40 Most Beautiful Spring Classics

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1Four Seasons: Spring: 1 Allegro
violin:
Marieke Blankestijn (violinist)
orchestra:
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
recording of:
Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”: I. Allegro (“The Four Seasons”: Concerto in E Major, op. 8 no. 1, RV. 269, “Spring”: 1. Allegro)
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist) (in 1723)
part of:
Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera” (Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “Spring”)
Vivaldi3:30
2Four Seasons: Spring: 2 Larghetto
violin:
Marieke Blankestijn (violinist)
orchestra:
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
recording of:
Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”: II. Largo
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist) (in 1723)
part of:
Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera” (Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “Spring”)
Vivaldi2:57
3Four Seasons: Spring: 3 Allegro
violin:
Marieke Blankestijn (violinist)
orchestra:
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
recording of:
Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”: III. Allegro pastorale
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist) (in 1723)
part of:
Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera” (Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “Spring”)
Vivaldi4:12
4The Seasons: Spring
engineer:
Jean Chatauret (from 2004-01-06 until 2004-01-08) and Jean‐Martial Golaz (from 2004-01-06 until 2004-01-08)
producer and editor:
Tim Oldham (editor / producer)
orchestra:
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (from 2004-01-06 until 2004-01-08)
conductor:
José Serebrier (Uruguayan conductor and composer) (from 2004-01-06 until 2004-01-08)
recorded at:
Henry Wood Hall (old [R]SNO Centre, Glasgow) in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (from 2004-01-06 until 2004-01-08)
recording of:
Les saisons, op. 67: Tableau II. Le Printemps (No. 8) (from 2004-01-06 until 2004-01-08)
composer:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, 1865–1936)
part of:
Les saisons, op. 67 (The Seasons, op. 67)
Glazunov5:14
5The Seasons: March
piano:
Viktoria Postnikova (pianist)
recording of:
The Seasons, op. 37a: III. March “Song of the Lark”
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Seasons, op. 37a (for piano)
Tchaikovsky2:19
6The Seasons: April
piano:
Viktoria Postnikova (pianist)
recording of:
The Seasons, op. 37a: IV. April “Snowdrop”
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Seasons, op. 37a (for piano)
Tchaikovsky2:36
7The Seasons: May
piano:
Viktoria Postnikova (pianist)
recording of:
The Seasons, op. 37a: V. May “Starlight Nights”
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Seasons, op. 37a (for piano)
Tchaikovsky4:25
8Fantasia on Greensleeves
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Fantasia on “Greensleeves”
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1924 until 1928)
arranger:
Ralph Greaves (in 1934)
publisher:
Oxford University Press (in 1936)
is based on:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
is based on:
Lovely Joan (traditional English folk song)
is based on:
Sir John in Love
Vaughan Williams4:36
9The Birds: The Cuckoo
orchestra:
I Solisti Veneti
conductor:
Claudio Scimone (conductor)
recording of:
Gli uccelli, P. 154: V. Il Cucù (The Birds: V. The cuckoo, The cuckoo)
composer:
Ottorino Respighi (composer) (in 1928)
part of:
Gli uccelli, P. 154 (The Birds, P.154, The Birds)
Respighi3:51
10Carnival of the Animals: Cuckoo
instruments:
Ensemble Instrumental ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
conductor:
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor)
recording of:
Le Carnaval des animaux : IX. Le Coucou au fond des bois
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer) (in 1886-02)
part of:
Le Carnaval des animaux (The Carnival of the Animals, Grande fantaisie zoologique, R 125)
Saint‐Saens2:14
11On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger)
recording of:
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, RT VI/19 no. 1
composer:
Frederick Delius (English composer) (in 1912)
dedicated to:
Balfour Gardiner
part of:
2 Pieces for Small Orchestra, RT VI/19
Delius6:02
12Orchestral Suite No 2 BWV 1067: Badinerie
flute:
Jean‐Pierre Rampal (flautist)
orchestra:
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Orchestre de chambre Jean‐François Paillard
