The HMV Classics Collection: Spring Summer Autumn Winter

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Tracklist

1▶CD: Spring
2▼CD: Summer
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1Alla Hornpipe (Water Music Suite No 2 in D)
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
partial recording of:
Water Music, HWV 348–350
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1717)
premiered at:
River Thames in England, United Kingdom (on 1717-07-17)
Georg Friedrich Händel4:11
2Summer from The Four Seasons (I: Allegro)
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist)
orchestra:
Camerata Lysy Gstaad
conductor:
Alberto Lysy (violinist and conductor)
recording of:
Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315 “L’estate”: I. Allegro non molto
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist) (in 1723)
part of:
Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315 “L’estate” (Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315 “Summer”)
Antonio Vivaldi5:27
3Pastoral Symphony No 6 in F (III: Peasants' Merrymaking)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Kurt Sanderling (conductor)
recording of:
Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastorale”: III. Allegro “Happy gathering of country folk”
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1808)
part of:
Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastorale”
Ludwig van Beethoven6:06
4Trout Quintet in A (IV: Theme & Variations)
piano:
Hephzibah Menuhin (pianist)
recording of:
Quintett A-Dur, D. 667 „Forellenquintett“: IV. Theme con variazioni. Andantine - Allegretto
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1819)
publisher:
G. Henle Verlag
part of:
Quintett A-Dur, D. 667 „Forellenquintett“ (Piano quintet in A, "Trout Quintet")
Franz Schubert8:09
5Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
André Previn (pianist, conductor, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 1. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1842)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)
Felix Mendelssohn4:57
6Prélude a L'Après-Midi D'Un Faune
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
André Previn (pianist, conductor, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune, L. 86, CD 87 (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, L. 86, CD 87, original version for orchestra)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1891 until 1894-09)
dedicated to:
Raymond Bonheur (composer, 1861-1939)
premiered at:
[concert] (1894-12-22)
publisher:
Eugène Fromont (in 1895-10)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 6), Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version de 1977 “L.”) (number: L. 86) and Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version révisée en 2001 “CD”) (number: CD 87)
Claude Debussy10:23
7Country Gardens
orchestra:
Light Music Society Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Vivian Dunn
recording of:
Country Gardens (Morris dance tune)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961) (from 1918 until 1952)
publisher:
Schott & Co. Ltd. and G. Schirmer Inc. (in 1919)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 73)
is based on:
Air XX. Country Garden
Percy Grainger2:17
8Come into the Garden, Maud
producer:
John Mordler (producer)
piano:
André Previn (pianist, conductor, composer, arranger) (from 1973-05-09 until 1973-05-10)
tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor) (from 1973-05-09 until 1973-05-10)
balance engineer:
Christopher Parker (classical recording and balance engineer, active from 1950s)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1973-05-09 until 1973-05-10)
recording of:
Come Into the Garden Maud (from 1973-05-09 until 1973-05-10)
lyricist:
Lord Alfred Tennyson
composer:
Michael William Balfe
is based on:
Come Into the Garden, Maud
Michael William Balfe4:11
9To a Wild Rose
piano:
Dame Moura Lympany (British pianist)
recording of:
10 Woodland Sketches, op. 51: No. 1. To a Wild Rose (original for solo piano)
composer:
Edward MacDowell (American composer, pianist) (in 1896)
part of:
10 Woodland Sketches, op. 51
Edward MacDowell1:41
10On a Tree by a River a Little Tom-Tit
baritone vocals:
Geraint Evans (baritone)
orchestra:
Pro Arte Orchestra (UK orchestra 1955–1970: do not use for anonymous budget compilations)
conductor:
Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
recording of:
The Mikado: Act II, no. 22, “On a Tree by a River” (Ko-Ko) (willow, tit-willow)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Mikado: Act II
Sir Arthur Sullivan3:12
11Summer Night on the River
orchestra:
Northern Sinfonia of England (Royal Northern Sinfonia)
conductor:
Richard Hickox (conductor)
recording of:
Summer Night on the River, RT VI/19 no. 2
composer:
Frederick Delius (English composer) (in 1911)
part of:
2 Pieces for Small Orchestra, RT VI/19
Frederick Delius6:17
12The Salley Gardens
piano:
Philip Ledger
tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume I: The Salley Gardens (Arr. Benjamin Britten)
lyricist:
William Butler Yeats (in 1889)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1943)
arrangement of:
The Sally Gardens (catch-all for arrangements)
version of:
Down by the Salley Gardens
part of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume I: British Isles, for voice & piano
Benjamin Britten2:30
13The Flight of the Bumble-Bee
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
recording of:
Полёт шмеля (Flight of the Bumblebee, Flight of the Bumblebee; orchestral interlude between Tableaus 1 & 2 in Act III of The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) (from 1899 until 1900)
part of:
The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Act III
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков1:27
14The Lark Ascending
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
The Lark Ascending (for violin and orchestra)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1914)
premiered at:
[concert] (1921-06-14)
premiered at:
Queen’s Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1921-06-14)
arrangement of:
The Lark Ascending (for violin and piano)
Ralph Vaughan Williams14:42
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