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The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar of Favourite Classics - Akira Eguchi (piano); Cambridge Buskers; Dag Ingram (accordion); Daniel Barenboim (piano); Dino Ciani (piano); Emerson String Quartet; Geneviève Joy Bonneau (piano); Gidon Kremer (violin); Gil Shaham (violin); Göran Söllscher (guitar)
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  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 Lark Ascending, romance for violin & orchestra
  3. Im Frühling, overture for orchestra, Op 36
  4. Song Without Words for piano No. 30 in A major ("Frühlingslied"), Op. 62/6
  5. Spring Song (Vċrsċng), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 16
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  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 Lark Ascending, romance for violin & orchestra
  3. Im Frühling, overture for orchestra, Op 36
  4. Song Without Words for piano No. 30 in A major ("Frühlingslied"), Op. 62/6
  5. Spring Song (Vċrsċng), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 16
  6. Appalachian Spring, concert suite for 13 instruments: Simple Gifts
  7. Symphony No. 1 in B flat major ("Spring"), Op. 38: 2. Larghetto
  8. Blumine ("Flora"), for orchestra (discarded movement from Symphony No. 1)
  9. Vċren (Last Spring), elegiac melody for orchestra (or piano) No. 2, Op. 34/2
  10. Primavera porteña, tango (incl. in Cuatro estaciones porteñas)
  11. Le Coucou, rondeau for harpsichord in E minor (Pièces de clavecin, Suite No. 3)
  12. The First Day of Spring, for orchestra
  13. Frühlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), waltz for orchestra (with voice ad lib), Op. 410 (RV 410)
  14. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in G minor ("L'estate"), RV 315, Op. 8/2 (The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 2)
  15. A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61, MWV M13
  16. A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61, MWV M13: No. 1. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
  17. A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61, MWV M13: No. 7. Notturno. Con moto tranquillo
  18. A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61, MWV M13: No. 9. Wedding March. Allegro vivace
  19. Summer Night, suite for orchestra, Op. 123: Minuet
  20. Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, for orchestra ("Midsommarvaka"), Op. 19
  21. Summer Night on the River, tone poem for orchestra (Pieces for small orchestra, No. 2), RT vi/19/2
  22. Verano porteño, tango (incl. in Cuatro estaciones porteñas)
  23. Porgy and Bess, opera: Summertime / A Woman is a Sometime Thing
  24. Pastorale d'été, symphonic poem for chamber orchestra, H. 31
  25. Summer Skies, for orchestra
  26. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F major ("L'autunno"), RV 293, Op. 8/3 (The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 3)
  27. I hĝst (In Autumn), concert overture for orchestra, Op. 11
  28. The Seasons, ballet, Op. 67: Autumn
  29. The Tempest: Suite No. 1, for orchestra, Op. 109/2: The Harvesters
  30. Feuilles mortes, prelude for piano, CD 131/2 (L. 123/2)
  31. Symphony No. 6 in F major ("Pastoral"), Op. 68: 5. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm
  32. Harvest Hymn, for orchestra (elastic scoring) with voices ad lib.
  33. Otoño porteño, tango (incl. in Cuatro estaciones porteñas)
  34. Song Without Words for piano No. 3 in A major ("Jägerlied"), Op. 19b/3
  35. String Quartet No. 17 in B flat major ("Hunt"), K. 458: 1. Allegro vivo assai
  36. Concertino d'automne, for 2 pianos & 8 instruments, Op. 309
  37. Cagliostro in Wien (Cagliostro in Vienna), operetta (RV 504): Auf der Jagd
  38. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F minor ("L'inverno"), RV 297, Op. 8/4 (The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 4)
  39. Concerto Grosso in C major, Op. 3/12 "Christmas Pastorale": 1. Pastorale (Largo)
  40. Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons), oratorio, H. 21/3: Introduction to "The Winter"
  41. Les Patineurs Valse ("Skater's Waltz"), Op. 183
  42. The Snow Is Dancing, for piano (Children's Corner No. 4), CD 119/4 (L. 113/4)
  43. Des pas sur la neige, prelude for piano, CD 125/6 (L. 117/6)
  44. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 1. No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
  45. Symphony No. 1 in G minor ("Winter Dreams"), Op. 13: 2. O land of gloom, O land of mist!
  46. Invierno porteño, tango (incl. in Cuatro estaciones porteñas)
  47. The Seasons, for piano, Op. 37a: December (Christmas)
  48. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Act 1. Tableau 2. No. 8. Scène. Andante
  49. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: No. 9. Valse des flocons de neige. Tempo di Valse, ma con moto - Presto
  50. Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), in six parts, BWV 248 (BC D7): Shepherd's Music
  51. German dance for orchestra in C major ("Die Schlittenfahrt"), K. 605/3
  52. Sleigh Ride, for orchestra (or stri
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It's a bit depressing how many new releases from the "major" classical labels these days consist of recycled old recordings, but give Deutsche Grammophon credit for the thinking that obviously went into this four-CD box entitled The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar of Favourite Classics. In a way, this is yet another milking of the perennially salable Vivaldi Four Seasons; each of the four discs (Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter) opens with a complete performance of its respective concerto from that set, in the Gil Shaham ...

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The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar of Favourite Classics 2003, Deutsche Grammophon

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