The HMV Classics Collection: Spring Summer Autumn Winter
André Previn · Neville Marriner · Alberto Lysy · Klaus Tennstedt · Yehudi Menuhin · Adrian Boult · Charles Mackerras · David Willcocks · John Barbirolli · Richard Hickox
The HMV Classics Collection: Spring Summer Autumn Winter (1994), CD, on HMV Classics. Music by Antonio Vivaldi, Frederick Delius, George Frideric Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by André Previn, Neville Marriner, Alberto Lysy, Klaus Tennstedt; 54 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Disc 1
Spring from The Four Seasons (I: Allegro)
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”
Cuckoo & Nightingale Organ Concerto (II: Allegro)
George Frideric Handel - Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale”
Voi che sapete (The Marriage of Figaro)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto II, Scena II. (no. 12) Canzona “Voi che sapete che cosa è amor” (Cherubino)
Carlo Maria Giulini, Philharmonia Orchestra, Fiorenza Cossotto
Ballet of the Chicks in Their Shells (Pictures at an Exhibition)
Dance of the Little Swans (Swan Lake)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Frederick Delius - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, RT VI/19 no. 1
Disc 2
Summer from The Four Seasons (I: Allegro)
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315 “L’estate”
Pastoral Symphony No 6 in F (III: Peasants' Merrymaking)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastorale”
Trout Quintet in A (IV: Theme & Variations)
Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Felix Mendelssohn - Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 1. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
On a Tree by a River a Little Tom-Tit
Arthur Sullivan - The Mikado: Act II, no. 22, “On a Tree by a River” (Ko-Ko)
Disc 3
Autumn from The Four Seasons (III: Allegro)
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in F major, op. 8 no. 3, RV 293 “L’autunno”
Concerto for Two Violins (II: Largo ma non tanto)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Salvatore Accardo, English Chamber Orchestra, Anne-Sophie Mutter
Horn Concerto No 4 (III: Rondo)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Horn no. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495
Barry Tuckwell, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Raindrop Prelude No 15 in D Flat Op 28
Frédéric Chopin - Prélude no. 15 in D‐flat major, op. 28 “Raindrop”: Sostenuto
Disc 4
The Shepherd's Farewell from The Childhood of Christ
Hector Berlioz - L'Enfance du Christ, op. 25 : Deuxième partie no. 8. Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille « Il s'en va loin de la terre » (Les bergers)
Stephen Cleobury, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Christmas Concerto Op 6 No 8 (Allegro)
Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto Grosso in G minor, op. 6 no. 8 “Christmas Concerto”
Winter from the Four Seasons (II: Largo)
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 “L’inverno”
Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”
Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers
Moonlight Sonata (I: Adagio sostenuto)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”
Harold Darke - In the Bleak Midwinter
David Willcocks, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Varcoe
Che Gelida Manina from La Bohème
Giacomo Puccini - La bohème: Atto I, no. 6. “Che gelida manina!” (Rodolfo)
Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Giuseppe Di Stefano