conductor:
Ton Koopman (conductor, organist and harpsichordist) and Jean‐François Paillard (French conductor)
recording of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 2 h-Moll, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie (Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 2 h-Moll, BWV 1067 (Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067)
Bach1:26
13Horn Concerto No 4: Rondo
horn:
David Pyatt (hornist) (from 1996-12-18 until 1996-12-21)
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields (from 1996-12-18 until 1996-12-21)
conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) (from 1996-12-18 until 1996-12-21)
recorded at:
Air Studios (Lyndhurst Hall 1991–present) in Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1996-12-18 until 1996-12-21)
recording of:
Concerto for Horn no. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495: III. Rondo. Allegro vivace (from 1996-12-18 until 1996-12-21)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1786)
part of:
Concerto for Horn no. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495
Mozart3:35
14Im Frühling
piano:
Marita Viitasalo (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Soile Isokoski (soprano)
recording of:
Im Frühling, D. 882
lyricist:
Ernst Schulze (German poet)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1826)
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 882)
Schubert4:36
15Two Elegaic Melodies: Last Spring
orchestra:
Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra (Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra)
conductor:
Juha Kangas
recording of:
To elegiske melodier, op. 34: No. 2. Våren (Two Elegiac Melodies, op. 34: No. 2. The Last Spring, for strings)
orchestrator and composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer)
orchestration of:
To elegiske melodier, op. 34: No. 2. Våren (for piano)
part of:
To elegiske melodier, op. 34 (Two Elegiac Melodies, op. 34, for strings)
Grieg4:27
16Winterreisse: Frühlingstraum
piano:
Andreas Staier
tenor vocals:
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
recording of:
Winterreise, op. 89, D. 911: XI. Frühlingstraum
lyricist:
Wilhelm Müller (German poet)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1827-02)
part of:
Winterreise, op. 89, D. 911
Schubert4:33
17The Four Seasons: Primavera Portena
double bass:
Héctor Console (contrabassist)
piano:
Daniel Barenboim (pianist and conductor)
recording of:
Primavera porteña
composer:
Astor Piazzolla (composer and bandoneón player) (in 1970)
part of:
Las cuatro estaciones porteñas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires)
Piazzolla2:34
18Suite in D Minor for Violin & Strings: Evening in Spring
recorded in:
Kaustinen, Keski-Pohjanmaa (Central Ostrobothnia), Finland (in 1993-09)
recording engineer:
Bertil Alving and Risto Hemmi
producer:
Pekka Savijoki
violin:
Jari Valo (Finnish violinist) (in 1993-09)
orchestra:
Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra (Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra) (in 1993-09)
conductor:
Juha Kangas (in 1993-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Finlandia Records (classical music) (in 1996)
recorded at:
Kaustisen kirkko in Kaustinen, Keski-Pohjanmaa (Central Ostrobothnia), Finland (in 1993-09)
recording of:
Suite for Violin and String Orchestra, JS 185: II. Evening in spring (in 1993-09)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1929)
part of:
Suite for Violin and String Orchestra, JS 185
Sibelius3:24
19The Rite of Spring (excerpts)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Eliahu Inbal (Israeli conductor)
recording of:
Le Sacre du printemps: I. L’Adoration de la terre: II. Les Augures printaniers – Danses des adolescentes
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (from 1911 until 1913)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Ltd.
part of:
Le Sacre du printemps: I. L’Adoration de la terre (The Rite of Spring: Part I: Adoration of the Earth)
recording of:
Le Sacre du printemps: I. L’Adoration de la terre: III. Jeu du rapt
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (from 1911 until 1913)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Ltd.
part of:
Le Sacre du printemps: I. L’Adoration de la terre (The Rite of Spring: Part I: Adoration of the Earth)
recording of:
Le Sacre du printemps: II. Le Sacrifice: I. Introduction
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (from 1911 until 1913)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Ltd.
