Four Seasons: generous selection of music suitable for the respective seasons

Four Seasons: generous selection of music suitable for the respective seasons cover $35.09 Out of Stock
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VIVALDI / TCHAIKOVSKY / SCHUMANN / BACH / BRAHMS / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / CHOPIN / etc
Four Seasons: generous selection of music suitable for the respective seasons
Royal Philharmonic / Academy of St Martins / Armenian Philharmonic / London Symphony Orchestra / etc

[ brilliant classics / 4 CD ]

Release Date: Thursday 17 November 2005

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"Safe gift fodder then, for all grandmothers and relatives who have 'good taste'."
(MusicWeb Feb 2006)

A generous selection of music suitable for the respective seasons; one CD for each season.

Of course starting with Vivaldi's evergreen. Also including mainly more and some less well-known repertoire such as Boccherini's Menuet, Fauré's Sicilienne, Chopin's Nocturne Op. 9/2 and the Adagio from one of Marcello's oboe concertos.

Performances by leading musicians and ensembles: e.g. the Academy of St.-Martin-in-the-Fields, Hanover Band, London Symphony Orchestra, pianist Håkon Austbø and flautist Jed Wentz.

Tracks:

Spring Classics
1. Antonio Vivaldi: Spring, from The Four Seasons, allegro 3:29
2. Antonio Vivaldi: Spring, from The Four Seasons, Largo 2:52
3. Antonio Vivaldi: Spring, from The Four Seasons, Danza pastorale 4:26
4. Peter Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Overture 3:41
5. Edvard Grieg: An der Frühling (To the Spring) 2:23
6. Ludwig van Beethoven: Für Elise 2:46
7. Peter Tchaikovsky: Waltz, from Serenade for Strings 3:51
8. Edvard Grieg: Morgenstimmung 4:17
9. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Allegro, from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5:16
10. Georges Bizet, Habanera, from Carmen 2:15
11. Luigi Boccherini: Menuet 3:28
12. Antonio Vivaldi: allegro from Flute Concerto " IL Gardellino 4:02
13. Robert Schumann: Des Abends 3:20
14. Felix Mendelssohn: Frühlingslied 2:54
15. Christian Sinding: Frühlingsrauschen 2:44
16. Robert Schumann: Larghetto, from Symphony No. 1 "Spring" 5:27
17. Franz Schubert: andante con moto, from Symphony No. 5 8:37
18. Johann Strauss: Rosen aus dem Süden 9:42

Summer Classics
1. Antonio Vivaldi: Summer, from The Four Seasons, Allegro non molto 5:55
2. Antonio Vivaldi: Summer, from The Four Seasons, Adagio-presto 2:25
3. Antonio Vivaldi: Summer, from The Four Seasons, Presto 3:02
4. Camille Saint-Saëns: The Swan 2:54
5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo alla Turca 3:24
6. Georges Bizet: Les Toréadors, from Carmen 2:19
7. Peter Tchaikovsky: Scene from Swan Lake 3:10
8. Leo Delibes: Flower Duet, from Lakme 5:57
9. Jacques Offenbach: Can Can 3:14
10. Franz Liszt: Liebestraum 4:31
11. Robert Schumann: Träumerei 3:07
12. Leo Delibes: Notturno, from Coppelia 2:39
13. Johann Strauss: Wiener Bonbons 3:49
14. Felix Mendelssohn: Venetian Gondola Song 2:57
15. Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne Op. 9/2 4:16
16. George Frideric Handel: Rejouissance, from Fireworks Music 1:53
17. Peter Tchaikovsky: Barcarole, June, from the Seasons 3:46
18. Antonin Dvorák: Waldesruhe, for cello and orchestra 4:53
19. Claude Debussy: Clair de Lune 4:53
20. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee 1:13
21. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andante "Elvira Madigan" from Piano Concerto No. 21 6:26

Autumn Classics
1. Antonio Vivaldi: Autumn, from The Four Seasons, Allegro 5:26
2. Antonio Vivaldi: Autumn, from The Four Seasons, Adagio 2:17
3. Antonio Vivaldi: Autumn, from The Four Seasons, Allegro 3:29
4. Jacques Offenbach: Barcarolle 2:51
5. Johann Sebastian Bach: Air 4:44
6. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: adagio "Out of Africa" from Clarinet Concerto 6:24
7. Gabriel Fauré: Sicilienne 3:24
8. Johann Strauss: Wein, Weib und Gesang 4:37
9. Johannes Brahms: Lullaby (Wiegenlied) 1:35
10. Ludwig van Beethoven: Adagio Pathetique 4:42
11. Peter Tchaikovsky: Mélodie 3:14
12. Claude Debussy: Arabesque No. 1 4:04
13. Johannes Brahms: allegretto, from Symphony No. 3 6:00
14. Frédéric Chopin: Raindrop Prelude 4:42
15. Edvard Grieg: Nocturne, from Lyric Suite 4:27
16. Franz Liszt: Waldesrauschen 4:04
17. Peter Tchaikovsky: Autumn Song 3:23
18. Gabriel Fauré: Berceuse 3:26

Winter Classics
1. Antonio Vivaldi: Winter, from The Four Seasons, Allegro non molto 3:42
2. Antonio Vivaldi: Winter, from The Four Seasons, Largo 2:18
3. Antonio Vivaldi: Winter, from The Four Seasons, Allegro 3:52
4. Frédéric Chopin: Minute Waltz 1:42
5. Giuseppe Verdi: Choir of the Hebrew Slaves, from Nabucco 4:53
6. Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1 3:01
7. Edvard Grieg: Aases Tod, from Perr Gynt 5:11
8. Antonin Dvorák: Humoreske 3:24
9. Richard Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries (Walkürenritt) 4:49
10. Alessandro Marcello: Adagio from Oboe and Strings 3:42
11. Ludwig van Beethoven: Adagio Mondschein Sonate 5:34
12. Jules Massenet: Mediation, from Thais 5:16
13. Gabriel Fauré: Élégie, for Cello and Orchestra 6:22
14. Erik Satie: Gymnopédie 3:17
15. Modest Mussorgsky: The Old Castle 5:09
16. Georg Frideric Handel: Allegro moderato, from Harp Concerto 6:02