Morning Classics: it’s Earth Day, with sounds of the natural world

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Antonin Dvorak takes us on a walk "In Nature’s Realm" for this Earth
Day…the morning continues to unfold in a bouquet of springtime
waltzes and songs, Saint-Saens’ "Carnival of the Animals", Francaix’s
"Flower-clock Suite", and a serenade to a tree from Handel’s opera
"Xerxes".

 

Playlist:
8:08 am
  • Vals de la Primavera
  • Composer: Augustin Barrios
  • Soloists: David Russell, guitar
  • Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80373
  • Note: ("Springtime Waltz")
8:13 am
  • In Nature's Realm (Concert overture)
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Istvan Kertesz
  • Record co./Cat #: London 430046
8:28 am
  • Xerxes: Frondi Teneri / Ombra mai fu (aka: the "Largo" from Xerxes)
  • Composer: George Friederich Handel
  • Ensemble: La Grande Ecurie, Chambre du Roy
  • Soloists: Carolyn Watkinson, mezzo-soprano
  • Conductor: Jean-Claude Malgoire
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony 89370
  • Note: (Act I, Xerxes' aria: "Tender and beautiful fronds...never was made a plant more dear")
8:31 am
  • I Vespri Siciliani: 4 Seasons
  • Composer: Giuseppi Verdi
  • Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
  • Conductor: James Levine
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony 52489
  • Note: (ballet sequence from Act III, scene 2)
9:02 am
  • Violin Concerto "Il Rosignuolo" in A , RV 335a
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Ensemble: Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca
  • Conductor: Giuliano Carmignola, conductor & violinist
  • Record co./Cat #: Erato 80225
  • Note: ("The Nightingale")
9:13 am
  • An den Fruhling , D 338
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
  • Soloists: Norman Mackenzie, piano
  • Conductor: Robert Shaw
  • Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80340
  • Note: ("In the spring" on text by Friedrich von Schiller)
9:17 am
  • Carnival of the Animals
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Ensemble: Trio a Cordes Francais
  • Soloists: Jean-Philippe Collard & Michel Beroff, pianos
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 47543
9:41 am
  • L'horloge de Flore
  • Composer: Jean Francaix
  • Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Gregor Zubicky, oboe
  • Conductor: Jukka-Pekka Saraste
  • Record co./Cat #: Simax 1064
  • Note: ("The Flower Clock" - after Carl Linnaeus)

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