part of:
Le Sacre du printemps: II. Le Sacrifice (The Rite of Spring: Part II: The Sacrifice)
Stravinsky8:42
20Carmina Burana: O Fortuna
choir vocals:
London Philharmonic Choir
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Zubin Mehta (conductor)
recording of:
Carmina Burana: Fortuna imperatrix mundi: I. O Fortuna
composer:
Carl Orff (composer) (in 1936)
publisher:
B. Schott’s Söhne (publisher; do not use as label)
version of:
O Fortuna (Poem, CB 17)
part of:
Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi
Orff22:30
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1Violin Sonata 5 (Spring)
recording engineer:
Ulrich Ruscher and Stefan Witzel
producer:
Friedemann Engelbrecht
piano:
Itamar Golan (pianist) (in 1992-06)
violin:
Maxim Vengerov (violinist) (in 1992-06)
recorded at:
Teldec Studio (Berlin) in Berlin, Germany (in 1992-06)
recording of:
Sonata for Violin and Piano no. 5 in F major, op. 24 "Spring": I. Allegro (in 1992-06)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1800 until 1801)
part of:
Sonata for Violin and Piano no. 5 in F major, op. 24 “Spring”
Beethoven9:05
2Appalachian Spring, Allegro
orchestra:
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Hugh Wolff (conductor)
partial recording of:
Appalachian Spring (original ballet for 13 instruments, 1944)
premiered in:
Washington, D.C., United States (on 1944-10-30)
composer:
Aaron Copland (composer) (from 1942 until 1944)
dedicated to:
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
premiered by:
Martha Graham (American dancer) (on 1944-10-30) and Louis Horst (on 1944-10-30)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Inc.
part of:
Pulitzer Prize for Music (number: 1945)
Copland2:47
3Appalachian Spring, Simple Gifts
orchestra:
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (in 1990-09)
conductor:
Hugh Wolff (conductor) (in 1990-09)
recorded at:
Ordway Music Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States (in 1990-09)
partial recording of:
Appalachian Spring (original ballet for 13 instruments, 1944) (in 1990-09)
premiered in:
Washington, D.C., United States (on 1944-10-30)
composer:
Aaron Copland (composer) (from 1942 until 1944)
dedicated to:
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
premiered by:
Martha Graham (American dancer) (on 1944-10-30) and Louis Horst (on 1944-10-30)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Inc.
part of:
Pulitzer Prize for Music (number: 1945)
Copland3:16
4Appalachian Spring, Broadly
orchestra:
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Hugh Wolff (conductor)
partial recording of:
Appalachian Spring (original ballet for 13 instruments, 1944)
premiered in:
Washington, D.C., United States (on 1944-10-30)
composer:
Aaron Copland (composer) (from 1942 until 1944)
dedicated to:
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
premiered by:
Martha Graham (American dancer) (on 1944-10-30) and Louis Horst (on 1944-10-30)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Inc.
part of:
Pulitzer Prize for Music (number: 1945)
Copland0:36
5Appalachian Spring, Moderato
orchestra:
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Hugh Wolff (conductor)
partial recording of:
Appalachian Spring (original ballet for 13 instruments, 1944)
premiered in:
Washington, D.C., United States (on 1944-10-30)
composer:
Aaron Copland (composer) (from 1942 until 1944)
dedicated to:
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
premiered by:
Martha Graham (American dancer) (on 1944-10-30) and Louis Horst (on 1944-10-30)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Inc.
part of:
Pulitzer Prize for Music (number: 1945)
Copland1:38
6Appalachian Spring, Andante
orchestra:
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Hugh Wolff (conductor)
partial recording of:
Appalachian Spring (original ballet for 13 instruments, 1944)
premiered in:
Washington, D.C., United States (on 1944-10-30)
composer:
Aaron Copland (composer) (from 1942 until 1944)
dedicated to:
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
premiered by:
Martha Graham (American dancer) (on 1944-10-30) and Louis Horst (on 1944-10-30)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Inc.
