40 Most Beautiful Spring Classics

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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