring

Hugh Wolff, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

1:38

06

Appalachian Spring, Andante

Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring

Hugh Wolff, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

2:03

07

Felix Mendelssohn - Lied ohne Worte A-Dur, op. 62 Nr. 6

2:13

08

Frühlingsstimmen

Johann Strauss II - Frühlingsstimmen, op. 410

Rudolf Bibl, Symphony Orchestra of the Volksoper Vienna

7:25

09

Organ Concerto 13, Larghetto

George Frideric Handel - Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale”

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

2:17

10

Organ Concerto 13, Allegro

George Frideric Handel - Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale”

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

3:27

11

Organ Concerto 13, Larghetto

George Frideric Handel - Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale”

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

3:32

12

Organ Concerto 13, Allegro

George Frideric Handel - Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale”

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

3:18

13

Felix Mendelssohn - Frühlingslied, op. 34 Nr. 3

Barbara Bonney, Geoffrey Parsons

3:08

14

Rustle of Spring

Christian Sinding - 6 Stücke, op. 32: Nr. 3. Frühlingsrauschen

2:38

15

The Wasps, Overture

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Aristophanic Suite “The Wasps”

Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra

9:26

16

Symphony No 6, (excerpt)

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastorale”

Theodor Guschlbauer, Philharmonia Orchestra

2:41

17

Symphony No 1, (excerpt)

Robert Schumann - Symphonie Nr. 1 B-Dur, op. 38 “Frühlings”

6:05

18

String Quartet in G Major, (excerpt)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Quartet for Strings no. 14 in G major, K. 387 “Haydn Quartetti”, “Spring”

Alban Berg Quartet

7:29

19

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

George Frideric Handel - Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. Sinfonia “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba”

Giovanni Antonini, Il Giardino Armonico

3:14

20

Pictures at an Exhibition, Chicks

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Tableaux d’une exposition

James Conlon, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

1:19