[ Warner Classics & Jazz / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Monday 2 February 2009
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Summer masterpieces from Vivaldi, Villa-Lobos, Berlioz, Mozart, Glazunov and Delius over a double disc set. All performed by top artists from the Warner catalogues.
CD1
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
CD2
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