40 MOST BEAUTIFUL SUMMER CLASSICS

 

CD 1

1–3. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: L'estate (Summer) - Allegro non molto, Adagio, Presto

Piero Toso, Claudio Scimone

4–8. Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61: Act 1 Overture [excerpt]; Act 2 Entr'acte – Scherzo, Intermezzo; Act 3 Nocturne; Act 4 Wedding March

Kurt Masur, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

9. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending [excerpt]

Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Tasmin Little

10. Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No.5 - I Aria

Emmanuel Krivine, Orchestre National de Lyon

11. Gershwin / Arr Bühl: Summertime

Sharon Kam, Gregor Bühl, London Symphony Orchestra

12. Beethoven: Six National Airs with Variations Op.105 for flute & piano 4: Air écossais - Andante espressivo assai

Wolfgang Schulz, Rudolf Buchbinder

13. Eric Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon

David Parry, BBC Symphony Orchestra

14. Schumann: Dichterliebe Op.48: XII "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen„

Hartmut Höll, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

15. Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez: Adagio [excerpt]

Claudio Scimone, Pierre Lavoix, Turibio Santos, Orchestre

National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo

16. Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne: Bailèro

17. Emmanuel: Chansons Bourguignonnes: Le Pommier d'Aout

Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Kent Nagano, Dawn Upshaw

18. Tárrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra

Wolfgang Lendle

19. Berg: Seven Early Songs: VII Sommertage

Susan Graham, Malcolm Martineau

20. Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Act 3 Flight of the

Bumblebee

Kurt Masur, New York Philharmonic Orchestra

 

CD 2

1. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 21 'Elvira Madigan‘ - Andante

Kurt Masur, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Helen Huang

2. Elgar: In the South (opening)

Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra

3. Satie: Gympnopedie no. 1

Michel Legrand

4. Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain - Danza lejana

Jena-Francois Heisser, Orchestra de Chambre de Lausanne, Jesus Lopez-Cobos

5. Villa-Lobos: Etude no 1in E Minor

Turibio Santos

6. Berlioz: Les nuits d'ete – Villanelle

Howard Crook, Orchestra de L'opera de Lyon, John Eliot Gardiner

7–11. Glazunov: The Seasons – Summer

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jose Serebrier

12-14. Tchaikovsky: The Seasons: June, July & August

Viktoria Postnikova

15. Delius: Summer Night on the River

Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra

16. Grieg: Lyric Pieces op 71 no.2 - Summer Evening

Juhani Lagerspetz

17. Ravel: String Quartet - Assez vif

Keller Quartet

18. Traditional: Kesailta (Summer evening), arr Toivo Kuula

Kaija Saarikettu, Raija Kerppo

19. Piazolla: The Four Seasons - Verano Porteno

Daniel Barenboim, Rodolfo Mederos, Hector Console

20. Debussy: Prelude a L'apres midi d'un faune

Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg Alain Lombard

 

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