“Now the woods put forth their blossoms, and the year puts on its bright attire.”
So wrote the Roman poet, Virgil, some 2000 years ago.
In other words--as one humorist put it more recently--“Spring is nature's way of saying, ‘Let's party!’”
In this hour, a celebration of the season with music of Morley, Vivaldi, Schumann, Debussy, Sibelius, Orff, and Strauss.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| CD Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| The Four Seasons |
Venice Baroque Orch. |
Sony SK 51352 |
5099705135228 |
| Sibelius [for Spring Song] |
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra |
DGG 289 457 654-2 |
028945765426 |
| Schumann Complete Symphonies [For Symphony No. 1 "Spring"] |
Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra |
Archiv 289 457 591-2 |
028945759128 |
| A Distant Mirror [for Morley "It Was a Lover and His Lass"] |
Folger Consort |
Delos DE1003 |
0013491100326 |
| Berlioz Romeo et Juliette, etc. [for Les Nuits d’Ete "Villanelle"] |
Baker, New Philharmonia Orchestra |
EMI Classics 72640 |
724357264020 |
| Carmina Burana [for "Ecce Gratum"] |
Derwinger, Pontinen |
BIS 5179739 |
71779479732 |
| New Year’s Concert [for Strauss "Voices of Spring"] |
Battle, Vienna Philharmonic |
DGG 419 616-2 |
028941961624 |
| Songs Without Words [for "Spring Song"] |
Barenboim |
DGG 437 470-2 |
0028945306124 |
| Debussy Orchestral Music [for "Round Dances of Spring"] |
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra |
Philips 438 742-2 |
028943874229 |
| Finzi Clarinet Concerto, etc. [for program's opening music] |
Stoltzman, Guildhall String Ensemble |
RCA 60437 |
090266043729 |
