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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 International20082h 14m35 tracks
MusicBrainz

Composers

Aaron Copland5George Frideric Handel5Antonio Vivaldi3Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky3Ralph Vaughan Williams2Alexander Glazunov1Astor Piazzolla1Camille Saint-Saëns1Carl Orff1Christian Sinding1Edvard Grieg1Franz Schubert1Frederick Delius1Igor Stravinsky1Jean Sibelius1Johann Sebastian Bach1Johann Strauss II1Ludwig van Beethoven1Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky1Ottorino Respighi1Robert Schumann1Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1

Tracklist

01

The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 "Spring": I. Allegro

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

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Marieke Blankestijn

3:29
02

The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 "Spring": II. Largo e pianissimo sempre

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

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Marieke Blankestijn

2:54
03

The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 "Spring": III. 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, op. 67: Pt. 2 "Spring": No. 8. The Zephyr - The Roses - A Bird

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

José Serebrier, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

5:08
05

The Seasons, op. 37a: No. 3. March. Song of the Lark

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Seasons, op. 37a

Viktoria Postnikova

2:19
06

The Seasons, op. 37a: No. 4. April. Snowdrop

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Seasons, op. 37a

Viktoria Postnikova

2:34
07

The Seasons, op. 37a: No. 5. May. White Nights

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

Gli uccelli, P. 154: V. Il Cucù

Ottorino Respighi - Gli uccelli, P. 154

Claudio Scimone, I Solisti Veneti

3:50
10

Le carnaval des animaux, R 125: IX. Le coucou au fond des bois

Camille Saint-Saëns - Le Carnaval des animaux

Gennady Rozhdestvensky

2:08
11

2 Pieces for Small Orchestra: No. 1. 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 in B minor, BWV 1067: VII. 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 in E-flat major, K. 495: III. Rondo. Allegro vivace

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

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

3:35
14

Im Frühling, op. posth 101 no. 1, D. 882

Franz Schubert - Im Frühling, D. 882

Soile Isokoski

4:32
15

2 Elegiac Melodies, op. 34: No. 2. Last Spring

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

Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Juha Kangas

4:22
17

Estaciónes porteñas: No. 4. Primavera porteña

Astor Piazzolla - Primavera porteña

Daniel Barenboim

2:34
18

Suite for Violin and String Orchestra in D minor, op. 117: II. 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: Pt. 1 "Adoration of the Earth": Introduction - Augurs of Spring - Ritual of Abduction (1947 version)

Igor Stravinsky - Le Sacre du printemps

Eliahu Inbal, Philharmonia Orchestra

8:42
20

Carmina Burana: Introduction "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi": O Fortuna

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

Zubin Mehta

2:30
21

Violin Sonata no. 5 in F major, op. 24 "Spring": I. Allegro

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

Maxim Vengerov

9:04
22

Appalachian Spring: II. Allegro, vigoroso (1944 version)

Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring

Hugh Wolff, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

2:45
23

Appalachian Spring: XI. Thema & Variations. The Gift to Be Simple (1944 version)

Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring

Hugh Wolff, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

3:14
24

Appalachian Spring: XVI. Broadly (1944 version)

Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring

Hugh Wolff, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

0:36
25

Appalachian Spring: XVII. Moderato. Like a Prayer (1944 version)

Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring

Hugh Wolff, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

1:38
26

Appalachian Spring: XIX. Andante (1944 version)

Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring

Hugh Wolff, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

2:03
28

Frühlingstimmen, op. 410

Johann Strauss II - Frühlingsstimmen, op. 410

Rudolf Bibl, Symphony Orchestra of the Volksoper Vienna

7:25
29

Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale": I. 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
30

Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale": II. 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
31

Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale": III. 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
32

Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale": IV. 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
34

Rustle of Spring

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

Ari Rasilainen

2:38
35

The Wasps, an Aristophanic Suite: Overture

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Aristophanic Suite “The Wasps”

Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra

9:26
37

Symphony no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 38 "Spring": II. Larghetto

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

Kurt Masur

6:05
39

Solomon, HWV 67: Act 3: Sinfonia. "The 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
40

Pictures at an Exhibition: IX Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Tableaux d’une exposition

James Conlon, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

1:19