Two colorfully pictorial moments from Joseph Haydn’s The Seasons oratorio this morning; "Come Gentle Spring" and the ferocious "thunderstorm" chorus from the Summer section.
Spring Flowers
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Playlist:
8:15 am
- Egyptian March
- Composer: Johann Strauss II
- Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor: Riccardo Muti
- CD/Album: "Vienna Philharmonic: New Years Concert 1993"
- Record co./Cat #: Philips 438493
- Note: (recorded live, New Year's Day in Vienna 1993)
8:22 am
- Der Makam-i Suri Sema'i
- Composer: Anonymous
- Ensemble: Hesperion XXI
- Conductor: Jordi Savall
- CD/Album: "Istanbul"
- Record co./Cat #: Alia Vox 9870
- Note: (from Dimitrie Cantemir's 17th & 18th c. collection, "The Book of Science and Music")
8:25 am
- Madre de la Gracia
- Composer: Traditional (Turkish)
- Ensemble: Hesperion XXI
- Conductor: Jordi Savall
- CD/Album: "Istanbul"
- Record co./Cat #: Alia Vox 9870
- Note: (from Dimitrie Cantemir's 17th & 18th c. collection, "The Book of Science and Music")
8:33 am
- The Seasons: Come, Gentle Spring
- Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
- Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists
- Soloists: Monteverdi Choir
- Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
- CD/Album: "Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten"
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 431818
8:36 am
- The Seasons: (Summer) Ach, das Ungewitter naht!
- Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
- Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists
- Soloists: Monteverdi Choir
- Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
- CD/Album: "Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten"
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 431818
- Note: (aka: the "thunderstorm" chorus - "Hark the deep tremendous voice...")
8:44 am
- Keyboard Suite #5: (4th mvmt) "Harmonious Blacksmith"
- Composer: Georg Frideric Handel
- Soloists: John Williams, guitar
- CD/Album: "John Williams - Echoes of London"
- Record co./Cat #: Sony 42119
8:54 am
- Coronation March For Czar Alexander III
- Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Ensemble: Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig
- Conductor: Kurt Masur
- CD/Album: "Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3"
- Record co./Cat #: Teldec 46322
9:02 am
- Suite de Clairque
- Composer: Jeremiah Clarke
- Ensemble: English String Orchestra
- Soloists: John Wallace, trumpet
- Conductor: William Boughton
- CD/Album: "Rule Brittania"
- Record co./Cat #: Nimbus 5155
9:13 am
- Dolly Suite, Op. 56
- Composer: Gabriel Faure
- Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier
- CD/Album: "Faure: Orchestral Works"
- Record co./Cat #: Chandos 9416
9:33 am
- Cantique de Jean Racine , Op. 11
- Composer: Gabriel Faure
- Ensemble: Saint John's College Choir
- Soloists: Stephen Cleobury, organ
- Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
- CD/Album: "The #1 Choral Album"
- Record co./Cat #: London 470382
9:43 am
- Trio For Oboe, Bassoon, & Piano
- Composer: Francis Poulenc
- Soloists: Pascal Roge, piano ; Maurice Bourgue, oboe ; Amaury Wallez, bassoon
- CD/Album: "Poulenc Chamber Music"
- Record co./Cat #: London 421581