We celebrate the vernal equinox (happening at 7:02) with spring songs by
Sibelius, Strauss II, Eric Coates, and, of course, Vivaldi.
Welcome to Spring
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Playlist:
7:01 am
- Voices of Spring , Op. 410 (German: Fruhlingsstimmen)
- Composer: Johann Strauss II
- Ensemble: Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra
- Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
- CD/Album: J. Strauss II: Famous Waltzes: Boskovsky
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 47052
7:07 am
- Piano Trio #8 in Eb , WoO 38
- Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
- Soloists: Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano ; Itzhak Perlman, violin ; Lynn Harrell, cello
- CD/Album: Beethoven: Piano Trios
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 47455
7:23 am
- Symphony #8 in d , Op. 2
- Composer: William Boyce
- Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
- Conductor: Neville Marriner
- CD/Album: Boyce: Symphonies I-VIII
- Record co./Cat #: Argo 417824
7:35 am
- Symphonic Poem #3: Les Preludes
- Composer: Franz Liszt
- Ensemble: Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig
- Conductor: Kurt Masur
- CD/Album: Liszt: Orchestral Works - Works for Piano and Orchestra
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 85573
7:51 am
- Spring Song
- Composer: Jean Sibelius
- Ensemble: Scottish National Orchestra
- Conductor: Alexander Gibson
- CD/Album: Sibelius: Complete Tone Poems
- Record co./Cat #: Chandos 8395
8:05 am
- Four Seasons: Spring (La Primavera) in E , Op. 8/1 , RV 269
- Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
- Ensemble: Raglan Baroque Players
- Soloists: Monica Huggett, violin
- Conductor: Nicholas Kraemer
- CD/Album: Vivaldi: Il Cimento dell'Armonia e dell'Inventione, Op. 8
- Record co./Cat #: Virgin Classics 90803
8:15 am
- Piano Sonata #32
- Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
- Soloists: Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
- CD/Album: Haydn: Piano Sonatas
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 56756
8:27 am
- The Three Elizabeths Suite: Springtime in Angus
- Composer: Eric Coates
- Ensemble: East of England Orchestra
- Conductor: Malcolm Nabarro
- CD/Album: Coates: The Three Elizabeths Suite
- Record co./Cat #: ASV 2053
8:36 am
- Pastorale variee for Winds , Op. 30
- Composer: Gabriel Pierne
- Ensemble: Soloists of the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
- Soloists: Etienne Plasman, flute ; Philippe Gonzales, oboe ; Jean-Pierre Vivier, clarinet ; Miklos Nagy, horn ; Adam Rixer, trumpet
- CD/Album: Gabriel Pierne: la musique de chambre, vol. 1
- Record co./Cat #: Timpani 1110
8:44 am
- Hussite: Overture , Op. 67
- Composer: Antonin Dvorak
- Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Istvan Kertesz
- CD/Album: Dvorak: Symphony No. 5, etc
- Record co./Cat #: London 417597