40 Most Beautiful Spring Classics (2008)

Track Listing

1. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in E major ("La Primavera"), RV 269, Op. 8/1 (The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 1)
2. The Seasons, ballet, Op. 67: Spring - Scene
3. The Seasons, for piano, Op. 37a: March - Chant de l'alouette
4. The Seasons, for piano, Op. 37a: April - Perce-neige
5. The Seasons, for piano, Op. 37a: May - Les Nuits de mai

1. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in E major ("La Primavera"), RV 269, Op. 8/1 (The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 1)
2. The Seasons, ballet, Op. 67: Spring - Scene
3. The Seasons, for piano, Op. 37a: March - Chant de l'alouette
4. The Seasons, for piano, Op. 37a: April - Perce-neige
5. The Seasons, for piano, Op. 37a: May - Les Nuits de mai
6. Fantasia on Greensleeves, for harp, flute & strings (arranged by R. Greaves; from the opera "Sir John in Love")
7. Gli uccelli (The Birds), suite for orchestra, P. 154: The Cuckoo
8. Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble: The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Wood
9. On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, tone poem for orchestra (Pieces for small orchestra, No. 1), RT vi/19/1
10. Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: Badinerie
11. Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major, K. 495: Rondo
12. Im Frühling ("Still sitz ich"), song for voice & piano, D. 882
13. Elegiac Melodies (2) for orchestra (or piano), Op. 34: Last Spring
14. Frühlingstraum ("Ich träumte von bunten Blumen"), song for voice & piano (Winterreise), D. 911/11 (Op. 89/11)
15. Cuatro estaciónes porteñas (The Four Seasons), tango cycle: Primavera porteña
16. Suite, for violin & string orchestra, Op. 117: Evening in Spring
17. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Introduction. The Augurs of Spring - Ritual Abduction
18. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: O Fortuna
19. Sonata for violin & piano No. 5 in F major ("Spring"), Op. 24: Allegro
20. Appalachian Spring, concert suite for full orchestra: Allegro, vigoroso
21. Appalachian Spring, concert suite for full orchestra: Thema and Variations ("The Gift to be Simple")
22. Appalachian Spring, concert suite for full orchestra: Broadly
23. Appalachian Spring, concert suite for full orchestra: Moderato (Like a Prayer)
24. Appalachian Spring, concert suite for full orchestra: Andante (Very Calm)
25. Song Without Words for piano No. 30 in A major ("Frühlingslied"), Op. 62/6
26. Frühlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), waltz for orchestra (with voice ad lib), Op. 410 (RV 410)
27. Organ Concerto in F major "Cuckoo & the Nightingale" (No.13), HWV 295
28. Frühlingslied ("Der Frühling nacht mit"), song for voice & piano, Op. 71/2
29. Rustle of Spring (Frühlingsrauchen), for piano, Op. 32/3
30. The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite, for orchestra from the incidental music: Overture
31. Symphony No. 6 in F major ("Pastoral"), Op. 68: Allegro - Allegro - Allegretto
32. Symphony No. 1 in B flat major ("Spring"), Op. 38: Larghetto
33. String Quartet No. 14 in G major ("Spring"), K. 387: Andante cantabile
34. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
35. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: Ballet of Chicks in their Shells