part of:
Pulitzer Prize for Music (number: 1945)
Copland2:03
7Spring Song
piano:
Annie d'Arco (pianist)
recording of:
Lied ohne Worte A-Dur, op. 62 Nr. 6 (Song Without Words in A major, Op. 62 No. 6, Frühlingslied / Spring Song; original for piano)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (from 1842 until 1844)
part of:
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV) (number: MWV U 161)
part of:
Lieder ohne Worte, op. 62 (Songs Without Words, op. 62, for piano)
Mendelssohn2:33
8Frühlingsstimmen
orchestra:
Orchester der Wiener Volksoper
conductor:
Rudolf Bibl (conductor)
recording of:
Frühlingsstimmen, op. 410 (Voices of Spring)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (in 1882)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 410)
J Strauss II7:25
9Organ Concerto 13, Larghetto
organ:
Ton Koopman (conductor, organist and harpsichordist)
orchestra:
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
recording of:
Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale”: I. Larghetto
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
part of:
Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale”
Handel2:17
10Organ Concerto 13, Allegro
organ:
Ton Koopman (conductor, organist and harpsichordist)
orchestra:
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
recording of:
Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale”: II. Allegro
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
part of:
Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale”
Handel3:27
11Organ Concerto 13, Larghetto
organ:
Ton Koopman (conductor, organist and harpsichordist)
orchestra:
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
recording of:
Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale”: III. Larghetto
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
part of:
Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale”
Handel3:32
12Organ Concerto 13, Allegro
organ:
Ton Koopman (conductor, organist and harpsichordist)
orchestra:
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
recording of:
Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale”: IV. Allegro
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
part of:
Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale”
Handel3:18
13Frühlingslied
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Barbara Bonney (soprano)
recording of:
Frühlingslied, op. 34 Nr. 3
lyricist:
Karl Klingemann
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer)
part of:
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV) (number: MWV K 89)
part of:
6 Gesänge, op. 34
Mendelssohn3:08
14Rustle of Spring
orchestra:
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
conductor:
Ari Rasilainen (conductor)
recording of:
6 Stücke, op. 32: Nr. 3. Frühlingsrauschen (6 Pieces, op. 32: No. 3. Rustle of Spring, for orchestra)
composer:
Christian Sinding (Norwegian composer)
orchestration of:
6 Stücke, op. 32: Nr. 3. Frühlingsrauschen (6 Pieces, op. 32: No. 3. Rustle of Spring, for piano)
Sinding2:38
15The Wasps, Overture
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Aristophanic Suite “The Wasps”: I. Overture
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1912)
part of:
Aristophanic Suite “The Wasps”
Vaughan Williams9:26
16Symphony No 6, (excerpt)
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Theodor Guschlbauer (conductor)
partial recording of:
Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastorale”
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1808)
dedicated to:
Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz and Андрей Разумовский (Russian diplomat)
premiered at:
Ludwig van Beethoven at Theater an der Wien (1808-12-22)
premiered at:
Theater an der Wien in Mariahilf, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1808-12-22)
part of:
Works of Ludwig van Beethoven by opus number (number: op. 68)
part of:
Fantasia (Disney soundtrack)
Beethoven2:41
17Symphony No 1, (excerpt)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Kurt Masur (conductor)
recording of:
Symphonie Nr. 1 B-Dur, op. 38 “Frühlings”: II. Larghetto - (attacca:)
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer) (from 1841-01-23 until 1841-02-20)
part of:
Symphonie Nr. 1 B-Dur, op. 38 “Frühlings”
Schumann6:09
18String Quartet in G Major, (excerpt)
string quartet:
Alban Berg Quartett (Alban Berg Quartet, string quartet)
recording of:
Quartet for Strings no. 14 in G major, K. 387 “Haydn Quartetti”, “Spring”: III. Andante cantabile
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
part of:
Quartet for Strings no. 14 in G major, K. 387 “Haydn Quartetti”, “Spring”
Mozart7:31
19Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
orchestra:
Il Giardino Armonico (Italian baroque ensemble)
conductor:
Giovanni Antonini (conductor and flautist)
recording of:
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. Sinfonia “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1748)
publisher:
Hallische Händel‐Ausgabe der Georg‐Friedrich‐Händel‐Gesellschaft and Public Domain (refers to works that are in the public domain)
part of:
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III
Handel3:14
20Pictures at an Exhibition, Chicks
orchestra:
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
James Conlon (conductor)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: V. Ballet des poussins dans leurs coques (Pictures at an Exhibition: V. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks, orchestrated by Ravel)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 5 “Балетъ невылупившихся птенцовъ” [Balet nevylupivshikhsya ptentsov] (Pictures at an Exhibition: IX. No. 5 "Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks", original piano version)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Mussorgsky1:19