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We celebrate the vernal equinox (happening at 7:02) with spring songs by
Sibelius, Strauss II, Eric Coates, and, of course, Vivaldi.

Playlist:
7:01 am
  • Voices of Spring , Op. 410 (German: Fruhlingsstimmen)
  • Composer: Johann Strauss II
  • Ensemble: Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra
  • Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
  • CD/Album: J. Strauss II: Famous Waltzes: Boskovsky
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 47052
7:07 am
  • Piano Trio #8 in Eb , WoO 38
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Soloists: Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano ; Itzhak Perlman, violin ; Lynn Harrell, cello
  • CD/Album: Beethoven: Piano Trios
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 47455
7:23 am
  • Symphony #8 in d , Op. 2
  • Composer: William Boyce
  • Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • CD/Album: Boyce: Symphonies I-VIII
  • Record co./Cat #: Argo 417824
7:35 am
  • Symphonic Poem #3: Les Preludes
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Ensemble: Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig
  • Conductor: Kurt Masur
  • CD/Album: Liszt: Orchestral Works - Works for Piano and Orchestra
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 85573
7:51 am
  • Spring Song
  • Composer: Jean Sibelius
  • Ensemble: Scottish National Orchestra
  • Conductor: Alexander Gibson
  • CD/Album: Sibelius: Complete Tone Poems
  • Record co./Cat #: Chandos 8395
8:05 am
  • Four Seasons: Spring (La Primavera) in E , Op. 8/1 , RV 269
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Ensemble: Raglan Baroque Players
  • Soloists: Monica Huggett, violin
  • Conductor: Nicholas Kraemer
  • CD/Album: Vivaldi: Il Cimento dell'Armonia e dell'Inventione, Op. 8
  • Record co./Cat #: Virgin Classics 90803
8:15 am
  • Piano Sonata #32
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Soloists: Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
  • CD/Album: Haydn: Piano Sonatas
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 56756
8:27 am
  • The Three Elizabeths Suite: Springtime in Angus
  • Composer: Eric Coates
  • Ensemble: East of England Orchestra
  • Conductor: Malcolm Nabarro
  • CD/Album: Coates: The Three Elizabeths Suite
  • Record co./Cat #: ASV 2053
8:36 am
  • Pastorale variee for Winds , Op. 30
  • Composer: Gabriel Pierne
  • Ensemble: Soloists of the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Etienne Plasman, flute ; Philippe Gonzales, oboe ; Jean-Pierre Vivier, clarinet ; Miklos Nagy, horn ; Adam Rixer, trumpet
  • CD/Album: Gabriel Pierne: la musique de chambre, vol. 1
  • Record co./Cat #: Timpani 1110
8:44 am
  • Hussite: Overture , Op. 67
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Istvan Kertesz
  • CD/Album: Dvorak: Symphony No. 5, etc
  • Record co./Cat #: London 417597

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